Hope the list owners do not mind but I have noticed a few people roups in the past have encountered this problem so I hope they can help. I have received an email from list subscriber asking how to pay for a book advertised on my website about N Stoneham. He says he can only pay by visa etc but the author is just an ordinary chap with no facilities. He recommends sending a cheque made out into GB pounds. to himself. Anyone know if this is OK or know of a better way. The sum is for 14GBP Chris SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) History of the villages of Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight http://southernlife.org.uk

If they both set up an account with PayPal they could do it. All you need is an email address. https://www.paypal.com/ca/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_send-money&nav=0.1 There is also Western Union, but the fee would probably be greater than the amount of the cheque. Robin -----Original Message----- From: eng-hampshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-hampshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Chris & Caroline Sent: January 26, 2009 8:07 PM To: Hampshire Life; eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-HANTS] payment from US query Hope the list owners do not mind but I have noticed a few people roups in the past have encountered this problem so I hope they can help. I have received an email from list subscriber asking how to pay for a book advertised on my website about N Stoneham. He says he can only pay by visa etc but the author is just an ordinary chap with no facilities. He recommends sending a cheque made out into GB pounds. to himself. Anyone know if this is OK or know of a better way. The sum is for 14GBP

Chris, The difficulty about the cheque is that the Bank would make such extortionate charges (£10 minimum the last time I heard some years ago) that almost the whole sum is lost in those charges. All I can suggest is that the seller finds someone with a computer and a paypal account and ask them to do the transaction for him. The paypal fees for drawing down the sum would be less than £1. Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris & Caroline" <crhayles@btinternet.com> To: "Hampshire Life" <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com>; <eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 1:06 AM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] payment from US query > Hope the list owners do not mind but I have noticed a few people roups in > the past have encountered this problem so I hope they can help. > I have received an email from list subscriber asking how to pay for a book > advertised on my website about N Stoneham. > He says he can only pay by visa etc but the author is just an ordinary > chap with no facilities. He recommends sending a cheque > made out into GB pounds. to himself. > Anyone know if this is OK or know of a better way. The sum is for 14GBP > > > Chris > SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) > History of the villages of > Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight > http://southernlife.org.uk > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > No viruses found in this incoming message > Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.6.3 > http://www.iolo.com > _______________________________________ No viruses found in this outgoing message Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.6.3 http://www.iolo.com

On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:06:51 -0000 "Chris & Caroline" <crhayles@btinternet.com> wrote: Hello Chris, > He says he can only pay by visa etc but the author is just an ordinary > chap with no facilities. He recommends sending a cheque made out into > GB pounds. to himself. A cheque from a US bank made out in £ would attract heavy charges, assuming it was honoured at all. Most likely it would simply be returned. > Anyone know if this is OK or know of a better way. The sum is for > 14GBP Several suggestions have been made, but I'd veto Western Union, not just because of cost, but it's also very insecure. PayPal is good, and cheap, too. The US purchaser could get £15.00 and post the cash. I know many people frown on this, and understandably so. However, it's something I've done many times in the past, and as long as the money is suitably disguised, wrapped inside a covering letter for example, it's pretty safe. Having suggested that, I'd still opt for PayPal, as it offers certain guarantees for both buyer and seller. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" I'm surfing on a wave of nostalgia for an age yet to come Nostalgia - The Buzzcocks

Hi Chris, PayPal is easy, but the reciver picks up the fees. I think the sender can opt in the UK to have the fees included in his payment, but that isn't an option on our Aussie site. I also send Sterling cheques purchased from my local credit union where I pay the bank fees - as far as I know, what ever Sterling value I purchase the cheque for is honoured in the UK. Some of the Family History Societies I purchase indexes from only have this option for overseas payments, but they do stipulate that it must be a Sterling cheque. Yvonne Scrivener Canberra ACT Australia -----Original Message----- From: eng-hampshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-hampshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Brad Rogers Sent: Tuesday, 27 January 2009 7:12 PM To: eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] payment from US query On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:06:51 -0000 "Chris & Caroline" <crhayles@btinternet.com> wrote: Hello Chris, > He says he can only pay by visa etc but the author is just an ordinary > chap with no facilities. He recommends sending a cheque made out into > GB pounds. to himself. A cheque from a US bank made out in £ would attract heavy charges, assuming it was honoured at all. Most likely it would simply be returned. > Anyone know if this is OK or know of a better way. The sum is for > 14GBP Several suggestions have been made, but I'd veto Western Union, not just because of cost, but it's also very insecure. PayPal is good, and cheap, too. The US purchaser could get £15.00 and post the cash. I know many people frown on this, and understandably so. However, it's something I've done many times in the past, and as long as the money is suitably disguised, wrapped inside a covering letter for example, it's pretty safe. Having suggested that, I'd still opt for PayPal, as it offers certain guarantees for both buyer and seller. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" I'm surfing on a wave of nostalgia for an age yet to come Nostalgia - The Buzzcocks ............................................. Want to contact the local community? Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk ............................................. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Chris & Caroline wrote: > Hope the list owners do not mind but I have noticed a few people > roups in the past have encountered this problem so I hope they can > help. I have received an email from list subscriber asking how to > pay for a book advertised on my website about N Stoneham. He says > he can only pay by visa etc but the author is just an ordinary chap > with no facilities. He recommends sending a cheque made out into GB > pounds. to himself. Anyone know if this is OK or know of a better > way. The sum is for 14GBP When wanting to make a purchase abroad, I use travellers cheques in the currency of the country in question, signed and countersigned. I've never had any problems and it's worked out cheaper than getting a sterling cheque drawn up or a bankers draft. A Canadian friend sent money to me by International Money Order which I was able to cash at the post office with no problems. My bank didn't know how to deal it the IMO!