kibber Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 Greetings, For all who have bought & sold thru this forum: What is best app or method, other tips for sending/receiving money internationally which has the least amount of fees, good exchange rate, trustworthy, and overall good experience for seller/buyer ?? If there is already a thread on this topic, link me to it. Cheers - Kibber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 PayPal worked for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) PayPal has worked for me, both for eBay and for a recent board purchase here. Trust between buyer and seller is on individual reputations. Example, I bought a snowboard here recently, to be shipped to me in NZ. The seller packaged, priced and sent the board before they had received their money. They got paid, as soon as I could after the shipping receipt arrived with the shipping costs. A couple of weeks later I got a well packaged board. TRUST still exists. End of sale feedback is really helpful to others contemplating a transaction. Edited October 6, 2020 by SunSurfer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjnakata Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 I used Transferwise for a larger international snowboard transaction. It has lower fees than PP and exchange rate is good. It took a little longer and I had to set it up when I already have a PP account but the $ did pencil out when compared to PP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eboot Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 It might help to know what resources the recipient already has. i can’t talk for Transferwise but setting up and validating a PP account in Europe was frustrating and time consuming for someone I recently sent money to using PP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rst Posted October 18, 2020 Report Share Posted October 18, 2020 Swift bank transfer to SG PayPal to Spain for f2 race ti quite recently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 I've used Transferwise when buying from i-carve.com, which is what they require. Recommended. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kibber Posted October 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 I just used TransferWise too w iCarve. - good transaction, decent exchange, fast transfer. XOOM (PayPal) has great exchange rates but quirky on bank side when transferring; so, had to use PayPal on a person/person purchase w not good rates. I’d say TransferWise wins first option, then try Xoom, then PayPal for Intl purchasing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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