Re: Apple II Oasis

[tturner@ecn.ab.ca ()]

Tom Zuchowski (tzuchow@attglobal.net) wrote:
: I do not believe that the author of Oasis is charging the extra money. I do
: realize that the check fee is being charged by the US company he is using
: for collections. I will probably eventually pay the fee, because Oasis
: really is an excellent program. But quite honestly I would rather spend the
: extra money to send him an international money order directly rather than
: pay this company its rip-off fee, even though the fee is cheaper.
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--> Just an observation. We use M.O's, constantly. We pay a small
    monthly fee to our Credit Union, that covers all Money Order
    fees and other banking costs and we've rarely ended-up getting
    less value from our monthly transactions than not paying the fee.

    What this means, is that money Orders don't cost us (well, the
    few international ones do - but none of the local ones) a cent
    and a Money Order is not only just _like_ cash; it *IS* cash
    and therefore can be cashed, immediately, by any Bank or other
    finacial institution. Much faster and more secure than a cheque
    (pardon the CDN spelling). M.O's are worth it. And - BONUS - some
    scummy bandits masquerading as a finacial institution, don't get
    to charge a usurious fee for cashing a cheque. M.O's are often
    over looked. Another bonus, is that one is never left wondering
    if so-and-so's cheque has cleared yet, or how soon it will; so
    this means that what one sees as one's balance - actually is
    one's balance and one is not left second-guessing their balance.

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