[119246] in Cypherpunks
Re: Digital Contracts: "Lie in X.509, Go to Jail"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nilsphone@aol.com)
Wed Oct 20 09:52:29 1999
From: Nilsphone@aol.com
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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:33:48 EDT
To: rah@shipwright.com, lethin@reservoir.com
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In a message dated 1999-10-20 00:10:14 EST, rah@shipwright.com writes:
>
> > $94 for the $50 book from the US, ($19 shipping and bank costs on the
> > publisher's side, $25 for an "international money order").
>
> Cha-ching.
Sure. There are, however, other ways. IF the seller had been set up to
accept credit cards all would have been OK, no bank charges to speak of
(except 2% to the processor), and the payment process could have been
instant. This exists NOW!
Another thing: Since the seller is willing to accept payment in USD, I will
simply buy a BofA cashier's check (free to me, worst case USD 6), which
is quite negotiable. The "25 dollars for an international etc" only applies if
I buy a payment instrument in a foreign currency, and then I can pay 10
dollars
as long as I don't mind BofA processing it overnite.
Regards
Nils Andersson
