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Sending cash abroad

post #1 of 12
12/22/09 at 10:47pm
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I have $500 left from a trip to the US in the summer (unexpected free bar at a wedding ), but the exchange rate is so much worse now than then I will be loosing about 10% by changing it back, then have to pay paypal fees when I spend it in $ (probably in the FS section on here...)

I was wondering what options there are to send cash abroad? Most postal services don't seem to like it, but it doesn't seem to be illegal - anyone done it? Obviously it would have to be to a trusted seller, but there are plenty of those about.

Thanks for any thoughts/experiences
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post #2 of 12
12/22/09 at 11:07pm
There's quite a few excellent options so you're in luck! In fact, your luck is one in a million!

Click on www.nigeria_scam***.com and you'll find some great opportunities to sort out your excess $500.

Alternatively, there are some excellent pyramid schemes too! Deposit your $500 in and you will see it triple; quadruple and multiply exponentially! For someone else at the top of the pyramid scheme!

I personally like to keep a few US$ in the UK. Sometimes indie artists who run their own website, accept cash (registered/tracked) for small $$ CDs and things, so that if it is stolen by the postie, it's not such a terrible blow. Maybe you'll know someone who goes back to the States. You can always give it to them....to buy you a new TTVJ Portable Tube Amp
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post #3 of 12
12/23/09 at 1:34am
I once sent a broad some cash if that would be of any help.
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post #4 of 12
12/23/09 at 1:44am
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Originally Posted by Budgie View Post
I once sent a broad some cash if that would be of any help.
ROFLMAO!

If you send cash through paypal as "gift" there shouldn't be any charges.
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post #5 of 12
12/23/09 at 3:17am
Forget the conversion. Use the $500 to buy something like a used Grado RS-1 and have it shipped over.

Or you could simply hang onto it. Exchange rates go up and down - you never know.
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post #6 of 12
12/23/09 at 8:32am
Sending cash in the mail certainly is of your own risk, but wrap it up carefully and the chances are high that they make its way safely.
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post #7 of 12
12/23/09 at 8:56am
I wouldn't trust the mailing system with raw cash... I hardly trust them for letters.
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post #8 of 12
12/23/09 at 9:00am
is it in an account ie paypal, or is it bits of paper?
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post #9 of 12
12/28/09 at 8:14am
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Wow, lots of replies while I was off dealing with Christmas - hope everyone had a good one

I currently have paper money, it's in $50's so not loads of notes and could be easily camouflaged. I was hoping someone would come up with some international bank where I could either pay it straight to someone else's account abroad or maybe set up an account in a foreign currency without paying for "preferential conversion rates" as I don't need to convert. I couldn't find either, but hoped someone else might have - guess not

Thanks anyway, I'll probably just sit on them till the rates improve
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post #10 of 12
12/28/09 at 9:58am
Western Union practically has "SEND YOUR CASH ABROAD" plastered everywhere on their website, so I'd guess they'd do.
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post #11 of 12
12/28/09 at 2:59pm
Yeah, Western Union seems like a usable solution.
They have office "everywhere" and accept cash input and cash output, minus some fees that is.
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post #12 of 12
12/28/09 at 5:57pm
I was once sent $300 cash from Singapore in payment for some audio gear - I thought it a gutsy thing to do. I'd never do the reverse.
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