Mmm, that's new to me. I thought that you only had to pay fees with some services (like Mt. Gox).
So, if I have understood correctly, when I send someone some bitcoins using the client, I pay some of them as a fee?

Hello:

First time I heard about Bitcoin was before the "big crash" (I don't know how you call it). It looked interesting, but I didn't pay much attention.
Last days, with the Euro crisis (yep, I'm from Europe), I remembered what I've read about Bitcoin, so I googled to catch up, and this forum was one of the places where I landed
So right now I'm looking for ways to buy bitcoins. I'd like to earn them, instead of buying, and that's what I'd like to do in a future.