International wire fees

**woj** · 02-01-2010, 12:50 PM

are you sure they charged you $75? it's possible they charged you $40 + your bank charged you another $35...

**danclips** · 02-01-2010, 01:00 PM

We charge what we get charged by our Bank. $20 I think. Now, if your bank charges you another fee, plus a fee to convert the currency, that's another story.

**Adraco** · 02-01-2010, 01:06 PM

Get a US bank account with Internet banking service, have the sponsor transfer the money there. From that bank account, top uo your Paypal account and then withdraw to your bank account in home country.

**nextri** · 02-01-2010, 01:11 PM

usually it's $40 here

**closer** · 02-01-2010, 01:18 PM

Originally posted by woj

are you sure they charged you $75? it's possible they charged you $40 + your bank charged you another $35...

Quite sure, they said THEY charged $75 so not even counting the 17 Euro costs my bank charges me

Originally posted by Adraco

Get a US bank account with Internet banking service, have the sponsor transfer the money there. From that bank account, top uo your Paypal account and then withdraw to your bank account in home country.

Don't you have to be a US citizen to be able to open up a US bank account?

**borked** · 02-01-2010, 01:20 PM

You should ask the sponsor to make the bank charge the recipient. That way, the sponsor pays zero and you see the fees deducted from the transfer at your own bank.

It should be ~45 euro for an international wire, but YMMV depending on bank.

**bns666** · 02-01-2010, 01:39 PM

for the money i lost on intl wires all those years i think i could buy a new house

**closer** · 02-01-2010, 01:42 PM

Originally posted by bns666

for the money i lost on intl wires all those years i think i could buy a new house

Lolz, same here, I raised my minimum to $500 last year on almost all programs to keep cost in line but if you think of it, its just a digital transaction which really does not have to cost that much

**DateDoc** · 02-01-2010, 01:43 PM

I pay $20 for incoming from Europe. 70 seems way high.

**ravo** · 02-01-2010, 01:52 PM

Our bank charges us $35 to process a wire. We waive the fee if the affiliate is being paid more than $750.

**JenniDahling** · 02-01-2010, 01:58 PM

Originally posted by closer

Don't you have to be a US citizen to be able to open up a US bank account?

No, but you need to do it in person, with your passport as the identification. I've referred some friends to my bank and had been present when the accounts were open, and it didn't seem like it took any longer than when a regular account gets set up.

**closer** · 02-01-2010, 02:05 PM

Originally posted by JenniDahling

No, but you need to do it in person, with your passport as the identification. I've referred some friends to my bank and had been present when the accounts were open, and it didn't seem like it took any longer than when a regular account gets set up.

Thanks for that info! Will try it out on my next visit

International wire fees

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