jkjl@munnari.oz (John Lim) (09/07/88)
Some people have complained about the high cost of converting overseas shareware cheques. I was shocked when i read Jeff Shulman saying that converting a foreign cheque to US dollars costs $20 US. Here in australia, converting a US cheque to AUS dollars is only $3 Australian flat rate for as many cheques as you like. Most people who send me shareware cheques from overseas send me in their currency. About 10-20% send me postal orders. I even got a letter from Germany asking why I didnt offer Master/Visa/AE card services ! And another from Finland becoz he was immigrating to Australia and wanted to know Mac prices in Australia ! If anyone has the latest McSink DA could they please post it to me or to comp.mac.binaries. Its really useful, but version 4.8, the latest version available here doesnt work with MF, and nowadays I use MF 100% of the time due to the tyranny of LSC 3.0. john lim
Mark_Peter_Cookson@cup.portal.com (09/12/88)
Just out of curiosity, let me offer an idea to this "How to send money over seas" problem. I think that the answer is simple, if you trust the mail.... 1) Go to the nearest international AIRPORT (I realize this might not be too easy, but for some people it is only an hour drive or less). 2) Pick a bank in the international terminal. There are (I think) three different ones in the San Francisco airport. They all offer competitive exchange rates. 3) This is the hard part. Trust the mail enough so that if someone steals your $$$ or it gets lost you won't be too upset. But I don't think this happens too often, so this is only a minor worry.... Anyone want to comment on this? Mark Cookson