tfboy

Hi.

Bit of a strange request, but my old man's on holiday in Buenos Aires and has found something he wants to buy. But it's from a shop that doesn't take debit/credit cards, and so he needs to pay in cash.

I'm not sure of the exact amount involved, but it's probably something between £500 and £1000.

And he doesn't have that amount of cash around. He did enquire getting it out of an ATM with his debit card, but there's something like a £50 limit per transaction, and I know you get charged a commission and/or flat fee for taking money out, even with a debit card, so if he ends up having to do it several times, it'll end up being rather expensive.

If I have the funds available in my account, what's the best way of getting it over to him in cash form? We have a week or so to do it so no major rush.

I'll ask this on moneysavingexpert's forum, but as there are some very smart financial and tax people here I thought it'd be rude not to ask here too

Cheeers as always.

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Xavier

postmanpat

Would the shop accept a direct bank transfer from your account to theirs?

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roo

Western union?

Travelex?

Does his bank have a subsiduary in Argentina as maybe he could sort it out there?

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tfboy

Well, he (and I) have accounts with Natwest. Hadn't thought about a subsidiary. Will look into it

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westerdam2

Here we go ...the good old Post Office has special rates eg £9.99 to send £500 to Argentina and takes 10 minutes

Details here

http://www.postoffice.co.uk/portal/p...diaId=19700176

HTH