JamesandVeronica Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Hello everyone. I need to send spme money to my girl in Beijing. What seems to be the best way? Western Union? Can my bank transfer funds to her account in Beijing? I have never done this before, it is all new to me. Thanx for your time and help. Link to comment
Guest Gene Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Can't beat Western Union $14 to send up to $1000 and it is there instantly Link to comment
Chinese Wife!!! Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Can't beat Western Union $14 to send up to $1000 and it is there instantly I agree w/ Gene but point out that this is at local WU offices NOT ONLINE. WU on line is very expensive. I have found that WU offices are in some of the major supermarkets in Las Vegas. Office locations CAN be found on the WU website easily. Someone in the past also recommended Walmart (I think it was $9.95) but WU works for me (it took 44 seconds for funds to arrive in Shanghai the last time I used them) and was a lot more accessible. Richard Link to comment
Guest Gene Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Oh yea, don't do it online, very expensive, I was being lazy one time and it was like $27 to send $300, around here almost all of the supermarkets have Western Union and it is a standard $14. When you send it tell them to deliver in US$ also W.U. exchange is only 8.1 or something like that Link to comment
Mufasa Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 The easiest, and the fastest way is Western Union! Be sure to have her name the exact way as it is on her ID. She can pick her money up in minutes! Link to comment
lele Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 WU may be faster, but the BOC can send for only $10 up to $3000 US, and their exchange rate is 8.28 (the bank to bank rate) which saves you another small percentage when you go to change the money. The only drawback is that this only works from their midtown Manhattan branch in NYC. GL! Link to comment
grenade Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Create a US bank account for her. Put money in it. Send her the ATM card. Have her withdraw money from the ATM machines. There will be no transaction fees. You can replenish the account as needed. Link to comment
Guest Gene Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 WU may be faster, but the BOC can send for only $10 up to $3000 US, and their exchange rate is 8.28 (the bank to bank rate) which saves you another small percentage when you go to change the money. The only drawback is that this only works from their midtown Manhattan branch in NYC. GL! I am on my way to NY to set up an account Anything to save 4 bucks Link to comment
lele Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 WU may be faster, but the BOC can send for only $10 up to $3000 US, and their exchange rate is 8.28 (the bank to bank rate) which saves you another small percentage when you go to change the money. The only drawback is that this only works from their midtown Manhattan branch in NYC. GL! I am on my way to NY to set up an account Anything to save 4 bucks Again, with the exchange rate difference, on 1000$US being sent, you save more like 65RMB extra too, so it totals to a grand $12. However, with myself, or others, who are FROM NYC, it is a much better service to use. Link to comment
paula Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 yes, it is very expensive to send money on internet by western union, but my husband is busy guy, and he always did it on internet. $200 service charge is $27, and I have to take out RMB, not US$, it is 1650RMB. I told him to do it in Walmart. He said he wanted to do it, but no time $27 is expensive, my lancome eye cream is only 35$ besides I had to to go post office to take the money back, it is long way from my home to post office. Link to comment
paula Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 by the way, I have my husbands online account code. It is his debit card in america bank. Is it no transition fee If i wanted to take money from ATM? how to do it? Link to comment
pkfops Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 For the long term BOC is a good option. Also CitiBank has ATM's in Beijing, Shanghai and HK. Link to comment
philb Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 If you send by WU, be sure to tell her the transaction # AND the amount that you are sending her. I wanted to surprise her and told her so. The WU agent would not release the money to her until she could tell him the amount she was expecting. The only surprise was what I got to hear after two trips to the WU office!Phil & Yun Link to comment
Trigg Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 WU is good but theyyoften mix the name (backwards) and it takes a phone call to straighten it out. Also, have them pay in US dollars as your SO can get a better exchage rate than WU gives. ATM is the easiest but some chinese gals (my wife) are money machine impaired and your card can, and did, get eaten by the machine. Link to comment
markndannie Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Create a US bank account for her. Put money in it. Send her the ATM card. Have her withdraw money from the ATM machines. There will be no transaction fees. You can replenish the account as needed.that is almost impossible to do, i tried that but no ssn no signature sorry...can i get another atm? no sorry. So i opened one for my son and gave her that ATM card. Link to comment
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