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Well within the European Union we have free movement of people but try to send £50 to someone in another European country and it costs £25 ! Thought it was all electronic so would be cheaper, but feels like we paid their electric bill

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There are other ways Julie and other banks but personally I would use Paypal....simples !

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Would have been my first choice sadly the other party didn't have a PayPal account.

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Only takes a minute to open one...they must have been desperate for £50

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They were very desperate.

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I would have suggested Paypal too Julie - it is easy enough to open an account - I have had one for 13 years and it is great for buying things safely online as well as sending money abroad.
The other party doesn't need a Paypal account as long as they have an email address.

Buying things online particularly, as it means you don't have to put your bank card details on to a company website that you feel unsure about, or haven't used before.

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I Agree we use PayPal as much as we can, but as I said other party didn't have an account.

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I just amended my first response to add - the other party doesn't need a paypal account, just email.
Although admittedly they will have to set up a Paypal account in order to access the money! but they are sent instructions on how to do this.

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I didn't realise that will use that method in future thanks for the info.

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can you send cash with Paypal?