From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Tue Nov 08 2005 - 19:03:51 PST
I needed to send about seventy five hundred dollars, which at the time was
about five thousand Sterling Pound to the United Kingdom a few years ago so
I went to a bank where I have an account and was told that the transaction
would cost me an additional ninety dollars so I then went down the street to
where I have an account at a credit union and they charged me twelve dollars
to do it, so one must shop around. I considered that an attemp at gouging.
Sonny
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From: "dgrev" <dgrev@iinet.net.au>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 4:06 PM
Subject: [MV] Protecting Yourself
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> Someone said to make the buyer use Western Union. However, I have been
> told that Western Union charge hefty fees and that most people refuse
> to use them for that reason. I have had a look thru the Western Union
> website here in Oz, but they are very carefull not to tell you what
> their fees are.
>
> I note that the FAQ section does not mention charges, which if nothing
> else, would suggest that they are not keen for you to know.
>
> http://www.westernunion.com.au/info/homePage.asp?country=AU
>
> The only way I can see to find out what the charges would be is to
> input all my personal info, a dreamt up payee and an amount. No thanks,
> I don't feel like giving all my personal information out to yet another
> big company just to find out how much they charge, I can do without
> all the junk mail and spam.
>
> I have yet to send money with Western Union so I don't know, but
> I have been told that the charges are between $15 and $25 for
> a $100 transfer. Then the scale steps up in blocks.
>
> For most of us that would pretty well stop any deal in its tracks.
>
> Regards
> Doug
>
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