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Re: Foreign currency
Britain has opted out of the euro scheme.
Sharon Lee Butcher
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-----Original Message-----
From: Truman, Anna (TRUMANAK) [mailto:TRUMANAK@UCMAIL.UC.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:47 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: Foreign currency
And, I don't recall this exactly as to where it's going, but as of today,
the Euro and US Dollar are even, so no exchange rate per se to worry about -
just the check cashing fee - unless they've told you they won't take a US
check - in which case I'd see if you could do electronic transfer - which
avoid the bank issue and which would probably do the exchange rate for you.
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Lautzenheiser [mailto:LAUTZEF@CCF.ORG]
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 10:24 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Foreign currency
Don't go to a regular bank unless you have just won the lottery.
Surprisingly enough, I have been successful in just sending a personal
check, but adding at least $5 (actually I think maybe more than that) to
cover their costs in cashing it. This was for journal subscriptions in
France, and the recipient of the check was a semi-governmental
academically-oriented agency. It is certainly necessary for them to recoup
their costs for cashing it, but even if you add the better part of $10 it is
still a lot cheaper than purchasing a foreign bank draft at a bank, which
costs an astronomical amount and would only make sense if you were buying a
house or a very important piece of art. Hopefully someone else will have a
more exact approach than this, but I got so tired of paying out big bucks
for a tiny check that I just tried it once and it worked. (Of course, you
have to get the latest exchange rate and figure out the basic cost first.)
Fred Lautzenheiser
Cleveland Clinic Archives
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