Transatlantic money (was Re: [OT] eBay Yet More - FSE & Painted)

> On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 11:21:24AM +0100, Tony Francis wrote:

> We ask for sterling cheques because we attract rather painful charges

I know one small publisher (one-man operation) in the UK which does a
lot of business with the USA; it maintains a US$ bank account specifically so
that cheques can be paid in and the money extracted in bulk, since there's
usually a large static component to the charge as
well as a percentage-based one.