blip 1 | 1 2 Jan 2008 / #1Good morning!I'm trying to find the most cost efficient way of sending money from Poland to England. I don't have or know anybody who has a Natwest Welcome Account in England, so i cannot send any money through PKO. I would also rather avoid Western Union as I know it can be quite expensive.Does anybody have any experience using other methods or companies? All advice welcomed.Regards.
zion 16 | 168 2 Jan 2008 / #2give it to me I am going there I can take for youno jokingWestern union mate that is what I do if is not too much cash anyway
Harry 2 Jan 2008 / #3The most cost effective way to do it is to send from a Euro-denominated account in Poland to a Euro-denominated account in the UK. If you do that, EU law requires that the banks charge as much as they would to make/receive a domestic transfer (i.e. free for most personal accounts).Personally I haven't bothered to set up a Euro-denominated account in the UK so I just transfer from my Citibank account here. I think it's 1% (with a 20zl minimum) if you do it over the phone and less if you do it on the net. You can send money to any bank in the UK from a Citibank account, why you can't from PKO is a bit of a mystery to me!
db1874 7 | 227 2 Jan 2008 / #4The most cost effective way to do it is to send from a Euro-denominated account in Poland to a Euro-denominated account in the UK.You would incur two currency exchanges to do it that way though if you are trying to send PLN to GBP , you would have PLN to EUR and then EUR to GBP.
Wroclaw Boy 2 Jan 2008 / #5globalfx.comIve used this company for five years extremely professional and reliable. BTW if youre exchanging PLN - GBP best to initiate the transfer ASAP as the exchange rate today is the lowest for 5 years.Probably not worth using them if the transfer is less than 10,000 PLN.
Harry 2 Jan 2008 / #6You would incur two currency exchanges to do it that way though if you are trying to send PLN to GBP , you would have PLN to EUR and then EUR to GBP.Still works out cheaper if you're sending a few hundred or less because the transfer is free.
OP blip 1 | 1 19 Jan 2008 / #8Thanks for the information - i have check out a couple of western unions but they charged 80zł for sending 800zł plus their sell rate is just awful.Does anybody know of anything less? I send this money everymonth and paying 80zł everytime is just throwing money away.Even if its just a little less.Thanks again:)
the_falkster 1 | 180 19 Jan 2008 / #9try worldpay.that is the system that hsbc uses if i transfer money from uk to germany. charge is 9gbp...another option cheaper than 80zl should be transfer via paypal. i calculated it once and the overall charge is around 9-10gbp as well...
ukpolska 19 Jan 2008 / #10I was reading a while ago about a cash card that you top up in the UK and then send a duplicate to Poland and then the person can draw the money out of a ATM here, but for the life of me I just cant find the info now. Anyone heard of this???
mrichard - | 4 10 Jul 2008 / #11Well, yeah I head of this 1. Try google'ing a prepaid Visa or prepaid Mastercard. You will find quite a few nowerdays... I prefer to use a good service like - nowtransfer.com. They offer a fast service, which should be helpful to some...
telefonitika 13 Jul 2008 / #13Anyone heard of this???yes .. try this link ... titaniumcashplus.co.uki have one actually on the flexiplus plan i think it is :)