I’ve been interested in acquiring a copy of a documentary made by a Canadian director, based on a book I once read called “Haunts of the Black Masseur – the Swimmer as Hero”
I’ve corresponded by email with the director Jeff McKay and he’s happy to send me a region specific DVD and all in (with postage) it would be $30 Canadian dollars (about £17), which is fine. Except, he doesn’t have PayPal and several weeks of me looking for an alternative means of paying has been fruitless – can’t send a cheque, none of my banks offer foreign currency money orders etc… I probably could go to Western Union office in the next city over and pay their extortionate rates to send the money, but he’d still have to go pick it up and I’m just not too excited about all the effort involved. And by now I’ve kinda lost the will to live over the whole thing - I just want the DVD, dammit.
So anyhow, ranting aside, does anyone have a simple solution to paying for something in a foreign currency, or would any kind soul be willing to post $30 bucks/ a Canadian cheque to the director on my behalf, after I send money (and contact details) to your PayPal account? If you are able and willing to help, please let me know.
Many thanks.