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<div>Hi Andrew,</div><div><br></div><div>I'm a Canadian who used to live in the UK and who had a number of US clients. Generally my US clients aren't averse to paying by cheque, but YOU'RE better off without a cheque (US cheques are fraught with problems and your money will be held for a month while the cheque clears), so I do find it strange that he's unwilling.</div><div><br></div><div>Bank transfers originating from the US have a percentage fee on them, which can quickly get quite expensive. Obviously PayPal does too (and no doubt higher) so I'm not sure why PayPal is better than Bank Transfer.</div><div><br></div><div>As for cash flow, that doesn't necessarily set alarm bells in my head. There are many legitimate reasons someone can have cash flow problems while still being completely above the board.</div><div><br></div><div>If I were guessing, he's paying for the work from his credit card, it may be easier to get money from his credit card into PayPal than it is to his bank.</div>
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<div><div><br></div><div>I would give him a choice: pay by cheque, or pay by PayPal and cover your fees (or 50% of your fees, or something like that). See what he says. He really *should* be able to pay by cheque, even though it's a lousy instrument for you.</div><div><br></div><div>Paul.</div><div><br></div>-- <br>Paul Doerwald<br>Chancellor<div>Liquid Media Inc.</div><div>902-412-2492</div><div><br></div></div>
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<span><div><div><div>Hola El Rug,</div><div><br></div><div>I have a customer in the U.S. who needs to pay me. I'm not set up to receive credit card payments; he doesn't want to write a cheque or make a bank transfer. It seems the only option is to use PayPal.</div><div><br></div><div>But PayPal is horrible. Are there any other ways for a for U.K. business to receive a payment from the U.S.?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance.</div><div><br></div><div>Yours,</div><div>Andy Stewart</div><div><br></div><div>-------</div><div><a href="http://airbladesoftware.com">http://airbladesoftware.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>Chat mailing list</div><div><a href="mailto:Chat@lists.lrug.org">Chat@lists.lrug.org</a></div><div><a href="http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org">http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org</a></div></div></div></span>
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