color=#0000ff size=2>The reason people from Mexico prefer not to deal with
checks or money orders is that it is VERY difficult to cash them in
Mexico. They are charged an extra amount by the banks to cash checks and
most banks will deal only with certain types of money orders. There are
ways that people send money orders to Mexico which are acceptable, I think they
are called "jiros or giros postales" or something like that. I can provide
you with the name of a friend of mine from Mexico who knows Mr. de la Torre and
knows the "system".......I am sure that if you spoke to him he could provide you
with a lot of information on how to proceed with this. I can open the door
for you and you can take it from there. My friend is VERY honest and can
be trusted. Let me know if you need help.
checks or money orders is that it is VERY difficult to cash them in
Mexico. They are charged an extra amount by the banks to cash checks and
most banks will deal only with certain types of money orders. There are
ways that people send money orders to Mexico which are acceptable, I think they
are called "jiros or giros postales" or something like that. I can provide
you with the name of a friend of mine from Mexico who knows Mr. de la Torre and
knows the "system".......I am sure that if you spoke to him he could provide you
with a lot of information on how to proceed with this. I can open the door
for you and you can take it from there. My friend is VERY honest and can
be trusted. Let me know if you need help.
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color=#0000ff size=2>Josie Trevino Trevino
color=#0000ff size=2>San Antonio, TX
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color=#0000ff size=2>PS.....my friend has e-mail and works with
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ranchos@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ranchos@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Arturo Ramos
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Leonardo de la Torre does NOT speak English. I think that
if I worked
out a deal with him, I would be willing to communicate project
goals,
etc., to him for members who would sign up. My Spanish is not
perfect,
but I can hold my own.
When we were discussing my
reimbursing his travel expenses for him to
come to Colotlan, he was adamant
about getting the money wired to
him... he specifically did not want checks
or money orders.
Since Paypal works more or less like a wire service once
it is linked
to a bank account and they do allow linking to Mexican bank
accounts
(it a bit slower since they have to make their money on the float),
he
may be amenable to that... depends on how much of a technophobe he
is.
However, I am sure that we can find a solution to this problem in
one
way or another.
I was thinking that what I would discuss with him
was the possibility
of working on an hourly basis with an ongoing list of
projects... that
way people could set out a budget for their given project
and know that
he would not go beyond that without asking for more time to
work on
it... sort of the way law firm billing works. That way he
would also
have to be accountable for the work he is performing.
I
imagine that even the smallest project is going to be in the dozens
of hours
but you can set out a small project every three or four months
as your
budget allows... Others will get their projects in the queue in
the meantime
so we can keep work flowing to him.
What I am hoping is that multiple
members may have overlapping
genealogies and can therefore share the cost of
a project in certain
instances.
--- In
ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Linda R Romero <romero89@e...>
wrote:
>
> I, too, would be interested in having someone in Mexico
do some
> research for me. But I have several
questions. I am one of the
list
> members who does not
speak Spanish. Does Senor de la Torre speak
any
>
English? How would we communicate? I have names and dates for
a
> starting point. What else would he need. I have a
Paypal account.
> Can this be used to transfer money? I
can pay, but not in the
> hundreds each month. I will lurk a
little longer on the list until
> these and list member's other
questions are asked.
>
> Linda Romero
>
>
researching: Romero, de la Torre, Barba,
>