Western Union "Interview"

[slokor]

I would not get paypal involved given the amounts youre planning on sending.
Cant believe theyre not using Bitcoin. Strange.
Guess you need to look into direct wire transfers.

[bjammin]

Agree with Slokor. If you are sending money to a place that sells less than legit merchandise, Paypal will most likely limit your account. I would not risk it

[jmag91]

I agree with you guys. PayPal is a NO-GO.

I work too hard to stay in the good graces of PayPal, lol.

[dealagreeproceed]

Stealf is always the answer

[slokor]

Originally Posted by dealagreeproceed

Stealf is always the answer

Huh?
I dont understand the relevance of your comment...

[unkown5454]

Originally Posted by jmag91

First off, thank you so much to everyone for your input and posts!

The amount of responses is truly awesome!


For the MoneyGram users:
What is your fee usually like?
How much do you send?
Do you do it from home or in a store?

All and any help is great!!

Thanks guys!

it doesnt get any easier

https://www.moneygram.com/wps/portal...home/estimator

[jmag91]

Originally Posted by unkown5454

it doesnt get any easier

https://www.moneygram.com/wps/portal...home/estimator

Yep, since I wrote that, I've checked it all out!

It's literally identical to WU. Lol.



Edit: unknown5454, do you use MoneyGram to buy product?

If so, do you go in-store or online?

[unkown5454]

WU has been fine for me. i go in store. i tried online once and ran into issues.

both work the same. but it's good to get some anecdotal experience here with others saying they haven't had issues with getting payments frozen through MG. i honestly was not aware. it is well known WU does it all the time.

[secret storm]

Getting Interviewed or Blacklisted from Western Union happens from sending to much money at once, Sending to much within a certain amount of time, or sending to multiple countries or a certain country like Costa Rica or Puerto Rico because they get suspicious that your playing with illegal online sportsbooks.

I have been using Western Union since 2010 with no problems being cautious of how much I'm sending to how many transfers I'm doing and most importantly using other alternatives such as Bank Wire, MoneyGram, and Bitcoin.

[jmag91]

Originally Posted by unkown5454

WU has been fine for me. i go in store. i tried online once and ran into issues.

both work the same. but it's good to get some anecdotal experience here with others saying they haven't had issues with getting payments frozen through MG. i honestly was not aware. it is well known WU does it all the time.

Yeah I wish I would have known about WU blacklisting people.

I would have went a little slower and alternated between WU and MoneyGram.

[slokor]

I got blacklisted by Western Union without ever sending any payments.
I was receiving them only.
And eh total amount received over the course of 12 months was under $5k.
Im not impressed with WU at all.
been using Moneygram for the last 2 years and received larger amounts and never had an issue.

[jmag91]

Originally Posted by slokor

I got blacklisted by Western Union without ever sending any payments.
I was receiving them only.
And eh total amount received over the course of 12 months was under $5k.
Im not impressed with WU at all.
been using Moneygram for the last 2 years and received larger amounts and never had an issue.

Wow, that is bizarre. Maybe they thought you were scamming?

Over the past year I've sent around $30k with WU, and bang, blacklisted.

[jmag91]

Originally Posted by secret storm

Getting Interviewed or Blacklisted from Western Union happens from sending to much money at once, Sending to much within a certain amount of time, or sending to multiple countries or a certain country like Costa Rica or Puerto Rico because they get suspicious that your playing with illegal online sportsbooks.

I have been using Western Union since 2010 with no problems being cautious of how much I'm sending to how many transfers I'm doing and most importantly using other alternatives such as Bank Wire, MoneyGram, and Bitcoin.

Yeah I believe I got blacklisted for sending too much within a certain time.

[slokor]

Again - if youre sending those amount I believe youll run into issues with Moneygram as well. It just doesnt look good.
You really need to consider alternate payment form. See if they'll accept Bitcoin or direct wire transfers or you might end up without options should something happen to prevent you from using moneygram.

[jmag91]

Originally Posted by slokor

Again - if youre sending those amount I believe youll run into issues with Moneygram as well. It just doesnt look good.
You really need to consider alternate payment form. See if they'll accept Bitcoin or direct wire transfers or you might end up without options should something happen to prevent you from using moneygram.

Yes I completely agree with you. I will look into it.

I can always have people send for me with WU as well.

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by jmag91

Yes I completely agree with you. I will look into it.

I can always have people send for me with WU as well.

Try to avoid involving "people".

I prefer to keep control of my money as best as I can. I try to avoid issues with people who are after their piece of my cake....

[jmag91]

Originally Posted by GreenBean

Try to avoid involving "people".

I prefer to keep control of my money as best as I can. I try to avoid issues with people who are after their piece of my cake....

Oh yes GreenBean I understand where you're coming from.

I just mean having a very close friend or a family member walk in and do the transaction (I'll be with them) with my cash.

[slokor]

You need to be thinking long term. Long term means not relying on anyone and thinking about how to keep your business going without having to rely on anyone else.

[jmag91]

Originally Posted by slokor

You need to be thinking long term. Long term means not relying on anyone and thinking about how to keep your business going without having to rely on anyone else.

Yes I agree slokor. I am looking into Bitcoin and wire transfers as we speak.

[slokor]

Smart thinking.

[jmag91]

Thank you everyone for your input on this thread!

It has made it much less of a stressful thing with all the support and ideas behind me!


Hope everyone has an awesome New Year!