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06-22-2008, 09:10 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
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Western Union
I was wondering if anyone has used Western Union to send money.
If I sent money from Canada to the DR by Westeren Union what % do you pay for the service?
Is there a better way to send money?
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06-22-2008, 09:13 AM
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Honorificabilitudinitatibus
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 13,647
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hope1
I was wondering if anyone has used Western Union to send money.
If I sent money from Canada to the DR by Westeren Union what % do you pay for the service?
Is there a better way to send money?
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It depends on the amount, but you can count on it being somewhere close to 12%.
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06-22-2008, 09:42 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,254
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hope1
I was wondering if anyone has used Western Union to send money.
If I sent money from Canada to the DR by Westeren Union what % do you pay for the service?
Is there a better way to send money?
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Yes, try searching your local yellowpages for "envios". The best places are where the latinos use like in a small bodega, etc.
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06-22-2008, 09:45 AM
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Honorificabilitudinitatibus
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 13,647
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chip
Yes, try searching your local yellowpages for "envios". The best places are where the latinos use like in a small bodega, etc.
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The OP is in Canada and not likely to find Latino bodegas around, but there are DR1 members who have info on other money transfer services that cost less than W.U.
I think that Rubio Higuey has some contact info.
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06-22-2008, 10:02 AM
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Gold
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,254
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocky
The OP is in Canada and not likely to find Latino bodegas around, but there are DR1 members who have info on other money transfer services that cost less than W.U.
I think that Rubio Higuey has some contact info.
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It will depend on the city. Toronto I know has a very large hispanic community. Also, if it is anything like the States, even mid size towns will have a large enough population of Mexicans to have an envio business.
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06-22-2008, 10:05 AM
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Honorificabilitudinitatibus
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 13,647
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chip
if it is anything like the States, even mid size towns will have a large enough population of Mexicans to have an envio business.
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It ain't. Not even close. We do speak the same language though... Well, almost.
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06-22-2008, 10:13 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 1,656
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Chip, It's really not like the US at all in this case.
Here's a link to the online Canadian yellow pages
invis in Toronto, ON | Canpages
searching for "envios" in Toronto.
As you can see there are none listed. That's not to say that they do not exist but...
Any small Latin stores offering services to send money have been, in my experience, mostly Western Union. I have sought out many of these businesses, just to practice my poor Spanish and see what they have to sell, and have not seen anything else offered. There are not many of these stores either, at least in the cities I have looked in and they do not even resemble the bodegas in NYC that I have seen.
I've read of here of some people suggesting alternatives to WU but do not know anyone that regularly uses them or any Dominicans that receive money by any other service than WU.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chip
It will depend on the city. Toronto I know has a very large hispanic community. Also, if it is anything like the States, even mid size towns will have a large enough population of Mexicans to have an envio business.
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06-22-2008, 10:16 AM
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Gold
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 830
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Xoom.com money transfer
Xoom.com is less expensive than Western Union, can be done online and has an option to send to Caribe Express as well as a DR bank.
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06-22-2008, 10:52 AM
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Gold
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,254
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Quote:
Originally Posted by apostropheman
Chip, It's really not like the US at all in this case.
Here's a link to the online Canadian yellow pages
invis in Toronto, ON | Canpages
searching for "envios" in Toronto.
As you can see there are none listed. That's not to say that they do not exist but...
Any small Latin stores offering services to send money have been, in my experience, mostly Western Union. I have sought out many of these businesses, just to practice my poor Spanish and see what they have to sell, and have not seen anything else offered. There are not many of these stores either, at least in the cities I have looked in and they do not even resemble the bodegas in NYC that I have seen.
I've read of here of some people suggesting alternatives to WU but do not know anyone that regularly uses them or any Dominicans that receive money by any other service than WU. |
At least in Toronto, there appear to be quite a few options, see link below from TorontoDominicano.com - Juntos somos fuertes - Website Dominicano de Toronto
envios - Buscar con Google
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06-22-2008, 11:00 AM
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Silver
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 315
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Try iKobo. They issue a debit card to recipient. The cost is $5 for up to $500. At $500is amounts to a 1% cost.
Once it is set up it is very easy to use, everything is handled on-line. It takes less than a minute to send money, and it is instantly available.
I use it to send money to myself when I'm there. It is actually cheaper than using a regular debit card (depending on the amount sent, of course.) It's cheap, fast, and simple. All the information is on-line.
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