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Subject:Re: ADMIN: payment options for list membership From:Anna Keeler <akeeler -at- MAGMA -dot- CA> Date:Thu, 5 Aug 1999 12:17:49 -0400
I live in Canada, and when I write a cheque for someone in the States I
simply specify "U.S. Dollars" after the amount.
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[mailto:TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Ross
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 9:57 AM
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Subject: Re: ADMIN: payment options for list membership
| Could those list members who have difficulty sending individual payments
| [such as residents of Canada etc.] arrange for one of their professinal
| organizations such as STC to buy into a share of support for the list?
| Such a share would entitle all members of the group to join.
I have the luxury of having a "premium service plan" on my bank account,
meaning it costs me nothing to purchase a US bank draft (aside from the cost
of the funds I am sending). I would offer to be the Canadian clearing house
for fees if the following could be decided on:
1. How much in Canadian funds for a subscription to the list? Five dollars
US is $7.50 Cdn one day, $7.35 the next, and $7.62 the next. I wouldn't want
to eat the differences in the exchange rates. :^/
2. Refunds (if such were to be issued) would have to be handled by the
listowners and sent to the individual subscribers. I definitely don't want
to get into the middle of that one!
What I envision is folks in Canada sending me their fees and every two weeks
(or whatever) I get a US bank draft and send the money off to the
listowners, with the appropriate subscriber information attached. This is
assuming that the list decides on a subscription fee. I am also a private
individual, so trust issues may or may not be a factor here. My husband and
I do a lot of trading on EBay in US funds and have never had a problem, but
I don't know how "corporate" we want to get with TechWr-L.
It's one option out of many and I won't feel snubbed if folks aren't
comfortable with it. C'est la vie.
Cheers!
Elizabeth Ross
Technical Writer
V3 Semiconductor Corp.
beth -at- vcubed -dot- com http://www.vcubed.com
