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rowan · 05-04-2011, 07:57 PM

International fees are a ripoff. One cheque I sent off for collection was assessed a whopping $50 fee (!!!) by the originating bank. Then I had to pay another $10 fee to my local bank.

You tell me it costs 50 fucking dollars to receive a bit of paper, deposit it, then send off a reply that it's valid?

It's a capitalist system, the fees are probably arbitrary amounts that do not reflect the actual costs of processing, rather what the bank thinks they can get away with (and since no one wants to discount it too much, it will stay that way...)

05-04-2011, 07:57 PM
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	International fees are a ripoff. One cheque I sent off for collection was assessed a whopping $50 fee (!!!) by the originating bank. Then I had to pay another $10 fee to my local bank. You tell me it costs 50 fucking dollars to receive a bit of paper, deposit it, then send off a reply that it's valid? It's a capitalist system, the fees are probably arbitrary amounts that do not reflect the actual costs of processing, rather what the bank thinks they can get away with (and since no one wants to discount it too much, it will stay that way...)