[H-GEN] Non cash payment - was Re: Constitutional changes I will be proposing at the AGM

[Robert Brockway]

On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Benjamin Fowler wrote:

> Not everybody.  I got tired of getting shafted by bank fees and late fees.
> Filing tax returns, because I earnt 10 cents income from interest is
> annoying too. So I told ANZ where they could stick their savings account and
> credit card.

Good points.  I have other interests in Australia which makes it natural 
for me to retain a bank account.

Maybe my assumption that all the expats keep bank accounts is false :)

> Amen, forex through the banks is yet another ripoff.  I remember it being
> high double-digits when I wired some money home to pay off my HECS debt
> (another uniquely Aussie ripoff).

I like HECS - better than the systems a lot of countries have :)

Cheers,

Rob

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