Kuksa buy-off

[Dogoak]

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?

[garybeaver]

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

[Huon]

Hi Martti,

How many Motonets do you need to have on order before it becomes worthwhile?

If no Motonets are coming over I may want to order a couple more Savottas if that is OK.

Cheers!

Huon

[Huon]

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

[Dougster]

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.

[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.

I don't think it is quite that bad. I've added 2 kuksas to the order which drops the overall cost per kuksa. I also think there are cheaper ways to do the transfer. One may be a Structured Payment:

http://www.co-operativebank.co.uk/se...stomerServices

Another may be to use one of the companies that provides cheap international transfers. The costs there can be significantly less than those charged by banks. Something about those here:

http://www.money.co.uk/money-transfers.htm

It all gets a little more complex and Martti and Mr. Clearing House would need to do their homework but it is probably doable.

[susi]

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.

[Huon]

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.

Hi Susi,

Thanks for waking this one up again. 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.

Regarding the kuksas themselves, no idea if they are really 'Finnish' but based on the one I got from Nonsuch they are excellent value and perfectly functional. I'd be very happy to get some more.

Cheers!

Huon

[Martti Kujansuu]

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 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.

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.

[Huon]

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.

Hi Martti,

I know PayPal can work straight to bank account in the UK and NZ so I guess it is possible in Finland but you'd need to check. The easiest way would be to try setting up a PayPal account and linking it to your bank. If it works we are good to go

Regarding the Motonets, I had a quick look through the thread and it looks like about 11 Motonets were ordered. Does this mean we'd need to get that up to around 20?

Cheers!

Huon

[Huon]

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.

Any joy Martti?

[Martti Kujansuu]

Any joy Martti?

On what exactly?

[Huon]

On what exactly?

Weren't you going to investigate your PayPal options?