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From: jlc@atux01.UUCP (J. Collymore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Shareware charges
Summary: Difficulty in Converting Currencies (A personal experience)
Message-ID: <737@atux01.UUCP>
Date: 7 Sep 88 14:20:15 GMT
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In article <753@etive.ed.ac.uk>, nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) writes:
> 
> I've got copies of bits of shareware marked
> "... $20 drawn on a US bank account payable to ..." or somesuch. So it
> ISN'T just a case of writing a cheque and popping it in the post.
>    I'm inclined to just work out the equivalent in pounds sterling, write
> a British cheque for this, and send this instead. How would this go down?
> Would a US bank like it?
> 
> 		Nick.
> --
> Nick Rothwell,	Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh.

I must admit (from personal experience) it is something of a pain to be paid in
foreign currency.  A few years ago I published a couple of articles in a british
archery magazine.  The magazine paid me in Pounds Sterling (a check).
No local bank here in New Jersey would/could cash this check.
After some time, I WAS able to get the check cashed by a major bank in New York
City.

Believe me, it was a real inconveience.  Therefore, I would recommend to
anyone:  be kind to an author.  Please have your payments converted to THEIR
national currency before you send payment.


						Jim Collymore