Western Union Issues.

[geekybiker]

Trying to buy my first rep online, and went to send the money via western union, but apparently it doesn't meet their "business standards" somehow. They wont allow me to send money online, and they wont tell me why it doesnt meet their business standards. Any ideas on how to proceed?

[mikellem]

Did they ask you if you know the person to whom you are sending money to, and you say NO.. This will cause them to stop the trasaction.

Try it again, and tell them you know the person.

You should not have any problems!

Good Luck,,

-MM

[elprimerozen]

As mikellem say DONT TELL THEM YOU DONT KNOW THE PERSON! Or you can go to you nearest wu office and send the money!

[phaedo]

I tried to send money with them online to MYSELF and they would not let me once. I was living in Australia trying to send money to pay my credit card in New Zealand, and they would not let me. Had been in Australia for 8 months, Aussie licence, etc and they wanted to verify my details and could not verify I existed!

[KB]

All my transactions with my different suppliers have been by WU and I am yet to be asked if I know the person receiving the money.

Ken

[jdavis]

I decided against going the online route with Western Union and went to a local agent. I saved $10 US by doing this and it was swift and easy since that the agent is only a couple of miles away. I learned that private agents of WU can set their own rates for service so your prices may vary.

[MikeC65]

I've sent money a couple of times via WU and they don't ask if I know the person. But, I've always done it in person at a WU agent. Is it different in person versus doing it on-line?

[geekybiker]

Managed to get it through with money gram. Can't wait to see the reps.

[Centurion]

Alright, i tried to send money to Joshua through WU now. After i completed the payment, i received a message from WU that i had to call customer service by phone to verify more information. It is my first time sending money through WU.

Is this standard procedure? Any ideas what their questions are like?

[scoobs1971]

Hey Centurion,

I had the same with my first online WU transfer. After I finished the internet procedure I received a mail that I should call the customer service to finish the procedure. Than I got a lecture about how dangerous it is to send money to people that I don't know and they advised me to cancel the transaction. However, after I said that I still wanted to continue the procedure they made the payment to my dealer.

That said, I can imagine that they are warning people. There's been an extensive abuse of WU-transactions for Ebay scams. There's never any guarentee that you will receive the goods after payment and you will never get a refund from WU. That's why services like Paypal exists. However, they deliver protection for the buyer, not for the seller. This is a risk for a seller who can loose his money after sending the product. Nice catch, isn't it?

Anyway, my first payment with my preffered dealer was with WU. That earned me enough trust with him to use PayPal for upcoming orders.

Cheers!

P.

Alright, i tried to send money to Joshua through WU now. After i completed the payment, i received a message from WU that i had to call customer service by phone to verify more information. It is my first time sending money through WU.

Is this standard procedure? Any ideas what their questions are like?

[Centurion]

Thanks a lot scoobs

[section8]

I"ve only had to call them once - when I ordered my LV Sub from Paul - Which ironically was the 2nd time I'd purchased from him and they still wanted me to confim the transaction. They asked if i knew him and said yes and then they gave me the warning about sending money blah blah.