becman Posted December 27, 2007 CID Share Posted December 27, 2007 I would just like to ask you guys who are well practiced in ecommerce. My country (Philippines) is not yet that popular for such practice. Yes, in some areas here they do simple online purchases and stuff (anything with "e" at the beginning) but money transfer is commonly done through western union (well, at least from my experience). My boss (a German) suddenly had this idea of sending my monthly salary (in euros) through moneybookers.com. I've done the whole procedure and got my account number, problem is, my bank isn't familiar with it (although they say it can be done - w/c then confuses me more) and my boss is really pushing me with it. I already told him my bank does not offer such method but the truth is, I just don't have any idea how the whole thing works. He said he'll do the transaction next week... or rather next year.. coz I already gave him my moneybookers account number. Is it really that safe and easy? Pardon my ignorance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted December 30, 2007 CID Share Posted December 30, 2007 why can't he just do a wire transfer to ur bank?? he must get something out of it if he's pushing it. sounds like a paypal sorta thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted December 30, 2007 CID Share Posted December 30, 2007 yep he's making money when u pick up ur payment... https://www.moneybookers.com/app/referral.pl then it looks to me like it's gonna cost u to take it out...maybe not u should just tell him to wire it to ur bank thru his bank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted December 30, 2007 CID Share Posted December 30, 2007 hmm, if you do go with moneybookers, maybe you can refer someone else too, and get paid as well. although i don't like the sound of the words "withdrawal fees" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted December 30, 2007 CID Share Posted December 30, 2007 u know what i don't see anything about philippines in the countries listed... https://www.moneybookers.com/app/help.pl?s=fees sounds pretty fishy to me...and almost every country has a fee to take ur money out... i would tell him in no uncertain terms...not to pay me that way...and close my occount there...there is no reason that he can't pay u thru ur bank...or mail u a check this looks like some sort of scam to me...wow...i dunno...that's just my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr0stbound Posted December 30, 2007 CID Share Posted December 30, 2007 yeah, it's not there. well, now you have a reason to tell your boss not to use this method. anyway, i don't believe your boss will actually try to scam you. maybe he has been scammed. anyway, just the thought that you have to pay to get your money is ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becman Posted December 31, 2007 Author CID Share Posted December 31, 2007 First of all thanks for the response. I don't think my boss is capable of doing such coz I've known him for almost 10 years (I worked for him before in '95; resigned in '99; called back in @ 2001). But still.... hmmm(???). I haven't heard from him yet since then (probably he's off somewhere...again) and still no money. Wiring the money through my account was the method before and maybe he wanted to go "techie" or something and thought of mb (I really can't think of a reason). I've also read in some polls somewhere that people in Europe practice this thing and doesn't get much problems with it. Since my country is not listed, maybe that will be enough reason to tell him it won't work (at least there's a solid reason). I still have 3 days to convince him. Again, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becman Posted December 31, 2007 Author CID Share Posted December 31, 2007 oh...and yeah... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! (I posted this in another thread - can that be erased?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted December 31, 2007 CID Share Posted December 31, 2007 oh...and yeah... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! (I posted this in another thread - can that be erased?) NO!! we wanna hear it alot i didn't mean he was scamming u...i meant that this site is a scam... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becman Posted December 31, 2007 Author CID Share Posted December 31, 2007 yeah... probably so. ok... here it goes again... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted December 31, 2007 CID Share Posted December 31, 2007 [move]HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!![/move] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted January 7, 2008 CID Share Posted January 7, 2008 so what ever happened with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becman Posted January 7, 2008 Author CID Share Posted January 7, 2008 Oh, yeah.. sorry.. I think he finally saw the catch coz he put it in halt. He's coming over this week and i'll ask him personally whatever he was thinking at that time. He wired me the money last friday. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 7, 2008 CID Share Posted January 7, 2008 Good deal. I mean paychecks are little enough as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becman Posted January 7, 2008 Author CID Share Posted January 7, 2008 yup. i very much agree. technology can sometimes make life easy. and sometimes complicated. although i could say i'm a bit tech savvy myself but i prefer tradition most often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted January 7, 2008 CID Share Posted January 7, 2008 well i'm glad ur boss decided better... nite everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becman Posted January 7, 2008 Author CID Share Posted January 7, 2008 Thanks TMN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted January 7, 2008 CID Share Posted January 7, 2008 lol nice to see its all worked out. have a nice day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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