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Elizabeth
In the meantime, i'd have no problem cashing your checks and fowarding the money to you, but I don't think a moneyorder/paypal/cash would be any better then a check, there would still be fees up the wazoo regardless of how you got it converted (although I think paypal just takes the lowest current forex value of the one currency, and the highest of the other, so you only lose a few %)
Anyway, someone WILL post here with some more useful information than this, I promise :D
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Could be worth asking if that will be a one off fee even if you bank 2,3 or more cheques!
Many affiliate schemes do not use paypal now as paypal ... froze a lot of accounts recently keeping hold of some peoples money for 6months before paying it out to them.
Elizabeth
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When paying in cheques in USD, I get charged as follows:
If the cheque is less than $100, they charge £9.50 processing fee.
If the cheque is greater than $100, they charge me £10.50 processing fee.
With a typical exchange rate of $1.74 USD to £1, the processing fees (converted) are approximatly $16.53 and $18.27 respectivly.
hope that helps :)
Jason
Pay the dollar cheques straight into the US bank accounts, then buy your advertising (say adwords) straight from that bank account.
This way you save on the exchange of converting back and forth between $ and £ - not sure how much the charges - anyone care to shed light on cheque charges for US banks?
Elizabeth
markjh, I have a standard barclays connect account. I save all my checks up till I have a good handful and pay them all in at once. One off £8. I think I paid in 27 checks last time.
Ah, I think they've recently introduced a new form which allows you to have substantially more than 3 cheques cashed at once. Still less than a tenner? That's good to hear. I did wonder if they'd charge more.
have a look at citibank - they have £ and $ accounts and and allow you to move cash around between accounts.
/Andla
In Sweden it is impossible.
Must be the worst country to live in.
I got a tip from one guy at a forum that I'm about to examine.
[cyfrocash.com...]
/Andla
So basicly you sell them your google checks, they cash it and deposit the amount minus a fee(smaller than a normal bank's one) to something like your paypal account?
I have been answered in the forum that because they don't provide a telephone number and that the company isn't located in the US they should not be trusted.
I really don't know what to do :-)
/Andla
Not only do you get charged fees but all you get is a letter through the post saying it now takes 4-6 WEEKS to process the cheque and make sure the cheque is honoured.
I paid in a cheque a month ago and no sign of it yet hitting my bank, I phoned about other banks and online banks like smile.co.uk and they say the same - it can take 6-8 weeks as we have to make sure funds are available, lol, do they have to walk to the issuing bank? :-)
These cheques are from a large search engine as well, so its not like they aint good for it.
For a sterling value greater than £100 the charge is 0.25% commission with a minimum charge of £8.00 (maximum of £80.00).
If you have cheques with a sterling value <£30 Halifax (01422 333 333) do them FOC. This was very useful a couple of years back with several US casinos offering $30 free which lead to lots of small wins as cheques that at other bank would only have been good for paper darts.
