Best way to send only 1000 peso to Phillipines?

[yailukmuu 26]

Xoom is great--but it has a $50 minimum.

WU for me is a horrid basket case. The only "money in minutes cost $5--now this is fine, but I must pay by credit card....The CC considers it a cash advance, so it accrues interest from day one-----that's fine...Oh, and 5%------that's fine too...but C'mon.........$10 minimum? That creates a $16 fee to send $23-----boo. I called Bank America, and Chase bank... fee'd to death today.

Remitly is great (by the way free $20 to new accounts) BUT-------after spending 30 minutes opening an account-------NH is excluded.

Any ideas for who will let you pay by debit card (no cash advance fee or min $10) AND small amounts ($23.00)?

Suggestions would be appreciated

Thanks

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Xoom is great--but it has a $50 minimum.

WU for me is a horrid basket case. The only "money in minutes cost $5--now this is fine, but I must pay by credit card....The CC considers it a cash advance, so it accrues interest from day one-----that's fine...Oh, and 5%------that's fine too...but C'mon.........$10 minimum? That creates a $16 fee to send $23-----boo. I called Bank America, and Chase bank... fee'd to death today.

Remitly is great (by the way free $20 to new accounts) BUT-------after spending 30 minutes opening an account-------NH is excluded.

Any ideas for who will let you pay by debit card (no cash advance fee or min $10) AND small amounts ($23.00)?

Suggestions would be appreciated

Thanks

I've used TransFast for a couple of years ago. They were good then can't vouch for them now but give them a try. I never had any problems. https://www.transfast.com/

[precious11 1]

Monygram,, been using it for 3 years

[yailukmuu 26]

Monygram,, been using it for 3 years

Fee is $10 + currency translation. This might be fine for amounts over $100 but too much for small amounts in my opinion, thank you though.

I've used TransFast for a couple of years ago. They were good then can't vouch for them now but give them a try. I never had any problems. https://www.transfast.com/

TransFast like Remit.ly doesn't allow transactions in NH. Thanks for the suggestion though.

[Steve&Ema 25]

PayPal but she would have to have it setup and linked to her bank account. If you send as a gift it cost her nothing.

[yailukmuu 26]

PayPal but she would have to have it setup and linked to her bank account. If you send as a gift it cost her nothing.

Maybe things have gotten better, but last your we did this. After hours of trying to link it to her bank account we got a "have her call (note: me the sender could not do it) a number in the US. But my experience was that it took over an hour to even get through. Eventually I recalled the money which sat in my account until I found that Paypal was paying things by using small amounts of peso + US$ and each time charging me fees that were in excess of the actual peso usage. In frustration I cashed it all in, or tried to... even though I tried to exchange and deposit it all back I still see that there is a very small amount of peso. Maybe in time that'll start attracting fees.

If WU is a nightmare--from my experience Paypal is demonic.

I own an apartment house and a tenant once paid rent via paypal. A few weeks later the guy decided he didn't want the apartment he had signed the lease for and so told Paypal that I "broke into his account and stole the money." Weeks after clearing my account Paypal took it back. I'll get it straightened out but it's taking a Superior Court lawsuit to do it.

Sorry...WU is difficult but Paypal is not to be trusted. Thank you though and I'm glad your experience was a good one.

[Steve&Ema 25]

Yeah I've been using PayPal since 2001 (eBay seller) and I have had problems with them. To be honest they kind of suck but usually for sending money they are ok. But I have never tried sending money to another country. I do sell a lot of stuff overseas and have never had a problem with payments.

[Tintin and Mike 127]

Try LBC Express. I've only used their parcel and package service but not their remittance

http://www.lbcexpress.com/

[smithmm 1]

You can try again with the online western union as described in a previous post: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/422989-western-union-money-transfer