German business practices

[Michael Riebs]

All my materials come from German suppliers. We usually simply send them a
bank certified check, made out in US$, or a money order in US$. They are
then able to simply deposit the US$ check in their account. (It costs them a
small fee - $10 or so).

Alles im ordnung! Keine problem!

Most recently we tried our first wire transfer. What a hassle! I'm going
back to certified checks.

When I buy stuff on E-bay from a German seller, I just stick $ bills in an
envelope.

Michael L. Riebs
Director of Operations,
1St Choice Granite, Inc.

www.1stchoicegranite.com

3511 Alpine Ave NW,
Walker, MI 49544
Voice: (616) 784-7300
Fax: (616) 784-2808

----- Original Message -----
From: "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com>
To: "'Phil Payne'" <quattro at isham-research.com>; "'S-Car-List'"
<s-car-list at yahoogroups.com>; "'Quattro List'" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 6:31 PM
Subject: RE: German business practices


> 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
>
>