Comments on: Obscenity, Thy Name Is Western Union http://www.1115.org/2007/09/19/obscenity-thy-name-is-western-union/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:49:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: sarabeth http://www.1115.org/2007/09/19/obscenity-thy-name-is-western-union/comment-page-1/#comment-60469 sarabeth Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:29:32 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2007/09/19/obscenity-thy-name-is-western-union/#comment-60469 I had several Indian friends email me today to say that they regularly send remittances "home" and pay substantially less than Western U's obscene 20%. They use commercial banks (both Indian and American, including Citibank, for example), and pay about 20% less than what Western U charges. Yes, that's right--it's <strong>totally free</strong>! No transaction fees, and no padded exchange rates either. Now why does nobody offer this kind of service to, for example, Mexico? Including, for example, Citibank. I had several Indian friends email me today to say that they regularly send remittances “home” and pay substantially less than Western U’s obscene 20%.

They use commercial banks (both Indian and American, including Citibank, for example), and pay about 20% less than what Western U charges.

Yes, that’s right–it’s totally free! No transaction fees, and no padded exchange rates either.

Now why does nobody offer this kind of service to, for example, Mexico? Including, for example, Citibank.

]]> By: sarabeth http://www.1115.org/2007/09/19/obscenity-thy-name-is-western-union/comment-page-1/#comment-60468 sarabeth Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:23:39 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2007/09/19/obscenity-thy-name-is-western-union/#comment-60468 The "only money transfer the jail would use" sounds very much like Western Union may not get to keep all of that 20%. Racket is right. The “only money transfer the jail would use” sounds very much like Western Union may not get to keep all of that 20%.

Racket is right.

]]> By: somegirl http://www.1115.org/2007/09/19/obscenity-thy-name-is-western-union/comment-page-1/#comment-60463 somegirl Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:14:18 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2007/09/19/obscenity-thy-name-is-western-union/#comment-60463 i had to send $5000 from philadelphia to about 100 miles north of nyc about 4 years ago. it was bail money, and the only money transfer the jail would use. it cost me somewhere between $750 and $800 to send over one state line. yep, it is some racket. i had to send $5000 from philadelphia to about 100 miles north of nyc about 4 years ago. it was bail money, and the only money transfer the jail would use. it cost me somewhere between $750 and $800 to send over one state line. yep, it is some racket.

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