best way to get money to rc tritec?

[RickHiC]

I know some folks have been through this. I'm US located and about to pull the trigger on some super luminova. (Yes, I know, luming is better left to the experts, but I'm set on experimenting.) I have the bank info coordinated with tritec, but I just can't find an efficient way to do it. The best I can do with my bank is a minimum $40 international wire fee, plus a crappy exchange to swiss francs, plus possible misc. fees at the other end. I'm possibly paying more on fees+shipping than I am for product.

Is there any other way? Western Union doesn't seem to do bank transfer to Switzerland (wtf?) I have a moneygram account but that seems to be the same way. I have a local UBS branch (rc tritec has UBS swiss as their bank), but they said they either can't collaborate with their main swiss branches and also I'd need an account anyway (again wtf?, I can't just walk in to the UBS teller with cash/check/money order, nor can I bank-to-bank from my bank to UBS USA, then wire from UBS USA to UBS Swiss (either should in theory result in lower fees)).

Ok, sorry for ranting. I'm just hoping somebody here in my situation has come up with a better solution. I know I can registered mail a US bank check to Switzerland, but some googling seems to indicate that this can take somewhere from many weeks to infinity to finally clear.