Amergin - isn't your response just a little out of proportion to a fairly pointless comment by someone who (presumably) doesn't know understand what Mudcat is about. The Calendar is definitely worth more than the nominal sum of $10. I know nothing about how movements of money are processed via the internet, but bearing in mind that when I hand a cheque into my local bank they do not process it until 5 to 7 days later, I cannot suspect that getting them to process a payment which I have sent to the opposite side of the Atlantic ocean might be expected to take a while. E-mail might be almost instantaneous banks work on a principle of hanging onto my money forever.
Perhaps Guest or Amergin should be berating international banking systems!