[LRUG] Receiving a one-off payment from the U.S.

[Derek Ekins]

How about western union?
I've only used them once but that transaction was fine..


On 9 December 2011 10:24, Graeme Mathieson <mathie at woss.name> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I looked into this a couple of years ago when I started working with a US
> client. It turned out, at the time, that PayPal was, overall, the easiest
> and cheapest option for the amount being transferred each month. Two things
> to take into consideration:
>
> * For international bank transfers, the sending bank typically charges a
> fixed fee and the receiving bank sometimes does likewise. PayPal charges a
> percentage.
>
> * For bank transfers, the bulk of the fees are paid by the sender, but
> with PayPal, all the fees are paid by the recipient.
>
> * OK, three things. I'm sure it gets more or less complicated depending
> upon whether you've billed, and they're paying, in USD or GBP. My
> experience was billing and paying in GBP (because FreeAgent didn't do
> multi-currency invoicing at the time!).
>
> At least that was my experience at the time. YMMV, etc, etc. :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Graeme.
>
> PS The minute a client mentions "cash flow issues" the faster the cash
> flows in your direction, the better!
>
> On 9 Dec 2011, at 09:49, Andrew Stewart wrote:
>
> Hola El Rug,
>
> I have a customer in the U.S. who needs to pay me.  I'm not set up to
> receive credit card payments; he doesn't want to write a cheque or make a
> bank transfer.  It seems the only option is to use PayPal.
>
> But PayPal is horrible.  Are there any other ways for a for U.K. business
> to receive a payment from the U.S.?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Yours,
> Andy Stewart
>
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