Anyone still using Western Union as the primary transfer?

[AK]

I thought it was ok, Really is against the law and is a felony to send money under another person's name accross the state border. but after I was interegated I was told not to do it again. :hump:

 

[jjgold]

I use it once in a while

 

[ZZZSpeedster]

When you go up to collect or even pay out sometimes, you have to have that feeling of UH OH..Is this going to go smoothly....Im waiting for the time they tell me that Im on some sort of watchlist or the authorities show up to help me with my payout.

 

[HacheMan]

Thanks Dante.........I have a Paypal Debit card, probably similar to the Neteller, just sounds as if Neteller charges more fees.

 

[sherman]

I've never used WU. Aren't WD's expensive, Sherman ?

Doug, I send the money via WU (when the book picks up the fee) but don't withdraw that way.

 

[Noreaga+]

You can negotiate a free western union withdraw every 30 days at just about any book.

 

[Journeyman]

I'm sure you can negotiate but if you're winning they aren't going to be paying in and out very often...WU fees are just too high...A few years back i would get antsy with 5 dimes or so at any book, after the SPORTS MARKET debacle, and LONESTAR, so it cost me a ton just moving money around...I still think Neteller is best

 

[HacheMan]

Not all books make you withdraw the same way you put it in. And also, always handy to use Western Union in certain circumstances. For example, let's say I want to fund an additional book and need to rather quickly. Well, we all know Neteller takes 4-5 months (lol, days) to arrive into your account from bank, so Western Union then becomes a great option. I can shoot a dime or two via Western Union and the book will reimburse the fees. I would much rather do that than use Neteller's Instacash in which the fee is absolutely ridiculous.........

 

[Journeyman]

hache , why not do a book to book in that case?

 

[Doug]

hache , why not do a book to book in that case?

I've heard Pinny charges for NT after doing a book to book. I've never done book to book. It seems to make you look pro. Why not have book A send it NT, then you send it to book B, plus you get those valuable NT points ! Also not all books are real clear about who they transfer with.

 

[Journeyman]

I agree Doug..I don't like it either

 

[TheGeneral+]

I have not and do not intend on using WU anylonger. Last time the operator was very nosy asking me personal questions on who and what. NOYB, just type please.

 

[Brock Landers]

I've sent LARGE sums in the past months by WU. Had a few questions from WU when they call me asking if i knew the people i was sending the 5 Dimes to and so on...
I say yes and they are pretty much satisfied and release the cash. They may be nosey, but after pretty much using them for 8 years now, i really have no prob, If someone was going to get nailed, it probably would have happened by now. And Pinnacle picks up all the fees, so that part of it is 100% irrelevant to me.
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Payouts via neteller are the best though, EFT's get to my bank account the next day...
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Wish Neteller had a better way to deposit to them, for some reason my bank card doesn’t work with them, works with Carib though. Do they have a way to deposit directly to their account?? I thought i saw some bank deposit option involving bank of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">America</st1lace></st1:country-region>... anyone used this? How quick/easy is it? Also may have seen something about being able to deposit to your account using the debit card at an ATM, that would be awesome if true..<o></o>

 

[PatrickMcIrish]

When you have Neteller that has to be the number one method for most of us. I too have used WU a lot of times in the past for whatever reason. Once I had my old Neteller account frozen, man was that awful. Like others said sending the money is always free, it's receiving it that is costly. I don't know if I didn't work hard enough at it or didn't negotiate properly but never was able to get a free WU withdrawal from a book.


BTW whatever happened to the bit about other books not doing B2B transfers with Pinnacle any longer? Is that still going on or has it been changed back? I have only done a few book to books in my life but like to keep up with who does them, I think it's another tool in helping understand what books are safe. Tells us who the other books trust amongst their competitors, no better informaton than that.