I believe there is no commission charge to the recipient of a Pound Sterling
Money Order. The charge to the purchaser is typically a few dollars but
depends on one's bank plan or whether one purchases a money order at the post
office. Bank drafts typically cost the purchaser a dollar or two more than a
money order.
-- Richard Langley
Professor of Geodesy and Precision Navigation
On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Tony Moss wrote:
>Fellow Shadow Watchers,
> Just at the moment a fair amount of my brassware
>seems to be heading for the USA and this always presents the problem of
>payment in another currency and the disproportionate amount of commission
>charged by the *licenced robbers* - sorry - 'banks' when handling small
>amounts.
>
>My preferred solution is for a bank draft in 'Pounds Sterling' and I
>remember being told that there are agencies who can handle this by post
>at reasonable rates. If anyone can recommend a US agency to handle such
>things, or a better method, I'd be pleased to pass on the good news.
>
>Best Wishes
>
>Tony Moss
>
>P.S. I've looked at credit card trading but this doesn't work for
>smallish irregular transactions. It would be ideal otherwise.
>
>
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