Hi, You could also do a Western Union money transfer and they can pick cash up from a Western Union office in Argentina. You can put a security password they have to give when they pick the money up and I they have to show relevant ID to show who they are.
Have a look at www.westernunion.com Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 9:21 AM Subject: Re: How to send money to Argentina? > >I sent a payment to a PDML member in Argentina and i sent them a Western > >Union money order. They have lots of offices or outlets to purchase them > >from worldwide. I'm pretty sure they just cash the money order by deposition > >into their bank account. > > > >I think the bank may charge a small fee, as the money order is in US > >dollars. > > > > I would definately check on this first - I had a Western Union branded > International Money Order sent to me, and my bank would not touch it, the > beareaux des changes wouldn't touch it - and most disturbingly, all the > Western Union agents in my town refused it! > > In the end I sent it to > > http://www.auctionpix.co.uk/misc/money.html > > and they converted it to a UK cheque, charging accordingly by using an > adjusted conversion rate. I lost 20 UKP on the deal. This was an eBay > deal through Paypal. > > BTW, not good enough to simply telephone your desired agent or bank and > ask if they accept a Western Union branded International Money order - I > did just that, and they said 'yes - no problem'. Wrong, for when I > presented it, they said, 'Oh, you mean a Western Union International > Money order - no sir, we don't take those'. (sound of me slapping my > forehead). > > Get a picture of the net of one and take it to your bank or whatever and > show it to them, then get it in writing that they will accept it! > > HTH > > Cotty > > _______________________________________________________ > Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Check out the UK Macintosh ads > http://www.macads.co.uk > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
