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Old February 18th, 2009, 06:23 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
W
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I have a vendor in Europe I pay regularly, and I don't want the hassle of
wire transfers. On top of the time the wires take, our bank charges
$90/wire. Is there any relatively cheap way of paying European vendors
that won't take more than about a $50 transaction fee? An ideal solution
would be one that let me write a check from a U.S. bank to another U.S.
account number, and have that automatically become a wire transparently to
the check writer. Anything that let us write checks and pay vendors out
of a normal accounting process would be desirable.

Credit cards charge 3% of the balance being transferred, which for our
charges would result in more than $100 of transaction fees, so those would
not be a preferred method either.

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W


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Old February 18th, 2009, 05:18 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
William Black
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"W" wrote in message
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I have a vendor in Europe I pay regularly, and I don't want the hassle of
wire transfers. On top of the time the wires take, our bank charges
$90/wire. Is there any relatively cheap way of paying European vendors
that won't take more than about a $50 transaction fee? An ideal solution
would be one that let me write a check from a U.S. bank to another U.S.
account number, and have that automatically become a wire transparently to
the check writer. Anything that let us write checks and pay vendors out
of a normal accounting process would be desirable.

Credit cards charge 3% of the balance being transferred, which for our
charges would result in more than $100 of transaction fees, so those would
not be a preferred method either.


Open an HSBC account at each end.

The fee was about £30 the last time I checked.

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William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

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Old February 19th, 2009, 10:02 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
JuanElorza[_4_]
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Default Any Virtual Credit Card For America to Europe Payments

On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:23:36 -0800, W wroteÂ*:

I have a vendor in Europe I pay regularly, and I don't want the hassle
of wire transfers. On top of the time the wires take, our bank charges
$90/wire. Is there any relatively cheap way of paying European vendors
that won't take more than about a $50 transaction fee? An ideal
solution would be one that let me write a check from a U.S. bank to
another U.S. account number, and have that automatically become a wire
transparently to the check writer. Anything that let us write checks
and pay vendors out of a normal accounting process would be desirable.

Credit cards charge 3% of the balance being transferred, which for our
charges would result in more than $100 of transaction fees, so those
would not be a preferred method either.


Western Union ?
 




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