1st Contact - money transfer

[amonty1144]

I am wanting to transfer relatively small amounts of money to Poland. Royal Mail won't accept it to post and my bank will charge �26 per transaction. I have found this company, 1st Contact based in London. Has anyone used this service and was it ok?
Any comments gratefully received

[Ethel]

If they have an email address you can use PayPal - they will convert it to Zlotys.

https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_send-money

Check how much it will cost though.

I've never used 1st Contact.

[dzug]

Royal Mail will accept it to post if you don't tell them what it is. Clearly there's a risk attached, but as Poland's in the EU customs won't be involved so it won't be officially seized - just liable to pilfering.

The problem is at the Polish end - Royal Mail don't have a problem with cash per se but some overseas postal and/or customs authorities don't like it.

[BenDToy]

Why not get an ATM card for use in Poland, on your existing account? They can then withdraw cash as and when they want, direct from your account, and charges would be relatively small. Having said that, Paypal is a good, cheap way of doing it also.

[amonty1144]

thanks, Ben what an excellent idea, post office do a very cheap travel money card , that could work.
Thanks