Best way to send $$$ overseas?
 

I need to send money to the Czech Republic on a regular basis, and would rather not pay the $40/wire fee everytime. Is there a better alternative?

Paypal won't send to Czech Republic (those accounts are send only)
Moneybookers says they limit uploads on credit cards to about $60 per 60 days, which makes it useless.
ePassporte would be a pain to set up for my receiver (it was for me, and I'm in the States), and if I'm sending over $800, their loading fees will be more than the wire

Any other suggestions?

How about wire transfer from the bank?

Fed ex checks overnight?

They are $40/wire. If I order something, I like to pay 1/2 upon ordering and 1/2 upon completion. That means I'm paing $80 per transaction. That's not cool. :winkwink:

Wow that is some high transfer fees as I only pay $15.00 from my bank to transfer anywhere in the world.

Check western union out or even bidpay.com - Walmart has a cheap wire transfer service as well.

Just a thought

It'd be cheaper to do the wire...

I'll check out those options. Western Union is just as high, but I'll look into bidpay and walmart. What bank are you using? If I only have to pay $15/wire, that'd be ok

Western union is about $25 for $1000. Varies by country and amount. But should give you an idea.

Another option I did while setting up a company over seas was to send a cash card. I would deposit money and they could draw it out. Works well if you can keep overdraft protection off the account.

western union is pretty good.. my friend sent some money when i was on vacation and went.. a tiny little bit over.. my limit of shopping.. you now .. its really good it was there as soon as he sent it :)

I called Western Union yesterday, and the fee was like $77 for $1000. It was $33 for $300. Not liking those prices. I've heard a lot of people getting them cheaper, but sure don't know how. I've called them a number of times, and It always ends up being around those lines...

The cash card idea sounds good if I want to just send to one company... Might explore that further

Western Union works well, but they always want to charge me an arm and a leg...

Thats what I was thinking, I paid 20 bucks from USA to Australia. Normaly it's around 20 bucks or under for me.

... thats weird, they didnt charge that much to my friend...

yeah...I've heard ...like everyone else... getting it cheaper, but I've gotten quotes on several different occassions. Maybe they just don't like me. :winkwink:

I'm sure the good folks at Stargate SG1 would charge me a bit more than my bank. :winkwink: