25 Feb
2006
25 Feb
'06
9:25 a.m.
At 02:44 PM 2/23/06 -0800, you wrote:
On 2/23/2006 at 7:33 PM ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk
wrote:
Same here. That's one reason why I refuse to take wire transfers. A lot
of Europeans don't understand that.
What is it with German sellers? It appears that
very few of them take
Paypal.
I believe it's because bank wire transfers in Germany are almost (if not
actually) free. Now, if someone in Germany were to send me a wire
transfer, it would cost me at least $40 and probably more, as my bank
thought up new names for fees to attach to the transaction.
But then, that's about what my bank charges to cash a cashier's check made
payable by the New York branch of a German bank.
What??? If it's payable in US dollars and from a US bank then they
shouldn't be charging any fee. (But I sometimes have to argue with the
droid behind the counter in my bank to convince them). What bank is that?
Joe
Cheers,
Chuck