Сегодня на форуме Dreamstime появилось собщение директора этого агентства:
http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_8979
Each payment we send using Moneybookers has a strange path. As you know Dreamstime is an US corporation and our site works with USD. Moneybookers is an European corporation and operates with Euros.
Each wire from our own bank accounts is converted from USD to Euros in order to be accepted by MB. Then, for transfering it into our Dreamstime account on MB, they convert it back from Euro to USD. Then the photographer receives it in USD but will get the money in his local currency (a third conversion). These are just currency conversions, completely separate from the MB transaction fee that Dreamstime supports and pays for each transaction. For each conversion there is a commission to be paid to the bank (Dreamstime's, MB's, photographer's).
The difference between what leaves our account and what enters Moneybookers averages 5%, with peaks over 8%. To this value you should add the percentage supported by the photographer. MB converts it for a third time from USD to your local currency.
We have tried to contact Moneybookers and solve this problem in the best way for the agency and its photographers. It was simply impossible, no answer to emails nor phone calls. It's the reason why this was delayed until now. We didn't announce it as we hoped it will be solved.
While we continue to contact them using official (and slow) channels, we decided to bring this option again for payments, with a commission fee applied to each payment request.
Starting tomorrow (if we don't solve it by then) for each payment request that you will make using Moneybookers, a commission of 5.14% will be deducted. This percentage will vary monthly depending on the conversion charges of the banks involved. This is not due to USD-Euro difference, but to MB's approach (USD-EURO-USD).
The MB transaction fee which is separate, will continue to be supported by us.
Moneybookers will be kept as an option ONLY because a significant number of contributors prefer them thanks to the speed of the transfer. While we are working to remove this additional fee by various means, there is no guarantee it will happen. We strongly suggest to use check or Paypal, although slower, they have have no fee of this type.
Thank you for the patience you had in the last few days.
Речь идет о том, что фотобанк теряет немалые проценты из-за тройной конвертации пре переводе денег своим авторам через МВ, пытается решить эту проблему, но не может получить от МБ никакого ответа - обычная уже для МВ история - суппорт не отвечает, до администрации не достучаться. И это по отношению к организации! Но главное в этом сообщении между строк - руководство ДС очень не хочет работать с МВ и с завтрашнего дня начнет выплаты, но только по настоятельным просьбам авторов и с вычетом с них процентов за эту конвертацию. По тону сообщения совершенно очевидно, что существуют какие-то еще проблемы, о которых пока не говорится вслух.
Очень и очень настораживающая ситуация, учитывая еще все то что происходит в последнее время.
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