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February 22, 2000 to February 29, 2000
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Message 269
Date: Feb 25 2000
From: Grace Olivo
Subject: RE: Address - Cash alternative
Message: I have always sent cash, usually a $10 or $20 bill with my requests, the
amount dependent upon how many records I was asking for. I've sent cash to
Archivio di Statos, Comune Civil Offices, and to churches. Only once did I
not get a response - from a church - and when I sent a second request the
priest sent me all the records I requested, along with a note that he had
never received my first request or the $20 I sent. [I sent him a thank you
with another $20] Several times I got the cash back, from Bari and Palermo
Provinces, stapled to the records. I've never gotten 'change' but I know
people who have had lire sent back to them.
Cashing checks of any kind costs them money, and since most people are only
sending $5-10-20 to begin with I always felt to pay $10-20 more than that
for an international money order was a waste of money. They prefer the
cash.
Message 270
Date: Feb 25 2000
From: Laura Johnson
Subject: Re: Address - Cash alternative
Message: I agree. I always send cash - usually about $5 per certificate that I am
requesting. I have
received change - in paper lire - in return when the amount was more than they
required for the
certificates. Also, I have received my US money stapled to my letter twice
when I had requested
information that they did not have available with a letter explaining that the
information was not
available.
But I always send two International Reply Coupons with every letter for the
postage
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