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- From: peter@cujo.curtin.edu.au (Peter N Lewis)
- Subject: Re: Shareware summary (long)
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- References: <C10BHr.E15@news.udel.edu> <PETE.93Jan17213434@tatjana.rice.edu> <1993Jan22.142321.16278@wega.rz.uni-ulm.de>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 10:11:57 GMT
-
- In article <1993Jan22.142321.16278@wega.rz.uni-ulm.de>,
- walrath@faw.uni-ulm.de (Wayne K. Walrath) wrote:
- >
- > In article <PETE.93Jan17213434@tatjana.rice.edu>, pete@tatjana.rice.edu (Louis Wu) writes:
- > |
- > |> Still, there are more honest people out there than I had originally
- > |> thought. I've made enough to pay for my computer, which I certainly never
- > |> expected in the beginning. My checks have probably come half from the
- > |> states, half from elsewhere. Of the elsewhere, Australia sent the most. But
- > |> I've also had checks from Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany,
- > |> Holland, Japan, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.
- >
- > It would seem not such a bad idea to have an option for people
- > to pay their shareware fees closer to their home (country). For example,
- > let's say that a Belgium-based company/person
- > receives all payments from users in Europe
-
- A simpler alternative, the one I took, is simply to open a bank account in
- the relevent country, and then accept checks drawn on banks in that
- country, and when you receive them, mail them to the bank. Of course,
- opening a bank account in a country you're not in is often a non-trivial
- exercise (fortunately I had help from a good friend over there).
-
- Actually, its probably close to impossible to get an Australian bank
- account set up without being here, I can check if anyone is interested.
- Its nearly impossible to get one even if you are here these days! besides,
- with the Australian dollar sinking as fast as it is, you wouldnt want to
- leave the money here long (makes my ammerican dollars look good though :-).
-
- I'm always amazed by shareware authors who say they get lots of payments
- from Australia, I live here, and Australia makes up only a small percentage
- of shareware payments I've recieved (like, I think about 4 or 5 total,
- ever!)
-
- > Anyone care to add to these thoughts, or if someone knows about
- > organizations already established for this purpose, I would enjoy
- > hearing how they are working. So far, I have never seen a program that
- > mentioned such an organization.
-
- I've never heard of one. I'd offer to help anyone who gets lots of
- Australian shareware payments, but a) I'm so disorganized myself it would
- be a bad idea, and b) I'd probably get jealous :-)
-
- Have fun all,
- Peter.
-
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- Peter N Lewis <peter@cujo.curtin.edu.au> Ph: +61 9 368 2055
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