In a message dated 8/7/01 12:26:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time, wiencek@anl.gov
writes:
<< I thought I would share my experience with getting a money order in a
foreign currency. It is quite easy. Just go to your local post office (USA)
and ask for an international money order. The fee is $8.50 (much better than
the $15 my bank was charging.) and they can be issued for up to $700. The
post office will give you a receipt and you mail it to an address in
St.Louis. They will mail the money order directly to the person in the
foreign country. The catch is that is takes 4-6 weeks according the the
form!! (We shall see if this is true.)
>>
Another alternative might be, if available in your area, a Thomas Cook
Currency Exchange. As of three years ago (before Tom became the first SAOC
member to act as a U.S. membership clearinghouse) they were also charging
about $8-9 for int'l money orders, with no wait.
Dick Sanders
Seattle
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