Re: IS the FTA still Shareware?

[henigan@quando.quantum.de (Kevin Henigan)]

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.

When sending Money to the US it makes sense to use a Credit Card, but most
Shareware Authors can't/don't accept Credit Cards.

>Last year, after Olivier.........
>Dr Tom opened up a bank account in San Francisco, and the account had thre
>name FTA. He was able to get all of $27 for the $300 or $400 in US checks.

So all the Shareware Fees paid by Shareware users ended up in the Bankers
Till, not very fair on the Shareware users & FTA.

>The point of the story is don't send Olivier a check. Cash, well wrapped up,
>should work, or an International Money Order. Even with an International
>Money Order that I spent $10 (or was it $20) for, my last donation to the
>FTA got dinged with a 40% service charge when The Gog went to cash it.

It's possible to send an International Money Order to the US, this is also
very expensive.

It's also possible to get a US cheque (check??) is US funds sent from a
US bank and to pay the German Mark equivalent here, you also have to pay
a VERY LARGE service charge for both the German and the US bank.

---

Sending money to another country in Europe is easy and not expensive.

There is a European Cheques system, costs about 1.2% to send a cheque
anywhere in Europe, quite reasonable.

It's also possible to do a Money Transfer, ( which is normal practice
in Germany, about 90% of transactions are done this way ). European
transfert aren't too expensive, but the cost rises sharply when the
money needs to be transfered to the US.

---

>To tell the truth, I'm not really sure of the best way to send money to
>France.

Exactly the same conclusion, but in the other direction, Europe to US.
In the end its Credit card or nothing, the Creadit card does work Very well.

>Joe Kohn


-- 
 Kevin Henigan. internet: henigan@quantum.de, or henigan@quando.quantum.de
  Quantum GmbH  Bitnet  : henigan%quando@UNIDO(.bitnet)
    Dortmund    UUCP    : henigan@quando.uucp
    Germany     advert  : space to rent....