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

[Robert Heller]

At Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:04:35 -0400 Jeanne Yocum <Jeanne at yourghostwriter.com> wrote:

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> Hi,
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> 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.

You can try PayPal...

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