Gunnar - the problem is less > the world's biggest post offices... (the German) but rather the US (and UK, BTW) banking system and the inexistence of a decent public service of the kind of (European, even African) postal accounts in the US. I had the case of a US commercial bank asking 32 US$ (yes, thirty-two $$$) fees to cash a cheque over 6.80 U$ from an "alien" (i.e., non-US) source, to a US beneficiary. German Postbank did, until not so long time ago, accept to effectuate a money order to the US - if one insisted - and asked about DEM 30 (at the time about 20 U$) for fees, if fees were on account of the sender; knowing that both the own customer would get angry and the receiving party even more (such orders took ages to travel, and even with fees paid often would be subject to US banking fees nevertheless - with endless hassle for both sides). This in contrast to a 1 DEM (.60 U$) fee and four days delivery to the rest of the world (well, except the UK). For once, those Postbank bureaucrats seem to have done a wise thing to stop it alltogether. // Heimo Claasen // <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> // Brussels 2000-01-09 HomePage of ReRead - and much to read ==> http://www.inti.be/hammer To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
