No wonder no ZA/RSA vendor responded when I asked about Paypal. I suspected as much. It would have been better if they just said 'NO'.;-)
BenT sent from my electronic leash On Jun 11, 2011, at 2:47 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote: > On Jun 11, 2011, at 2:06 PM, Oxroad wrote: > >> But now I want to get my hands on the SA sliders. Where's James >> Cohen when >> you need him? > > I have a friend in ZA and we have done business in the past. The > problem with doing business with friends in South Africa is that > there's no easy way to move money around. We found exactly 2 methods. > 1.) Bank transfer. ($40+ fee at the time. Kinda kills any profit) 2.) > Smallish amounts of cash in many different looking envelopes. (Spreads > the risk. Mail theft is not uncommon I'm told.) > > No Paypal, no Western Union. > > I'd love to import those windows (which would be the easy part.) > Paying for them is a PITA. > > Jim |
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