noway that is safe and secure

Hmmm. Interesting. So when you ask them if it's possible to send money abroad, their answer is "no way"?

we have ofcourse banks but as i've asked there would be noway to send the money if there was a way i wouldn' ask for it

I see.

Of course they have banks. But international money transfer fees are high everywhere.

where theres a will...theres a way.several have been recommended.perhaps a visit to your bank? do they have banks in Iran?

nice berenice:thanks for your help but there seems to be no way to pay my membership thanks.

I usually receive payments from people in 2 days. I thought that having the PO Box is the difference. SkyKing's took 3 days, I think.

I always email Fencer when I get any from my 2 way pager. It all depends on the time of day in CZ as to when it gets activated. He's really cool about that.....

I'd be willing to bet that most lost mail is from people's carelessness when addressing it. I always try to write it neat and in block capital letters. If you don't make it easy for them, they'll make it hard for you!

My payment did take a little longer because of Christmas.

I remember a short science fiction story that had a guy make first contact with the intragalatic society by him addressing mail to them. The closer the mail is sent the longer it would take. He addressed it to some far away star and it got there instantly. The aliens concluded we were space faring and made contact. Kind of a spoof, but it sure sounds like your experience. :)

If you've ever been lost in the main Chicago post office...you'd know why.There are HUGE rooms in that building,full of "lost mail".

Right here in Orange County, California. The Czech Republic is a long ways away from here, too. I imagine the Unites States Postal Service has a big hub up in Los Angeles, which I'm sure the terminal annex here in Santa Ana gets to them that day, after the sorting and whatever else it takes to get mail on its way is done. Little bar codes and such. L.A. is 34 miles from Santa Ana. LAX is about 40 miles from Santa Ana. I think there terminal annex was moved to South Central L.A. just north of Watts a few years back. The one in downtown L.A. is by Union Station. I think it's closed, but I haven't been there in years and it was still open the last time I was there.
I usually mail things like letters right at the post office. That can save a day sometimes if the truck hasn't made the pick up yet. Paying bills and stuff gets put in the mail box or handed to the letter carrier.

I've had a package come from Japan (to central Illinois, USA) in 4 days. Durring that exact same time, it took over a week to get a letter from the Chicago area (northern Illinois) to central illinois.

4 days? Where from? I've had internal mail take longer than that!

Don't quote me on this, but I imagine as soon as a customer services rep receives payment they contact Fencer and the account is activated then - before the money reaches Fencer.

Seems like I mailed it on a Saturday and Filip had it in his hand on Wednesday. Four days, ain't bad. How long after Eriisa gets the check does it take to activate the account? Most letters mailed in the United States to points in the United States take one, two, or three days to get to where they're sent. Depends on pick up time and day of the week, as we have mail delivery six days a week here.

But I would imagine it reached Eriisa quicker than it would have reached Fencer and Skyking's membership would have been activated sooner.

That means you saved 43¢ Skyking. :)

I sent my Money Order just to Texas to Erissa LOL

They're common here in Southern California. Lot's of liquor stores sell them. The one that I buy them from in Huntington Beach charges me only 59¢ each for them. When I first asked the lady behind the counter if they were good out of the country, she said everywhere. I said even the Czech Republic? She said no problem. I sent it to Filip and she was right, he had no problem. She told me that most of the money orders that she sold were sent to Mexico or some of the Central American countries aside from being used locally instead of a personal check. She was tripping when I told her Czech Republic. I let her know she was right after Filip got the money order cashed.
It seems the United States has some of the most liberal banking and money rules around, though I'm not familiar with how other places do it and am just speculating from how most of the questions that people have are from people in different countries.

I have been told that if you fold money (notes) into a sheet of carbon paper that the letter cant be exrayed to see what is in it...I dont know if that still works with all the modern technology etc :)

International Money Orders? I dont know if we have them....I must enquire, would be even better if we did :)

Doesn't Iran have them? If not, then I guess some other way will come to light.
They work fine. Filip can cash them with no charges to do so. You make them payable to him, so no one else can cash them unless done so fraudulently. You get a receipt, so if it doesn't make it to him, you can put a stop on the money order and get the money back.

