Hapa77 Posted July 17, 2023 Report Share Posted July 17, 2023 So my wife needs to send money to her mother every month I was going to set up an account in her name but, guess the odds? her phone number (which she had for about 3 years) had already been used by some lady name Diana and could not be used. So she using my account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted July 17, 2023 Report Share Posted July 17, 2023 Do you have to use western union? There are way easier and cheaper ways to send money to China nowadays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted July 17, 2023 Report Share Posted July 17, 2023 See CFL discussion here - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/50025-sending-us-dollars-to-china-electronically-best-way/ I'm still using wire transfers through my Bank of America account 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted July 17, 2023 Report Share Posted July 17, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, Hapa77 said: So my wife needs to send money to her mother every month I was going to set up an account in her name but, guess the odds? her phone number (which she had for about 3 years) had already been used by some lady name Diana and could not be used. So she using my account Yes - once someone stops paying for their phone number, it will be released after a period of time - somewhere around 3 months to a year. WeChat and AliPay, VERY recently, are much more "foreigner" friendly. Your wife might try setting up a new account under her foreign pohone number. Edited July 17, 2023 by Randy W (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapa77 Posted July 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 On 7/17/2023 at 4:35 AM, Randy W said: Yes - once someone stops paying for their phone number, it will be released after a period of time - somewhere around 3 months to a year. WeChat and AliPay, VERY recently, are much more "foreigner" friendly. Your wife might try setting up a new account under her foreign pohone number. Really? They might of changed it. my wife had this number for 3 Years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapa77 Posted July 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 On 7/16/2023 at 9:49 PM, Barfus said: Do you have to use western union? There are way easier and cheaper ways to send money to China nowadays As of now yes, if we do it in person its $16 transfer up to $2000? Then it goes up . she don't have a bank account as of now. She's doing a couple part time jobs till she finds a full-time job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted July 20, 2023 Report Share Posted July 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Hapa77 said: Really? They might of changed it. my wife had this number for 3 Years I've had mine for 10 years - it's unclear what your point is here. Numbers are recycled when they're not in use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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