In message <808ebb1747@spuddy.mew.co.uk> you wrote:

> In message <6e1041747@emw4maba.slip.gp.fht-esslingen.de>
>           Markus Baeurle <emw4maba@gp.fht-esslingen.de> wrote:
> 
> > Foreign customers now have the problem that they must transfer 49 DM
> > (might be a bit more due to additional postage) to a German bank
> > account. Does anybody know if this is difficult and how much
> > additional cost this involves?
> 
> I needed to send a similar sum of money to Finland a few weeks ago,
> and my bank wanted to charge me about 16 ukp to do so.  I decided that
> it was worth taking the risk of sending banknotes through the post.

You could try getting a Eurocheque book from your bank.

You can write cheques in nearly any european currency, for up to about
150 UKP or the equivalent I think. And they can be cashed or used ann
over Europe.

Mine costs me 7.50 UKP per year plus about 1% on top of every cheque.

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