>P.S. if anyone knows an easy way to send $10 or $20 to the Netherlands >without paying $15 for the service, please let me know before I mail a >check. when buying stuff on eBay, I have just sent the cash carefully wrapped up inside a couple of layers of ordinary photocopier paper. maximum I have sent so far is about $100, so that minimizes my loss if it does go astray. Above this I do tend to try and use electronic transfer. To get the cash I want, I go to a travel agent, and buy it there. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: "[PIC]:" PIC only "[EE]:" engineering "[OT]:" off topic "[AD]:" ad's