[sdiy] Wanna order stuff from Rapid from outside the UK ?

[Colin f]

> When you pay via bank transfer, you are charged 12 GBP extra
> because, they say, "our bank will charge us if a customer is
> paying into our account from outside of the UK". (Which I thought
> an EU regulation from a few years ago had made illegal if your
> bank is also in the EU...)

The EU directive only covers transfers in the same currency, so the UK banks
get around it.
My bank charges me 7ukp minimum to receive a transfer, unless the sender
specifically pays all fees.
I have often found that if the sender 'ticks the box' for covering all fees,
they don't get charged any extra, and I don't get charged the 7 quid.
So if they are given the option to charge a fee, the bank just takes the
piss.
Yet another scam of the British banking industry.

Cheers,
Colin f