Guest Benedict Cumberbatch Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 my student loans monthly repayments just got bumped up 3x what they were so i'm looking at sending more money back to my UK account from my US account. so far i simply took it out my US bank account (via atm) when i was in the UK and paid it in. western union want $40 to do it. considering paypaling it to my brother maybe, need to work out all the charges (i pay, he pays, and crap exchange rate). the US postal service has something but it doesn't go to the UK (costs $4 though!). anyone have any experience in this?advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 i dunno - i've got to transfer six grand to my mum in south africa this week.... looking into it myself - my bank will do an international bank transfer, but will probably charge quite a lot, also there is Moneygram and Western Union, but not sure what they will charge.... was also thinking of using Paypal maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Salads Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 yeah this guy promised me lots if I gave him some, so I shared my bank account info and wire transferred some funds to help him out. Seemed legit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 xoom.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Benedict Cumberbatch Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 my bank does wire transfers but won't tell me how much they charge...? i dunno - i've got to transfer six grand to my mum in south africa this week.... looking into it myself - my bank will do an international bank transfer, but will probably charge quite a lot, also there is Moneygram and Western Union, but not sure what they will charge.... was also thinking of using Paypal maybe uk post office does international money orders, might work for that, quite cheap too i remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 i just phoned my bank - they said they'd charge £20, but the receiving bank will probably also charge and take it out of my bank without asking. which is mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Benedict Cumberbatch Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 xoom.com 4.99 not bad. trustworthy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 considering paypaling it to my brother maybe, need to work out all the charges (i pay, he pays, and crap exchange rate). I've used PayPal a few times now sending/receiving money between Ireland and the US, and it hasn't been anything like this for me. AFAIK there aren't any such fees (except when I receive a payment less that 100 euro, in which case they deduct 1 euro) and the exchange rate was anything but crap - reasonably close to market rate actually. The only drawback is that it's a pretty slow process (deposit, transfer, and withdrawal all take time to clear), but I dunno, might be different between US & UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest my usernames always really suck Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 xoom.com ... I could've sworn this used to be a tripod/angelfire/geocities type site like 5 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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