[Hidden-tech] Getting money from over there to here without making the banks rich

[Jeanne Yocum]

Hi,

I have a client in Denmark who has been paying me by making a wire transfer
into my bank account. Every time he sends me $2K, his bank takes about $40
out of the $2K and then my bank also charges me a $20 fee. So we're out
roughly $60 all told. We are now entering into a retainer relationship, so
he'll be sending money each month...and, of course, we both would like to
eliminate the ridiculous bank fees.

I asked my bank what would happen if he just FedExed me a check made out in
Euros and they said they would charge me $50 to change the Euros to dollars.
I also checked Western Union and it turns out they would charge in that
range also for the transaction. (Funny how no matter how you do it, it ends
up costing about the same amount...why is that?)

Does anybody know how to get money from there to here for less than 50 to 60
bucks per transaction?  My client will be traveling to the U.S. in a few
weeks and is wondering if he can go into one of the major banks, provide
them with my account number, hand them his credit card and ask them to make
a deposit to my account and charge it to his credit card.  Would this work?

Thanks for any input.

Best,

Jeanne Yocum  | Principal
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