I agreed and headed to a Western Union agent. I was in for a shock. The payment, which was coming in at EUR117 on the credit card, I checked with the bank centre, now became EUR134
. Western Union as well as charging a commission of EUR13.80, also used an exchange rate of $1.21 to the euro. This was when the published rate was above $1.29 and the note rate for the previous day was $1.26 .This is not a gripe agains the Jackson Lures. If I had forwarded him my credit card proper there would have been no problem. It was my first time dealing with them, I was being a bit cautious and given another opportunity I would have giving them the details. I don't really have a gripe with Western Union. If this is what they want to charge, then off with them but I can't see myself using their service again.
What I really want do is to warn other users on this forum of how the payment method they chose can affect the overall price of their mail-order/online purchases. It appears the Credit Card is a very cost effective way of making on-line payments.
After all that, though a little bit sore, I still remain quids in. Speaking to some lads at Cobh on sunday evening they told me they paid EUR175 to a Cork Tackle shop for the same item and had to wait a full month for it
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You should have used PayPal. Never had any problems using it.