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Topic: About "Make a Donation" . . .
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In Brazil, we have the "www.brpay.com.br". The link "Make a Donation" redirect to www.paypal.com .
How can I do a donation without international card and use our current money?
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Well, this site is based in the US, so enabling donations through a pay system that is local to Brazil does not really work.
I would be happy to give you a mailing address in the US where you can send a check. I'm not sure I'll be able to cash a check in Brazilian currency though, if your bank can sell you a money order in US dollars then I should have no problem cashing it.
Thanks.
Miguel
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Sending cash in the post is just a plain bad idea though, as you say, it's not illegal. Does your bank not give you a Visa or Mastercard that you can use to pay via Paypal?
Ultimately, somebody is going to have to pay to convert a donation from the donor's local currency to US dollars. If you don't pay your bank to do it, Miguel will have to pay his.
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Advice for the Brazilians: in the last years competition among banks has led various of them to offer very cheap or even free credit cards... I myself got three international cards, one from Banco Real (Visa) and the others from Unibanco (Visa and Mastercard), all of them free of annual fees, and without even having to open an account! I suggest you go to one of these banks and talk with the manager about this possibility, or try this link:
www.unibanco.com.br/uar/tds/uni/index.asp
Conselho aos brasileiros: com a competição entre os bancos, vários deles passaram a oferecer cartões muito baratos ou mesmo de graça... Eu mesmo consegui três cartões internacionais, um do Banco Real (Visa) e os outros do Unibanco (Visa e Mastercard), todos os três sem taxa de anuidade e sem ter de sequer abrir conta no banco! Sugiro que vão a um desses bancos e conversem com o gerente sobre essa possibilidade, ou tentem o link acima.
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| Gil wrote: It is more wasteful to who has an international credit card, here in Brazil. |
Aha, here is the cause of the confusion. In Europe (to the best of my knowledge) there's no such thing as an ``international credit card.'' You just have a ``credit card'' which you can use anywhere in the world. You don't get a brilliant exchange rate but it's usually not too bad.
Since this is all I've ever know, I'd not imagined there might be places that would be different. 
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| Gil wrote: I have a friend who tells me that in Germany anybody accepts credit cards. Would that be a cultural matter? Would it be this true? |
In most the rich European countries, almost all businesses, except for small shops and some small restaurants, accept payment by credit card. In Greece, it's less common -- you wouldn't expect to be able to pay with a card in an ordinary restaurant, for example.
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