German business practices

[TM]

Thanks for the details, Phil- the problem that I have is that it's very
difficult to
do business with overseas banks and the like when you're using a
personal consumer bank
account as opposed to a commercial bank account with a US bank.

Do you have any advice for someone who merely wants to send a few Euros
to a couple
German vendors, considering that I'm located in the US and don't have
ready access to
Euros?

Taka