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[randomness]

If I have a problem when attempting to sign up for your service, and your customer service won't help, or even answer, why should I expect a better outcome when I have a problem using your service?

Sorry, you lose.

re: http://www.xe.com/fx, who entirely failed to cope with a problem I had signing up. I gave up on them and am now looking for alternatives.

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[sea-bound.livejournal.com]

I don't have any experience with that particular XE or Oanda service, so unfortunately I won't be of any help there. I transfer money between countries via HSBC savings accounts. I have one here in Jordan (subpar) and an online savings account based in the US (good). The transfer itself is smooth but slow, and once the money in the US I've never had problems with transfers to other US accounts (Citizens, Bank of America, Citi, etc.). The transfers are free, but as I said, excruciatingly slow (6 business days for a complete transfer). For my needs, though, it works fine and HSBC generally gives good exchange rates.

The one gripe I have is that my US savings account won't allow me to transfer into another HSBC US savings account (my dad's). Silly.