International Money Order Or Western Union

[Mumbo Jumbo]

I want to but some items from the USA; my problem is I don’t have a credit card

The seller can accept an International Money order or money transfer by Western Union.

Having never used either of the options, can some one please tell me..

How to arrange an International Money order in Dollars $ …?

And

How to arrange a Western Union Money transfer

To the USA in Dollars $..?

Thanks …. Mumbo

[blizzard]

go to western union and ask them, they dont bite.

GET A CREDIT CARD, IT MAKES LIFE SO SIMPLE.

[Mumbo Jumbo]

Hi blizzard, is it really that simple with Western Union..?

any ideas about arranging an International Money order in Dollars $ …?

my Bank account is with HSBC in the UK , with my account address in Thailand,

ive applied for a credit card ( ive had a Debit card with this account for many years now )

and so far ive not had a response from the bank, i written to them and applied

on line ..still no response..? Ive been told by some friends it may have some thing to do with the

fact my bank account address is in Thailand ..?

so ive tried to get a credit card but up to now no luck ...

thanks for your comments / advice ...

Mumbo

[blizzard]

western union is EAZY. just might take a lot of your time while the staff makes sure everything is legitimate.

[Mumbo Jumbo]

Thanks again blizzard ...

I will give Western Union a try, I only want to send $ 100

so I hope there will not be too many problems...

Mumbo

[Penkoprod]

Western Union charge £12 to send that ammount, but it IS fairly instant, and you done need prrof of ID, and, should the place have a computer link to W/U then it shouldnt take but a few minutes of form filling.

Best places to go are 1st Choice or Co-op Travel

Moneygram charge a similar £12 fee btw

HTH

Penkoprod

[Mumbo Jumbo]

Well Ive just received an email from the USA company who i want to buy from,

and they now say , they can only accept an International Money order

can any one please tell me how I can arrange an International Money order to the USA ...?

Thanks ... Mumbo

[expatwannabe]

Find out if they'll accept PayPal. If they do, it'll be cheaper than wire transfers or Western Union. The money is deducted directly from your account in the U.K. And the vendor can then have the money deposited directly in their checking account. It's a great operation.

www.paypal.com

Edited June 26, 2007 by expatwannabe

[blizzard]

funny stuff!

you found out just like me western union aint that hot!

[Mumbo Jumbo]

Thanks , for the info, Ive tried to set up a paypal account , but as my UK HSBC bank account

address is here in Thailand , paypal won't accept it and as I said I don't have a credit card

( again a possible problem with HSBC UK and my account address being here in Thailand )

so it looks as if the only to pay this USA company would be an International Money order ..?

so its back to trying to arrange this option ...

Thanks

Mumbo

[Clipped]

just get an international money order from any bank....

for paypal to work in thailand, you need to open an account at bangkok bank and link it to the branch in New York. To do this you need to send an email to customer support at the New York branch.

with all this said, i have done the above steps, but couldnt get it to work because someone hacked my paypal account and paypal locked down my account.

what i usually do when buying products overseas, is to send them an atm card and put money into the account when it gets to them.

[expatwannabe]

for paypal to work in thailand...

I had assumed since he said his account was in the UK that he could set it up from there - I missed that he uses a Thai address.

Edited June 27, 2007 by expatwannabe

[Jimjim]

what i usually do when buying products overseas, is to send them an atm card and put money into the account when it gets to them.

That doesn't seem too wise, what if they overdraft it?

Edited June 27, 2007 by Jimjim

[Clipped]

cant overdraft a thai atm card.

[Clipped]

cant overdraft a thai atm card.

[Clipped]

cant overdraft a thai atm card.