Quote Originally Posted by A_flyer View Post
Quick ... but expensive, if you check carefully all the fees (including lower exchange rate) you will see that 15 to 25% of what you send goes in Western Union pockets.
Not really true mate!

Even using the 2 days service (36 hours actually), at an agent (plenty around), works out to be less than 7% overall charge/loss. Assuming £600 transfer cash!

http://www2.ukmoneytransfer.com/Pric...ion=SubmitPage

No point sending very small amounts, obviously. The premium service is in minutes, no where near 25% you are claiming unless you are sending a tiny amount.

Check out the link above. My friend and I have used the 2 day service before, no hassle! Still pretty quick compare to most other service

However, I agree that western union is not cheap for bank to bank transfer.

Cheers