14-07-2011, 22:23
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European Payments
Hi,
I need to make a payment to a friend in europe....
I've checked the bank and they want £25 or £9 to do the transfer.
They don't have a paypal account - I don't think they do anyway...
What's the cheapest way to do this? I've got the IBAN number etc...
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14-07-2011, 22:48
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Re: European Payments
Western Union?
Not free but possibly cheaper than the bank.
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15-07-2011, 09:17
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Re: European Payments
Will have a look at WU - thanks.
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...and they are more expensive compared to my bank!!
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15-07-2011, 09:31
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Re: European Payments
Always had this issue with buying stuff from German ebayers.. They never accept paypal so you have to add an international bank transfer which bumps up the costs..
Surprised that the banks don't count EU transfers the same as UK transfers..
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15-07-2011, 12:07
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Re: European Payments
I thought you MUST have Paypal on Ebay now?
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15-07-2011, 12:48
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Re: European Payments
Only if you have under a certain amount of feedback. Also there's differing rules for different countries..
But that is a whole other topic
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15-07-2011, 17:05
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Re: European Payments
I have used Western Union and found it a very easy way to send money.
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15-07-2011, 17:09
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Re: European Payments
l have always used Paypal and thank god l have never had any issues.
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15-07-2011, 23:37
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Re: European Payments
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Originally Posted by LSainsbury
... £25 or £9 to do the transfer....
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I've never used them, but this organisation claims to charge £5.
http://www.1stcontactforex.com/money...d-money-europe
And this one claims to be free!
http://www.hifx.co.uk/
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