Thread: $40 for a paper check fee?

I just got charged $40 for a check that was only $179 to begin with, leaving it $139
When I emailed asking about my cashout options, someone should of warned me about this...and $40 REALLY? In 10 years of this, I've never paid more than $20 and most are $10 or free....this is crazy, do you really think it's appropriate to charge $40 to small time affiliates like this? Makes us not want to promote your brands at that price.

I gotta admit I've seen cutting checks being costed $15-40 to the advertiser. Which is pretty much the cost of how much it costs programs to cut that check.

Rak, you maybe right, but in almost 10 years, I have yet to pay close to that amount for a paper check, many times the affiliate company pays the fees or gets a processor that is reasonable.

Can you imagine being a small time affiliate, barely earning enough money to get by and getting 25% of your check taken out without knowing ahead of time?

Or a minimum $100 till payout then $40 to cut the check, which arrives in USD, then your banks charges your $10-20 to convert it to AUD (my currency) .. and then you're left with $40-$50!!

Rak, I know exactly what you mean, I lived in Australia for 8 years, I paid plenty of fees to cash USD checks there! But, I was always aware of the fees upfront and could choose to wait for larger earnings so it didn't hurt so bad.

Times and processing are just bad, and I understand the fees, but it really does need to be disclosed when one chooses a payment method.

why not use moneybookers or skrill?

moneybookers does not take USA residents and I don't know what skrill is??