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- I get a lot of mail from people outside the US who would like to get a
- copy of DOSREF but aren't sure how to arrange payment.
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- Payment can be made via the following:
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- 1) Personal check, bank check, or money order in US dollars on a US bank.
- Canadian check in Canadian dollars, on a Canadian bank.
- UK check in UK pounds, on a UK bank.
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- 2) Canadian postal money orders payable in US dollars.
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- 3) International postal money order.
- Your local PTT may be able to issue United States Postal Money
- Orders. I've gotten several from France, so they may be available
- elsewhere.
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- 4) US dollars, Canadian dollars, UK pounds - cash
- You can sometimes buy US currency at a bank or airport at the
- current exchange rate. Fold the notes over with cardboard or
- heavy paper. You might wish to consider registered, certified,
- or insured mail.
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- 5) Traveler's checks payable in US dollars.
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- 6) EuroCheques payable in UK pounds.
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- 7) American Express credit card.
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- 8) US stamps.
- I will accept unused US stamps at face value.
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- I have bank accounts in the USA, Canada, and England. If you can make payment
- in any of those currencies or EuroCheques, everything's OK.
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- If nothing above looks helpful, check with your local airport, US consulate,
- or a travel agency. Someone there might be able to help you.
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- In INVOICE.TRF there are prices for US, Canadian, and Australian dollars,
- and in UK pounds. I called my local bank, found out the exchange rates, and
- wrote down the prices. As relative currency prices move around, you might
- get a really good deal or a bad deal. If the exchange rate slides too much,
- just find the current rate for that many US dollars and send that.
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- I can not accept:
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- 1) Checks in US dollars, drawn on a non-US bank.
- note: US banks are all tied together on a big network. If you look
- at the bottom of a US check, you'll see a long row of numbers.
- This is a routing code, identifying the bank and the particular
- account. The network does not recognize non-US banks, so
- although your non-US check is perfectly good, it cannot be
- cashed without going into "special services", which usually
- cost more than the face value of the check.
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- 2) VISA/Mastercard/Barclaycard.
- Not yet. I'm working on it.
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- Addressing:
- Please list your first name, last name, and COMPLETE mailing address.
- Though your local postal service may accept packages with something
- like "P. Hunter, Plymouth, England" and deliver them, sometimes Customs
- will send improperly addressed packages back to me.
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- If your country does not use Roman letters you may wish to enclose
- return address labels in your language AND English - the US Postal
- Service will not accept packages if they can't read the label.
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- Customs:
- All DOSREF packages shipped outside the USA have the international
- "CUSTOMS-DOUANE C 1" green sticker, with a declared value of one US
- dollar and contents listed as "floppy disks". Most customs inspectors
- figure any floppy disk is worth a dollar, and the data is appraised
- separately. If you want the sticker to say something else, send a
- note or filled-out sticker with your order.
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- Postage:
- All international orders go by standard US International Air Mail.
- The US Postal Service is generally quite efficient, as are the
- Canadian and UK PTTs, but the interface between them is run by
- chimpanzees. Maybe the mail sits around for the Customs people to
- sift through; I don't know. Some packages to Israel evidently
- went to the Bermuda Triangle. If you don't receive your order in
- a reasonable time, send me a postcard or leave a message on the
- support BBS, (501) 985-0059.
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- Support:
- 30% of my registered users are from outside the US. They get the
- same support (BBS or mail) and upgrade notices as US users.
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