Is it/would it be practical to find a way to pay for models from a dealer in
Canada, paying in Canadian dollars while I reside in the USA?
How would you go about doing it if there was a huge difference in the
exchange rate?
thx - Craig
Go to a bank, Western Union, or other place and tell them you want a
money order in Canadian funds. Happens all the time. I received a
check from a British aviation magazine for one of my photos, and it was
made out in Canadian dollars. The current US/Canadian exchange rate is
around 30%, so you will pay less in U.S. money for Canadian funds.
BB in Canada
That's trivially easy - Canada and the United States are each other's
single largest trading partner, so all of the large banks on both sides
of the border already do this on a daily basis. (For that matter, the
five largest Canadian banks each have branches in Manhattan, and some of
the largest U.S. banks have branches in Toronto.)
Visit your bank and ask for a money order in Canadian currency. (Don't
let them sell you a bank draft; that's equivalent to cash, and you
shouldn't send "cash" in the mail.) Then send that off as your payment.
The banks at this end won't cause a fuss unless your bank is so small
that they've never heard of it before, and even then they'd just put a
hold on the deposit for a couple of weeks.
Again, go to your bank. There are other ways to exchange money, but
banks tend to have the best exchange rates and charge the lowest service
fees. (Don't worry about what the exchange rate actually is. Unless
you're a speculator, all that matters is how many models you can buy
with a wad of cash.)
Hope this helps.
Or go to your Post Office and tell them you need a International Postal Money
Order for Canadian Funds. Same thing, and you can mail it as soon as you fill
out the Tos and Froms.
Canadians cash it in at their Post Offices.
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