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? Louis

Hi, I send money to people in Europe all the time and the easiest for everyone is to use Paypal (www.paypal.com). You can open an account and use a credit card or they can take it directly from a bank account. The person on the other end needs to have an email address and they will be notified when you transfer the money. They can then request the money be deposited into their bank account or have a check sent to them. Paypal is completely reliable and takes care of the exchange from dollars to Euros or whatever currency is involved. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Louis Lindmeyer Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 2:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Sending Money Internationally 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? Louis 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

PayPal will work, but this will work too:  foreign draft costs $10 http://www1.foreignmoney.com/Foreign-Drafts/Foreign-Draft.aspx Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Lindmeyer" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 1:28:45 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Sending Money Internationally 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? Louis 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