Quote from: Tank on Today at 06:45:48 PMOh no! 

There were some updates that were completed, but I guess one knocked out the alert package.  I'll have to wait until more donations meet the quota for the month before getting someone to look into it.

I'll donate some lolly immediately or sooner.

Toodle-pip

John

Oh no! 

There were some updates that were completed, but I guess one knocked out the alert package.  I'll have to wait until more donations meet the quota for the month before getting someone to look into it.

Hmmm - I have solved all the issues I had with international payments by using Wise (used to be called TransferWise ). You give the other party unique local bank account details in their country that Wise provides you with. They pay into that with a local transfer which is much easier for them. You then get an instant transfer to you (still in that currency). You then exchange at the time of your choosing and then transfer out to your own account using a local transfer. I move money between my UK and Japan bank accounts this way and also receive payments this way, all within minutes.

Disclaimer: I have no relationship with them except as a happy user.

From my experience they give the market exchange rate at the moment you tell them to convert and the fees are the most reasonable I have found and everything is up front an nothing is hidden. If you wnat a sign up link (where we both get benefits as a result) I will PM you one, or you can just sign up directly at wise.com.

BTW I do also use Revolut which is an alternative provider of these sort or services, and it has its fans (especially for card use abroad), however personally I have found Wise best overall and use it both for personal and business transactions (and enjoy the fact that I am not paying uunecessary fees and rate spreads to the "traditional" banking industry whose service has frankly deteriroated in recent years - I refer to all those branch closures as well as excessive fees ),

Cheers,

Colin.

Quote from: njee20 on Today at 03:49:43 PMThe issue is the receiving country, it's literally nothing to do with RM, not so much that they don't care, but that they have no sway or influence whatsoever. If they don't get info there's nothing they can provide you.

Then they shouldn't be peddling such a service with their reputation already in tatters

I always look at parcelsapp.com as there you can see under the "Next tracking numbers" which number the local distributor like DPD or GLS will use. Even between Hermes Germany and Hermes Austria the tracking number switches midway without letting the customer know the new one.

I'm not getting them either by email or alerts at the top of the page. Since yesterday as others have stated. Come on @Tank sort it out 

The issue is the receiving country, it's literally nothing to do with RM, not so much that they don't care, but that they have no sway or influence whatsoever. If they don't get info there's nothing they can provide you.

Quote from: Bob G on Today at 10:25:25 AMI know I couldn't get money sent from the US to my account, so we resorted to PayPal. That works.

I send money regularly from my US account to my UK account.

You need the Swift code as well as the IBAN, and it's not cheap, $40 per transfer.

Regards,

John P

Works fine getting stuff sent to the US.

Regards,

John P

Quote from: cmason on Today at 10:13:54 AMyes - in my case I enter the tracking number to the Japan Post website and then track through customs and on through to the local delivery office and then allocation to teh postperson who will deliver...

Just checked with Australia Post and get the same week old info I get from the UK