Sending money urgently, best way?
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Sending money urgently, best way?
Hi, My Father-in-law is staying with us in Melbourne for a short holiday and his wife has some cash she needs to send him urgently (from the UK). She has no internet which doesn't help. The UK banks has charged huge amounts, the interest rate is stupid and ANZ charge us this end to !! Is there a way to post it safely or send via post office etc please.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Impalfa
Moved to Oz in '05 and love every minute of it, never going back !!
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Impalfa
Moved to Oz in '05 and love every minute of it, never going back !!
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Re: Sending money urgently, best way?
Hi, My Father-in-law is staying with us in Melbourne for a short holiday and his wife has some cash she needs to send him urgently (from the UK). She has no internet which doesn't help. The UK banks has charged huge amounts, the interest rate is stupid and ANZ charge us this end to !! Is there a way to post it safely or send via post office etc please.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Impalfa
Moved to Oz in '05 and love every minute of it, never going back !!
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Impalfa
Moved to Oz in '05 and love every minute of it, never going back !!
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Re: Sending money urgently, best way?
Western Union Credit - Can be done via some travel agents in the UK. Exchange rate not as good but providing youR Dad can id himself with his passport then can draw the money out straight away, with 15 minutes. Go on their website and they will tell you the nearest branch to both you and your mum.
www.westernunion.com.au
Hope this helps.
Jane
www.westernunion.com.au
Hope this helps.
Jane
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Re: Sending money urgently, best way?
Thanks for you help. I did consider Western Union, but I've read some really bad press about them a while ago, so was unsure about their credibility?
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Re: Sending money urgently, best way?
I've used them a few times and have never had an issues personally
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That does surprise me, apart from their hefty charges, I've never heard a bad thing about them. I've spent over twenty years working on ships and almost all of the crew used W.U. to send their pay home. As far as I'm aware without any problems.
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Re: Sending money urgently, best way?
I believe they have received bad press due to high fraud exposure with ebay transactions.
I use a number of services to pay people internationally. I find them to be one of the worst because after booking every transaction online I then have to phone up to verify myself. Bit of a pain when you do regular transactions. If it's a one off, then they are probably fine.
I use a number of services to pay people internationally. I find them to be one of the worst because after booking every transaction online I then have to phone up to verify myself. Bit of a pain when you do regular transactions. If it's a one off, then they are probably fine.
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Re: Sending money urgently, best way?
The bad press for Western Union is mainly centered around the use of Western Union for criminal activites because they facilitate easy transfers of money, without people needing bank accounts.
Their web site quotes:
Other than that it should be reasonably safe, although what the charges are ?
Their web site quotes:
If you need to send money to someone you don’t know well, you may be putting yourself at risk for fraud.
Western Union urges you to protect yourself from fraud by considering the following:
Western Union urges you to protect yourself from fraud by considering the following:
- Never send money to a stranger using a money transfer service.
- Beware of deals or opportunities that seem too good to be true.
- Don’t use money transfer services to pay for things like online auction purchases.
- Never send money to pay for taxes or fees on foreign lottery winnings
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Re: Sending money urgently, best way?
Large fees and poor exchange rates? But if you are in a rush, i guess you could go that way. There are fx companies out there that will accept charges on the other side, i think only for a small charge... so you might want to look in to that..