On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 at 21:19:00, Peter Fox wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
> >I must live in a different universe. I did have the most tremendous >problems setting up a Euro account, the bank went to sleep for nearly two >months. > >AS a result, the bank actually provided a bankers draft in Euros for me to >send to Austria. I have personally sent a cheque in Euros drawn on a Euro >account to Germany to pay for a trip to Worms. His bank took it in and >mine eventually paid out the funds. > >I do not know what he was charged in Germany but there were no charges to >me at my bank. > >Whether this is due to the many problems I have had and put up with, I do >not know but I can and do send out cheques denominated in Euros. The discussion here was about 'eurocheques' not about 'cheques in euros' A euro bank account is a very different thing. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@<surname>.co.uk http://www.firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG