Aussie Webmasters - Foreign Cheques

[AdultKing]

Just curious what other Aussie webmasters are paying in transaction fees on foreign cheques these days ?

[Aussie Rebel]

I'm with Westpac and pay $20 per check and they cash them the same day, if the checks are all from one place. like ccbill, it's only $20 to cash all of them and $9 for wires.

cheers

[AdultKing]

St George charge $10.50 , funny considering they are owned by Westpac.

[georgeyw]

$10 per cheque - commonwealth bank.

[AdultKing]

$10 bucks fee, US Dollar value, makes these cheques less and less enjoyable

[georgeyw]

$10 bucks fee, US Dollar value, makes these cheques less and less enjoyable

Ain't that the truth.

Also since the epassporte debacle, the number of cheques from different co's has increased

[tabasco]

I'm with ANZ and have used various branches and find it can often vary from branch to branch. It is supposed to be $15 per check. My local branch will do several for $15 total and the manager put a note on my account so every teller knows it apparently.

[georgeyw]

I'm with ANZ and have used various branches and find it can often vary from branch to branch. It is supposed to be $15 per check. My local branch will do several for $15 total and the manager put a note on my account so every teller knows it apparently.

I was doing the same for a while, but new manager and tellers and it all became too hard.

[tabasco]

I was doing the same for a while, but new manager and tellers and it all became too hard.

The branch I go to now is good. Same three or four girls and they all know me now... I see the mock dread on their faces when my ticket number comes up and they see me with 6 checks in hand.

[Zorgman]

St George will do 1 for $10.50 or 3 for $15.20

[Nurgle]

nothing, i have a US$ account at the NAB

[georgeyw]

The branch I go to now is good. Same three or four girls and they all know me now... I see the mock dread on their faces when my ticket number comes up and they see me with 6 checks in hand.

Yeah they scramble to be the one to NOT serve you

It still amazes me at just how much paper work there is for a single cheque - absolutely insane.

[georgeyw]

nothing, i have a US$ account at the NAB

How do you access the money? Are the cheques cleared instantly?

[Gonzodave]

nothing, i have a US$ account at the NAB

And how does someone in the farflung antipodes get a US$ account with NAB?

[Calico Jack]

Westpac, 6 cheques for $20. Negotiated this with the manager and I've had this deal for years.

[xholly]

currently ive let my cheques build up for a bit, I got 8 sitting here now and im a little embarrassed to take em all in at once, its going to take ages to process em all. I used to flirt with the teller who was cute but haven't seen her for ages

how do I get a $US acct at the NAB?

[Horny Guy]

3 for $10 at NAB ...cleared on the spot ...all depends on who you see at the banks and how many a month you do

[papill0n]

used to be 10$ but now nothing

you really have to know your bank staff if you dont want a headache every single time you try to deposit a cheque

[Aka_Bluey]

Wespac - 10 cheques for $20, cleared on the spot, had the same deal for a few years. And the bank staff run and hide if the see me walk in with cheques in hand, lol, the amount of paper work they have to do.

[Gonzodave]

nothing, i have a US$ account at the NAB

Come on Nurgle, let us in on the secret!