BajaNomad

Western Union: hidden costs?

vandy - 2-11-2015 at 04:47 AM

I just got quoted a very reasonable fee:

$4US to send $1000US via Western Union, paid by my bank account.
I see that they give 14,501 pesos to the receiver, so WU is making a few hundred pesos on the exchange rate.

When the person in Mexico picks it up, do they get cash?
Are there other fees involved?

woody with a view - 2-11-2015 at 08:20 AM

Of course they get cash, what else would they get? You pay the fees.

SlyOnce - 2-11-2015 at 12:43 PM

look into XOOM, you can send money from your computer in the US and they can pick it up in MX at any Soriana's or Commercial Mexicana.