Actually I think sending it registered is less safe for the fact you draw extra attention to the envelope.

I have paid for many things on eBay by sending cash in the mail, but of course you need to follow these steps:

1) Place in a sheet of paper and fold it around so the sheet of paper is complete surronding the money.

2) Only send bills, never send coins. (Someone sent me coins in an evelope once and once it got to me, I could easly tell that coins where in there.)

3) Make sure it is addressed correctly and everything like that.

4) Make sure you don't send any more then you are willing to lose. Since sometimes sending it through registered mail with insurance and such could end up costed a lot more then what it is worth. (So for example if the first $20 was lost, then the money you saved by not going registed and such would almost cover the cost of sending again).

Anyway, this is just my opinion - you should do what makes you feel the most secure, but as long as it looks like a normal letter, nothing special about it - it should gain no extra attention and get "lost" on the way.

Fencer :) that is why i said i would send EURO in an envelope...REGISTERED that way it is insured and if you dont get it I get my money back :)
Perfectly safe i think :)

HIT MAN if a person to use up the vac days they have left may make ur 1 day last tell the end of the month too.

ok thanks harley

Probably because its Friday, HIT MAN. Your weekend days will be showing too. On Monday it should be back to normal.

FENCER
I post 1 day games and they come on my sheet with more time on them than that.What is the problem here?

ah! that easy! .. thanks :)

if you goto the main page and look at the top it will show you yesterdays highest mover at the side of that is the link for more .

where did you get that link to amount of yesterday moves ?

i would expect to find it under 'statistics' but its not there

yeah, I see it now... I had only looked for it near the discussion link! *shrug*

There is one near the top of the main page
Right above the brainking info...

pauloaguia: It is on the game page.

Fencer, is there any other link to that board in the site besides the one on your message here? (which will soon get cluttered under all the other posts)

Oh, I just found out one in the DB's page... but can't there be one in the game page as well?

Run around the Pond

have we a pond board yet ?

you continue to play your games , but cant accept anymore untill you get below the 20 games limit , any fellowhips you are in you cant read the boards anymore .

Jason: The list of approved countries.

The games won't disappear but he cannot start new ones until his total number of running games drops below the limit.

ah i didnt realise that ,i presumed it must be world wide .

what happens when the membership expires but the player is involved in more than 20 games or more than 1 tournament? Or if he is signed up for a tournament which is not for pawns? Or in a fellowship?

Jason: Unfortunatelly, the list of countries which are supported in PayPal is very short.

ive used paypal for years never had any problems with them ive used it for allsorts of stuff

The would be interesting to know - since the General Chat board is going to be cleared out at the first of the year, our "post count" stat might also be reduced.

Iranian membership - I know of at least 1 paid member from Iran, maybe they would be able to work something out.

Bernice: Yes, it's not the first time when a player from Iran wants to pay for a membership and no option is available for him. Of course, there is always a possibility to send cash in an envelope [I never saw Iranian money before :-) ] but it's not safe and definitely not recommended.

SLAM :)..now there is an idea...you could do your bit for the site and pay for the nice person :)
I also cant pay using moneybookers as WhisperzQ will attest to...
Im going to be sending euro in envelope next time...registered...it is a damn nuisance and I have noticed that a few are having trouble with moneybookers....I dont trust PayPal, as ive never had any dealings with them :(

tHEy cAn pAy iN bArRELz oF OiL.

Im playing with member Mehdi who is from Iran...
They have asked how to pay for membership as they dont have credit cards etc...can anyone please advise on this. I have mentioned money orders but then i suppose they wouldnt have them either :(

Hows the post counting going Fencer?
I must have past the 10,000 posts now :oD