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Hey: I live in the United States and have a semi-large deal pending with someone in Italy and I have been trying to select the best method of payment. I was going to send cash via a registered letter with UPS except that they informed me that it was (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I'm surprised. I had to pay nothing more than the quoted exchange rate at my bank to get Sterling bank notes. If I wanted a money order, yes, it would be expensive to get it in lira (not quite that expensive) but getting foreign bank notes is (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) (SF, (...) less (...) enormous (...) They ain't cheap no matter where you get them. I think the last time I *HAD* to use an Intl money order, I just went through the regular postal service. I want to say I ended up spending close to an extra (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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hello As far as i know it is not illegal to send travelers checks, also a lot les risk of loss, due to being insured, you shoulfd check with american express, exchange costs should be problem of seller, not of buyer, as he probably gave you a dollar (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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The best deal I found was at a Wal-Mart where I got an international money order for 46 cents. I don't know how big your order is for but I can get an IMO there for up to $700. The IMO company is Travelers Express and Wal-Mart sells them at the (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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If UPS (or whoever) asks (...) They really don't need a search warrant. I worked for a major worldwide express company and we (and the other services) could inspect any package without any kind of search warrant if we deemed it necessary (and (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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I'm curious - why not just use LarryP's Factoring Service? (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I'm from Italy, and I received many international payments, in many different ways. Sending cash inside a letter is not legal, but it's a common way to pay a seller. Larry's factoring is a very convenient way to get the money, but I usually (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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Hey Y'all: I'm kinda answering my own question here, but I finally decided upon American Express Traveler's Cheques as a method of payment to persons abroad. On the plus side, one has to specify the sender, the date, and the recipient on the face of (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) (snip) People keep saying this, but I have looked all over the USPS site ((URL)), as well as in the U.S. Code ((URL)), and I can't find anything that says it's illegal to send currency through the mail. To the contrary, the USPS provides (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Susan, I am sure you are correct about sending cash domestically being legal. When the new "golden" dollars were first released to Wal-mart this spring they were mailed to each store directly! For a few days there was millions and millions of (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) (snipped www.usps.com references) Umm, thanks, that clears it up. So, the US doesn't care if the money goes out, but also wants to make sure you know that it may not get there. FWIW, I have sent cash to the UK and Australia with no problems. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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Hi All ! I live in Croatia (Europe) and I like Giulio from Italy recieved many international payments (US,Canada,UK,Australia,Hong Kong etc.)! Most common way is sending cash by mail - its's just a bit risky (mail gets lost from time to time (never (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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