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In case anyone is tempted to use this service here's my story. And it might be particularly of interest to anyone in the UK.
On July 29th I sent £1250 to an account overseas using a "Nationwide" B.S. (Banking Service ???). They told me it was a 48 hour service, but, three weeks later the money has not arrived in the account.
Quite frankly there are so many errors in the transfer form that a ten year old could have completed it better.
But, (and here is the warning part) in the small print it says that I, and I alone, am responsible for the transaction. They will accept no responsibility at all. And they do not refund the service fee no matter what happens.
They will not provide any documentary evidence to support their claims that the money transferred correctly. They deceived me by advising me that on two occasions I was speaking to a person within the SWiFT system when I was really speaking to some pion in a "Nationwide" office.
It just seems incredible that with all the Financial Services rules and regulations we have today that this behaviour is occurring.
So, if you need to send money abroad and PayPal is not available, I strongly suggest you do your best to avoid the SWIFT money transfer service.
viv
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In case anyone is tempted to use this service here's my story. And it might be particularly of interest to anyone in the UK.
On July 29th I sent £1250 to an account overseas using a "Nationwide" B.S. (Banking Service ???). They told me it was a 48 hour service, but, three weeks later the money has not arrived in the account.
Quite frankly there are so many errors in the transfer form that a ten year old could have completed it better.
But, (and here is the warning part) in the small print it says that I, and I alone, am responsible for the transaction. They will accept no responsibility at all. And they do not refund the service fee no matter what happens.
They will not provide any documentary evidence to support their claims that the money transferred correctly. They deceived me by advising me that on two occasions I was speaking to a person within the SWiFT system when I was really speaking to some pion in a "Nationwide" office.
It just seems incredible that with all the Financial Services rules and regulations we have today that this behaviour is occurring.
So, if you need to send money abroad and PayPal is not available, I strongly suggest you do your best to avoid the SWIFT money transfer service.
viv
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