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From: klute@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Rainer Klute)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Foreign exchange (was Re: Shareware Policy.)
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Date: 22 Feb 90 16:12:11 GMT
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Reply-To: klute@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Rainer Klute)
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I think I have found out a way how to transfer money from
America to Germany with a minimum of additional costs. If you
would like to send me money - say $15 for my Arcgsh - you can
proceed as follows:

-  Get one of your normal cheque forms (no Eurocheque or
   something like that needed) and fill in the amount of money
   you want to transfer. Now comes something very important:
   Write the amount in your local currency, say US$ or Cdn$ or
   whatever else it might be! Do _not_ make the cheque out in
   DM (Deutsche Mark)!

-  Put the cheque into an envelope and send it to me by mail.

   What shall I do with the cheque? I shall not take it to a
   bank to receive the money. They will charge me at least
   about DM 17 (ca. US$ 10)! Instead: I shall send it to my
   Postgiroamt. They will perform something called "simplified
   foreign cheque draw in" (my attempt to translate office
   german into english, sorry). This costs only DM 0.80!

Summary: Minimum additional costs for the sender (standard
cheque form, envelope, postage), minimum costs for the receiver
(DM 0.80).

Who is willing to try it out?

  Dipl.-Inform. Rainer Klute      klute@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
  Univ. Dortmund, IRB             klute@unido.uucp, klute@unido.bitnet
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