To prevent misunderstanding: This charge is not taken by GEM, but the credit
card company will charge me personally. Since I don't want to pay this fee
for everybody who will order something, I just mentioned it to let everyone
know what additional charges there may be.
Chris
> The extra charge for money transfer is accurate. Credit cards cost
> merchants an extra 1-1.5% for overseas orders. They are actually not
> permitted by credit card rules (MC/Visa) to require extra payments for
> accepting a credit card from any source. They are supposed to bury all
> these charges in their pricing.
>> Hallo Everyone,
>>
>> I have been looking at the GEM offers. They seem nice, but if you look at
>> the shipping it can be pretty high in the end (example: for the item 20$,
>> shipping 9$ and for Europe additional actual shipping).
>>
>> I am trying to organize an bulk order for Germany, but I think I could
>> reship to most Europe. I am trying to get shipping free from the US, and
>> there would be an additional 1% or so for the money transfer (if anyone got
>> a better idea how to transfer the money please contact me).
>
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