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.
At 07:34 AM 8/3/2001 +1000, Printmaker wrote:
>Robin Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> > Also would love a copy but international payments always a hassle. I've
>> had
>> > this discussion before on this or another list but wonder if anyone has
>> come
>> > up with a good cheap(ish) solution for transferring $$$.
>> >
>> > Jill
>>
>> Why not just pop into your local Thomas Cook's, buy some dollars, and
>> airmail them? It's a mild risk, sure, but probably the easiest way to deal
>> with sums of under $10.
>
>Here Thomas Cook charges a flat rate of $8 to change $$$$.
>So small amounts of cash are not worth it. I send $AUD by
>post and it works ok so far, just use an exchange converter
>(theres a lot online) and caluclate the approximate value.
>This delegates the problem upwards.
>
>When we exchnage prints we have to handle cash too, we
>solved the problem by using one of our members' PAy PAl
>account and then sending the total by electronic transfer,
>but these are larger amounts of cash.
>
>Josephine
>
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