Hi! On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 10:18:30AM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: >On 2009-04-03, Martin Schrvder <mar...@oneiros.de> wrote: >> 2009/4/3, Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org>: >>> cards, http://www.openbsd.org/donations.html, since UK to euro-zone >>> bank transfers are so expensive (cheapest is probably #8 for tipanet >>> transfers, other ways can be much more).
>> The UK is in pe, so -transfers to and from the UK should cost (next >> to) nothing; all the usual rules for the zone apply. >the rule is not about the actual cost, it's that SEPA transfers >in euros should cost no more than domestic transfers in euros. >I haven't checked, but I suppose the banks handle this by making >a high charge for domestic transfers on their euro-denominated >accounts (which almost nobody has, anyway)... *nods* But IIRC it can be expensive between the UK and the Euro zone because the UK doesn't have the Euro. I've understood the rules in the way that the regulations apply only to transfers between countries that are both in the EU *and* that have the Euro. I.e. not for the Vatican, or for the UK. Kind regards, Hannah.
