cash in envelope

mrs_lds

if you send cash in an envelope abroad and it is not received but send recorded/ registered are yuo covered if it does not arrive
. Sorry did not know where to put thispost

frivolous_fay

Have you sent it, or are you planning to?
I don't think you can use Recorded to send abroad.

kerblimey

i know it's non of my business but i hope you're not buying something and sending cash in the post. this is a sure way of being scammed.

try using weston union as it's a transfer and is the proper way to do it and not have to worry about it.
xxx

Crowqueen

kerblimey wrote: »

i know it's non of my business but i hope you're not buying something and sending cash in the post. this is a sure way of being scammed.

try using weston union as it's a transfer and is the proper way to do it and not have to worry about it.
xxx

Note: this is not saying I agree with the idea of sending cash through the post now that Paypal and other electronic payment systems are more widely available, but it's just to give another perspective on the situation. I still don't recommend it at all.

I did it loads while I was living in Poland for a while about eight years ago. It was virtually the only way to buy anything from eBay back home, and I always got money - usually dollars as they came in easier denominations - safely to people by wrapping it securely and sending it Reccommande, their version of the old Registered service. The most recent payment in cash I've had was from Belarus, which got to me fine, and that was just over two years ago.

It's not a safe way but it has the same chance to go missing as anything else valuable sent through the post. Some countries e.g. Russia and Romania (I believe) forbid cash to be sent through the post at all, but most postal services in Europe will permit it. Wrap it in tin-foil.

To send it overseas you have a choice of Airsure or International Signed For. I would have done it Airsure to be on the safe side. When I sent it to Eastern Europe in 2002 it was mostly sent Registered, though that option no longer exists.

peter_the_piper

Envelope? What envelope?

mrs_lds

sorry this is on behalf of my mum who sent money to cyprus as a wedding gift. 2 week on no show of gift!

Crowqueen

mrs_lds wrote: »

sorry this is on behalf of my mum who sent money to cyprus as a wedding gift. 2 week on no show of gift!

Which service did you actually use?

For that sort of thing it's better to use Western Union if it was a large amount (as the fees are ridiculous, something like £20 a time). Not good for paying for an online item, but that's what WU was set up for.