Re: IS the FTA still Shareware?

[johnmac@fawlty.towers.oz.au (John MacLean)]

In article <1993May7.073557.22567@quando.quantum.de> henigan@quando.quantum.de (Kevin Henigan) writes:
>In article <C6MG2C.FG5@well.sf.ca.us> joko@well.sf.ca.us (Joe Kohn) writes:
>>One more comment on sending shareware fees to the FTA...
>And one more on sending shareware fees Overseas.
>>In France, banks charge an outrageous service charge to cash US checks, and
>>for that reason, the FTA never cashed them.
>In the US, banks charge an outrageous service charge to cash European cheques.

Its the same situation here in Oz.
The only way around it is to open a bank account in US$.
You can then deposit your cheques (checks) for free (with some banks).
The only catch is you generally have to have a relatively large minimum
deposit (A$1000 ~= US$700).
Can't this be done in Europe?

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