[geeks] UnPaypal?

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> Anyone come up with a good alternative to PayPal yet?  I just had a 
>> friend move to New Zealand, in the process of which PayPal did 
>> everything they could within their terms of service to steal $2600 
>> from him.  Combined with the new move further to the Dark Side by 
>> eBay, who now owns PayPal, my discomfort level with PayPal is rising 
>> almost daily.
>>
>>
> There is xoom.com, if you are talking about international money 
> transfers.  Not the cheapest option.
> 
> What kind of payment is needed?  If the amount is large, pay $4 for the 
> card and put the large amount onto a pre-loaded AMEX or VISA card.  
> Relatively anonymous that way as well.

There are some banks that will offer free international money transfers 
to holders of large ($10000+?) deposits.  For example, I use my local 
credit union, who count my mortgage balance as a deposit, and I know 
that other banks do so as well.  So I get free international money 
transfers.

Peace...  Sridhar