Originally Posted by OneWhoKnows

Like Nicky said. It's because they are foreign/in a foreign currency. However, even if some sponsor would be willing to send the check in EUR this wouldn't change a thing, as it's still foreign. It would only be free if it's from a bank in my country and in EUR - but guess what, we don't even have similar checks to those in the US anymore.

Oh, and btw - to that guy (can't remember who posted that stupid bullshit) who said webmasters living in a "first world country" only use e-wallets for tax evasion... Well, if more sponsors would be as cool as Payserve and offer free SEPA transfers (wires), I'd be glad to use 'em

PS: If you have no clue what SEPA is and are too dumb to check Wikipedia yourself:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area

So for those who think checks are cool as fuck, please tell me why we should use them if we have wires that are completely free (yeah, that's $0 no matter how large the transfer is) within the EUR zone? Oh and, btw - wires don't bounce :D