Western union fees?

**gym** · 01-24-2008 03:52 AM

I was looking into the cost of sending money via western union.. I wanted to send £35, and when i looked at the fees (checking online) for this it said it would cost me £12!! Is this right? is this *normal*??

I was going to send the money via moneybooker but you have to upload money before you can send it (not a problem except i need to send the money in euros and i dont know how much that exchange rate would be via this method as it would vary day-to-day... )

**Dhiren S** · 01-24-2008 06:08 AM

yes it is normal. there are lot of differet services, you can check moneygram

**snafu** · 01-24-2008 05:38 PM

it depends where your sending it too as to how much the fee is but that is about right. it can be a little cheaper if you use 36/48 hour service instead of "in minutes"

**Al Zymer** · 01-24-2008 07:33 PM

For £35, it is not going to be significantly different, what ever you choose to do, apart from Paypal, which is safe and cheap, but not widely used..
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/banking/overseas-money-transfers