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| Jerub | hm. i'm having terrible trouble doing a bank transfer to someone to book a hotel room. | 17:25 |
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| Jerub | australia doesn't play well with europe | 17:25 |
| dboddie_ | Jerub: What kind of trouble are you having? | 17:26 |
| Jerub | my bank doesn't provide SWIFT transfers, and people like western union like to charge massive fees. | 17:27 |
| dboddie_ | Ugh. Not nice. | 17:27 |
| dboddie_ | Do they have partner banks in Europe? | 17:27 |
| Jerub | tempting to just find a place of my own so i can book with CC | 17:27 |
| dboddie_ | I suppose there's always PayPal, if both of you are set up to use it... | 17:28 |
| dboddie_ | Or opening an account with another bank that does support SWIFT transfers, just for the conference. :-) | 17:30 |
| Jerub | well, i'm actually moving from australia -> uk | 17:30 |
| Jerub | and the conference just happens to be in the middle. | 17:30 |
| dboddie_ | Hmm. I guess you haven't already opened an account in the UK, have you? Is that something you have to do after you arrive there? | 17:32 |
| Jerub | apparently it requires a certificate from your employer and a reference to open a bank account in the uk... | 17:33 |
| * Jerub wonders what it takes to open an account in one of those tiny tax haven countries | 17:34 | |
| dboddie_ | If I may ask, and bearing in mind that this channel is logged, which bank are you using in Australia? | 17:34 |
| dboddie_ | Probably more than a certificate and a reference. :-) | 17:34 |
| Jerub | um, sure, i'm with www.heritage.com.au | 17:35 |
| Jerub | i'm going to go to a branch tomorrow and see if they can do it over the counter. | 17:36 |
| Jerub | (for less than 50 euros) ;) | 17:36 |
| Jerub | i think it might just be esaier to book a room at a hostel. | 17:38 |
| dboddie_ | It's weird that they can receive SWIFT payments, but not send them. | 17:39 |
| dboddie_ | There's also this, but it might not help with overseas accounts: http://www.heritage.com.au/HOL-Demo/Transfers/InterbankTransfer.aspx | 17:40 |
| dboddie_ | They might have a deal with the ANZ bank: http://www.heritage.com.au/Personal/International/Foreign-Exchange/Overseas-Transfers-Incoming.aspx | 17:41 |
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