Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As a flaming left wing commie you're making this up, right? George Bush wouldn't let this happen. In fact, if he knew about it, he'd put Canada on his Axle of Evil!;-) B. D. Flaming In The U.S.A. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Tim Atherton Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 4:17 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Selling to the US... I often buy and sell photo stuff on Ebay and came across an interesting situation yesterday. I had sold a lens and got payment in $US in the form of a Bank cashiers cheque. I have always accepted payment in this form or a Bank Money order and have ahd no problem paying them into my Canadian bank (same with regular cheques from clients like the NY Times etc). At most, the bank put a 3-5 day hold on the cheque, though as a valued customer this was usually waived. Yesterday I found there is a 14 day hold on all such transactions - reason given - the uncertain and untrustworthy standing of US financial instituions as a result of Enron, Worldcom, Johnson & Johnson, now AOL- Time Warner etc. Wow - never thought this stuff would impact my Ebay sales.... Tim - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html