I have though never heard of IBAN.
Richard
Within the eurozone this is a straightforward affair but sending payment from the UK will incure a hefty charge
May be worth trying to seeing if someone would be prepared to collect the moneys and make a single transfer to Martti
We will all have to fork out an extra £15-£25 (depending on your banks charges) for the payment. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
I fear this GB will die if a solution to the IBAN charges by British Banks is avoided. My bank charges £20 I think? £17 from my business account.
Gary
I'd be happy to act as a clearing house for funds if people trust me (and if there are no forum rules that would preclude this). If not, possibly there is a more active member involved who'd be prepared to do this. We'd have to agree transfer fees and any other costs in advance and make sure they were covered though.
Cheers!
Huon
Very good of you, but we are looking at almost a pound per kuksa on the group buy, just to fund Bob Diamonds retirement fund.
If there were any other way of paying I'd be well up for continuing with this.
Suggest you guys propose to pay Martti via paypal. It's the cheapest and easiest way to transfer cash between Eurozone and Britland.
(One of the "few" benefits of Euro membership, apart from having the privilege of subsidising failing bank businesses in other countries, is the "cross border money transfer" service. This allows us to log in to our bank, then transfer funds to someone in another Eurozone country free of charge).
Finally, a word on these cheap kuksat that are available in Finland.... There is a lot of debate here in Finland about how "Finnish" lots of the traditional items for sale actually are. As an example, I have read that most "local" souvenirs in Lapland are actually manufactured in China. I can't say where these kuksas are made, but certainly the Beech tree is extremely rare in Finland. Like much for sale nowadays, they are simply cheap copies of the real thing. But for the price, they're probably OK value.
I would be happy to use PayPal but as I do not own a credit nor a bank card, I do not know if one can get the PayPal payment paid directly to his/her bank account in Finland.I agree that PayPal would be the easiest option and I'd be very happy if Martti opted to go that way instead of a bank transfer.
Sorry about being lazy updating the thread but I have received an offer from those Savotta "kuksas" for 9,9€ each without postage included. What comes to those Motonet's cheaper cups, I would say that I would like to get at least double the amount of orders for those before I would be happy to pursue the deal any further.I would be happy to use PayPal but as I do not own a credit nor a bank card, I do not know if one can get the PayPal payment paid directly to his/her bank account in Finland.