No wonder no ZA/RSA vendor responded when I asked about Paypal. I suspected as much. It would have been better if they just said 'NO'.;-)

BenT

sent from my electronic leash

On Jun 11, 2011, at 2:47 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote:

> On Jun 11, 2011, at 2:06 PM, Oxroad wrote:
> 
>> But now I want to get my hands on the SA sliders. Where's James
>> Cohen when
>> you need him?
> 
> I have a friend in ZA and we have done business in the past. The
> problem with doing business with friends in South Africa is that
> there's no easy way to move money around.  We found exactly 2 methods.
> 1.) Bank transfer. ($40+ fee at the time. Kinda kills any profit) 2.)
> Smallish amounts of cash in many different looking envelopes. (Spreads
> the risk. Mail theft is not uncommon I'm told.)
> 
> No Paypal, no Western Union.
> 
> I'd love to import those windows (which would be the easy part.)
> Paying for them is a PITA.
> 
> Jim