John,
Good point -- should be fair prices in Europe. I am surprised your credit
union can't do it, but my bank can. If you want to go that route, write me
privately at tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and I'll do the transfer for you and you
can pay me.
Tom
> Tom,
> I've tried interspersing my answers among your questions/statemnets
> below:
>
>
> Tom Scales wrote:
> >
> > John,
> >
> > Federico, right?
> >
> > I saw all his stuff.
> I was wondering if you had, I saw your post on the group soliciting to
> buy Olympus.
>
>
> >All you're trying to do is get a payment in Euros, so
> > it shouldn't be impossible. Have you checked at your bank? American
Express
> > office? Western Union office?
> >
> > Your last resort is a wire transfer -- I KNOW your bank can do this, but
it
> > will probably cost about $25.
>
> The American Express/Western Union options are as expensive as the bank
> transfer one-sometimes even more. My bank can not do the wire transfer
> because it is actually a small Credit Union.
> >
> > Unfortunately, you're at the high-end of pricing, so you may have a
> > challenge getting someone to take over the deal. Can you just walk
away?
>
> I can walk away, but I would be disgusted with myself if I did. I do
> have a small sense of honor.
> I see this as a reasonably good price for someone in Euorope because of
> the high prices I see there, but only reasonably so, for us in the Sates
> with the high shipping costs.
> Thanks for the answer,
>
> John
>
>
>
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