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| Can someone help me out here? There has to be a cheaper way to send money order payments in international currencies than the US$8 #/?!!#@$%$%$*** 50 that the United States Post Office requires (for payment to the UK as well as someother (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| On Tue, 11 May 1999 17:37:08 GMT, Rob Doucette uttered the following profundities... (...) Me, personally, can write cheques in dollars or pounds (dollars through my father). I also have access to buying and cashing US postal orders, though not so (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| I have found that my banks in the UK (Midland HSBC and Halifax) are happy to accept _most_ non-Sterling cheques. They tend to use a sliding scale of charges from nothing(!) for sub 20GBP value cheques at the Halifax up to about 8GBP (~13USD) for (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| On Tue, 11 May 1999 17:48:40 GMT, Richard Dee uttered the following profundities... (...) I had forgotten to mention that I factor for Larry Pieniazek and his dealings in the UK. You can send him a cheque/postal orders for US dollars, and I will (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| It may be worth hooking up with a factor in the UK if you intend to undertake many more UK sourced transactions. I have a factor in the US and rather than forking out US$8 for each bank draft I get him to pay on my behalf. I also save on postage as (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) to (...) I have been handling US$ checks for a while, both through LEGO transactions and my shareware efforts. Barclays accept personal checks drawn on US banks no problem and charge a sliding scale 4-9GBP depending on the *total* value of (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| I'll keep this in mind. Thanks to all who replied. Time was growing short, so I took the $8.50 option. Next time I need to factor all costs (hidden or otherwise) before making a deal. Oh well... not a terrible loss. Thanks for the help. -Rob (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| On Fri, 14 May 1999 00:06:06 GMT, Rob Doucette uttered the following profundities... (...) In the future, if you need, I am in debt to Larry P. I can make the payment on your behalf, and you can send the money to Larry P. Something to consider. (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| Thanks, Richard. So far I have not used my factorees to do general payments for third parties, much, but I do pay them for their time and trouble, so I'd be willing to consider it. This is not a scheme for when you are in a tearing hurry, it's a (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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