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

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