wire woes

[doctork]

Okay, so here''s the situation...

I live in Panama (Central America) but my bank is in Canada. In order to purchase a stone and setting, I need to wire the money to the dealer. However, my bank will not allow me to send a wire unless I do it in person, at the branch. Unless I''m transferring to someone at the same bank. The bank is RBC in Canada or RBC Centura in USA.

Anyone have any ideas around this?

 

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Could you write yourself a check and then cash it at a local bank and get a wire done from there?

 

[neatfreak]

Could you send a cashier''s check or something like that? Usually the "wire price" is because with CC''s they pay high fees I think...

 

[anne_h]

Maybe you could send a Money Order instead? I think that''s a guaranteed instrument, which is probably what the vendor is after.

Anne

 

[Rhea]

Does it have a partner bank? Like Bank of America in the US is partnered with Barclays in the UK. If so, they may let you make a transfer from there.

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

Hiya, I recently had difficulty in doing a wire transfer from my bank in australia to the US.

However, the bank instructed me that I could do an ''international money transfer'' which is slightly different, but almost the same?? I could actually do this via my online banking system - it took 24 hours (so a little slower than a EFT wire) but it worked fine and with the time difference between Australia and the US it actuall yarrived on the same calendar day!

Good luck!