home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!The-Star.honeywell.com!umn.edu!msus1.msus.edu!gacvx2.gac.edu!gacvax2!scott
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Handling foreign payments.
- Message-ID: <SCOTT.92Sep3005800@nic.gac.edu>
- From: scott@nic.gac.edu (Scott Hess)
- Date: 3 Sep 92 00:58:00
- Distribution: world
- Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College
- Nntp-Posting-Host: nic.gac.edu
- Lines: 34
-
- Having just had a run-in with my bank, I'm turning to the only
- source of information I apparently have left. Everyone else has
- had plenty of advice, but none of it's really all that great (no
- slight intended, guys!).
-
- My problem is that my bank wants $35 to turn a check drawn on a
- German bank into dollars in my account. This is _not_ including
- changing the money, if that's needed. Since NeXT is such a world-wide
- machine, I'm most likely not alone in this problem. But, I've
- never seen any postings about it.
-
- What do other people do to solve this problem? Do people just
- require checks drawn on US banks? [That, of course, just moves
- the onus onto the sender instead of the receiver.] How do things
- work with dealers? For instance, can a German dealer process funds
- from France reasonably, or does one have to have dealers in every
- blasted country? Are there any options on-the-cheap? [The problem
- is obviously entirely different depending on whether your program
- costs $500 or $50!] Would it be worthwhile to have an account on
- a Swiss bank and have people do direct deposit?
-
- [Forgive me if you see this as an overly commercial posting. I'm
- pretty desperate. And, hopefully this will help other people out
- with the problem, which should help the market as a whole ...
- besides, if you think I'm using this to help me in my selfish
- money-grubbing, you can feel free to stop by sometime and look at
- the balance in my bank account. I'm _obviously_ not very good at
- grubbing money ...]
-
- Thanks,
- --
- scott hess <shess@ssesco.com> <Who achieved programmer nirvana on Aug 11th>
- 12901 Upton Avenue South, #326 Burnsville, MN 55337 (612) 895-1208 Anytime!
- <Text: One Class to bring them all and in the darkness bind them ...>
-