ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LIMA NEWSLETTER APRIL 1990
 
     ^^^^^^^^^^^ HOW TO SEND FAIRWARE DONATIONS 
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^TO FOREIGN SOFTWARE AUTHORS  
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^by Charles Good 
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Lima Ohio User Group 
      
     PERSONAL CHECKS are not a good idea.  They are
difficult and expensive for the foreign recipient to cash.
Fees the recipient must pay to cash your check may consume a
large part of your fairware donation. 
      
     INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDERS can be purchased at the
major offices of most banks, although not at some branch
banks and not at some savings and loans.  They are easy and
cheap for the foreign recipient to cash, but are somewhat
expensive for the sender to purchase. 
      
     TRAVELERS CHEQUES can usually be cashed by the foreign
recipient easily for little or no fee, and can usually be
purshased without any service charge at a bank where you
have an account.  If your fairware donation is either $20 or
multiples of $20, then travelers checques are a cheap
convenient safe way of making your fairware donation.
Travelers cheques are available in minimum denominations of
$20 and you must get at least $100 of such checks at the
same time.  Take one of the checques, sign it at the top and
bottom, and after the words "pay this cheque to" write the
recipient's name.  This way nobody else can cash the check
even though you have signed it.  Take the rest of the
cheques (remember, you have to get at least $100 worth at a
time) and either use them on your next vacation or sign them
and immediately redeposit them into your bank account. 
      
     CASH is probably the simplest and easiest way to make a
fairware payment.  United States currency is easily
recognized and accepted by banks all over the world.  Fees a
foreign recipient pays to deposit United States currency
(no coins) into the recipient's bank account will be
minimal of any.  Just make sure your envelope is sealed and
the cash is not visible to someone examining the outside of
the envelope. 
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