Using PayPal(or other method) to send money FROM Colombia

Bill Turley (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Mar 16, 2009, 15:46:

Philly says on Mar 16, 2009, 15:51:

Personally, I do not trust anything that deals with Colombian Banks. I only have a Colombian bank account because my job needs to deposit my pay into it. Yes, I do have Paypal, but I use it with my US bank account. My job on the side warned me about Paypal in Colombia. I know you can only send money and not receive it. I have all my big transactions deposited into my account in the US, then withdraw in big amounts from a Citibank ATM (2.000.000) in one transaction.
I would try another method before doing anything with Colombian Banks

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miamimike says on Mar 16, 2009, 19:08:

If you look at PayPal.com's Website, you will see that they are not on Colombia. In an Email, they told me it was due to security. I suspect money laundering has a lot to do with Paypal not being in Colombia. On Paypal.com's Homepage, on the Bottom, the link I have listed lists all the countries that are fully Localized(meaning you can send and receive money in that country) Colombia is listed Only as a country you can SEND money to, they are not able to send $$ back to the USA. Some here on PBH keep saying you can exchange $$$ both ways but it isn't so and their Website verifies that. Surprisingly, Paypal even allows remittances from Venzuela to the US.

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-approved-signup-...

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poco says on Mar 16, 2009, 19:53:

Quote: Some here on PBH keep saying you can exchange $$$ both ways but it isn't so and their Website verifies that.
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OK,, it is PayPal,, so,, maybe.

Paypal indicates Vietnam has the same PayPal status as Colombia.

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miamimike says on Mar 17, 2009, 05:05:

Paypal is a company of Contrasts--its fully operational in two communist countries, Vietnam and China yet not in the American Territory of Samoa. What is more surprising, they are practically full service in Venezuela and not in Colombia.

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Mar 17, 2009, 07:15:

webmanco says on Mar 17, 2009, 09:02:

Once in a while I use Citibank to transfer money, I use the service less since my provider started accepting paypal.

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Mar 17, 2009, 09:10:

webmanco says on Mar 17, 2009, 09:11:

USA credicard backed up by a USA bank account.

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miamimike says on Mar 17, 2009, 10:07:

CG-this is a transparency issue Colombia has, it makes it hard to do any Business in Colombia. I went thru the same dilemma you went thru last year in figuring out how I was going to receive payments for products I wanted to sell online but for which I wanted to receive payment for before shipping to Colombia. No way will I ship a product to Col until I have cash in hand. No way Jose,,,

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Mar 17, 2009, 10:16:

poco says on Mar 17, 2009, 11:55:

Quote: Paypal is a company of Contrasts--its fully operational in two communist countries, Vietnam and China
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Wrong,, read your link,, Vietnam has the same Paypal status as Colombia,, same,, PayPal,, but Vietnam grows more coffee and Colombia has more asses.

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miamimike says on Mar 17, 2009, 12:36:

CG- maybe a Payment system like they use on Mercadolibre.com is an option-you may need a trusted family member to open a bank account in Colombia if you are unable to.

http://www.mercadopago.com/mp-colombia/

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Mar 17, 2009, 14:02:

miamimike says on Mar 17, 2009, 18:36:

CG-Thats the same problem I ran into, perplexing to say the least.

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Papi de Alejo says on Mar 17, 2009, 18:43:

How about one of the transfer services like Suma Valores. They accept money on behalf of VIGO in the US and then deposit it in the recipient's account in Colombia without having to do a wire transfer into the account. Maybe they can do this in the opposite direction. That is to accept the money in Colombia, transfer it to their US affiliate who would then deposit it on that end. I would imagine that a transfer from a US entity to another US entity would not have as many hoops as appear to exist in Colombia.

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La_Huella says on Mar 17, 2009, 19:55:

The best I have ever come up with, and I have been looking for years now, is just to go to Bancolombia and transfer the shit. I'm hoping I can do it without having to open up an account :P

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agucho says on Mar 22, 2009, 04:15:

PAYPAL charges a lot.

Better have your bancolombia account for example, and withdraw from ATM at USA wiht bancolombia card.

What other people do is contact other person doing the opposit way you need, find some one that sends money to colombia( not ilegal of course).

for example I know a girld that do topless, she sends like 5000 US to Colombia monthly. that kind of person can make a deal with you, and both avoid the HIGH fees of wires, trnasfers, etc.

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