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Re: Payment to the UK
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Wed, 12 May 1999 11:17:17 GMT
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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 150GBP cheques.
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> Any of the "Big Four" banks (as they were once known) will accept personal
> cheques, bank cheques, bank drafts, money orders, travellers cheques and
> probably most other forms of payment you care to mention. They are true
> clearing banks, and therefore have branches or offices in other countries,
> so they're happy to 'negotiate' most currencies.
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 the cheques presented
as opposed to per cheque. It therefore pays to batch them up.
Huw
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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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