Good for you, Ron. But were you the first person to get a refund from
the Austrailian Post Office via Western Union in Denver? I imagine
everyone would be up in arms about this. If the US Post Office gave
refunds in Austrailian dollars there would be holy hell to pay.
How much would a bank charge you to deposit and negotiate payment on
that American check?
I'm going to ask my bank here in the states how to send money to Prague.
Maybe it's time I registered. I've been using Arachne everyday for over
three years now.
Sam Ewalt
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Ron Clarke wrote:
> Hi Folks, Sam,
>
> I wrote:
> >> My first money order (from Oz I had to use Western Union) never got to
> >> Michael. It took 5 months to get the Australian Post Office to get my money
> >> refunded, which arrived as a US bank cheque in US dollars made out to me.
>
> Sam Ewalt wrote:
> > The Australian Post Office gives refunds in US dollars? Incredible. Well
> > maybe if you were sending US dollars via Western Union. Isn't there
> > something called "International Reply Coupons" available from Post
> > Offices?
>
> Nope. :)
>
> The claim has to be via Australia Post - otherwise Western Union
> ignores you. The refund came via snail mail directly from Western Union
> in Denver - a cheque drawn on a US bank, in US dollars, made out to me.
> About as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle (or fly screens on a submarine,
> etc.).
> Eventually Australia Post came around to the view that there WAS a
> flaw in their "perfect" system and agreed to keep my cheque and re-issue
> a money order as a "gesture of goodwill". After I had threatened them
> with national coverage in newspapers, radio and TV, especially those
> rat-bag programs that specialise in "exposures". (I had started name
> dropping and calling one such host by his first name.)
>
> Regards,
> Ron
> (Still happy to have a registered Arachne)
>
> Ron Clarke http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/music.html
> -- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Versatile Internet Client
>
