The bank in Europe needs a correspondent US bank. Not all foreign banks have a US correspondent bank. Plus, the bank will charge a fee to process the check and charge a fee for currency conversion. Your bank may also charge a fee...banks in US charge for everything now. The fee shows up at the end of your accounts monthly cycle. ______ Lavrentiy Krupniak Audrey wrote: > > Doug: > > I had the same problem. I need to pay a researcher in Moravia. I sent a > personal check made out to him. He had no prolem cashing. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 1:46 PM > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Sending Money Internationally > > > At 01:28 PM 24/01/2010, you wrote: > >>I owe a good friend in Germany money for some items he purchased for > >>me. I have been trying to find an economical way to send him the > >>money I owe him. I checked with my local bank first but they want a > >>$50 fee to transfer money to a bank account in Germany. Seems > >>pretty high to me. Wal Mart offers a money transfer option but > >>their Money Gram in not available in Nuremberg. I have searched in > >>vein for an international check or money order but I have not been > >>able to find anything. There are some web sites that offer this > >>service but I am not sure if I can trust them. > >> > >>Any ideas? > > ---------- > > Go the foreign exchange teller at any bank and purchase Euros.. When I > > did it, > > I sent marks... but the world does move on! > > > > doug > > > > > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message