on 3/8/01 7:47 AM, Mark Weiss at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Be aware that for me to deposit an Australian dollar cheque would cost
> US$25. To convert cash would cost a minimum of US$5. If you're not dealing
> with an international consortium or sending a very large amount you're not
> doing the publisher a favor. I can't do it--in my case (and in that of most
> poetry publishers) enough people delegating the problem upwards would put
> me out of business.
>
> For the last couple of years I've accepted British money because I've had a
> kid studying in Scotland. I won't be able to accept foreign currency again
> until I'm scheduled to travel in the country in question.
Another suggestion I picked was the send either unfranked postage stamps
from the country one wants to trade with (if you can find a philatelic-type
outlet - shouldn't be too hard but never tried it) or international reply
coupons to an approximately similar value to the cost of the item. Is this a
reasonable solution?
I do have a US stamp with the value of 50 cents on it - well, it doesn't say
cents but I'm sure it's not dollars - has a picture of 'Harriet Quimby
pioneer pilot' on it (she looks very sweet and wholesome) and goes back a
few years. It was attached to a letter but the franking machine missed it.
Guess that's not going to get me very far. Oh, and a US five dollar bill and
few Italian and French coins worth, I would guess, close to zip.
Or back to book-swapping by surface mail?
I know I'm a bit of a terrier on this one but it breaks my antipodean heart
to see all these great books I shall never otherwise see go begging because
of foreign currency rip-offs.
Cheers,
Jill
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Jill Jones
50 Ruby Street
Marrickville NSW 2204
AUSTRALIA
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