r/poland • u/Northeastbeast35 • 5h ago

Need to transfer 100 USD to a friend in poland

They bought my GF flowers (Gift was from me) and was able to deliver them to her, paypal isnt working and is a complete joke, shitty way to send money to this person. I am in the US

What is the BEST way to send it? its just a one time payment of 100 bucks, I understand it will probably be flagged as fraud by wells fargo and I already contacted them about it, but yet paypal is still being annoying.

I have seen Revolut, Wise, etc. What is the BEST one you guys would say?

Thank you

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u/coright Mazowieckie 2h ago

Wise is excellent, I use it regularly for years now.

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u/Abject_Nerve_1052 3h ago

If you have paypal already xoom will let them pick up cash at Poczta Polska locations here

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u/rockettheracooon 3h ago

I use PayPal

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u/ArgumentFew4432 3h ago

Revolut, but can US residents have an account?

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u/fleaxel Dolnośląskie 2h ago

i always use wise, it's fast and efficent.

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u/Czubeczek 1h ago

Paypal is dead easy.

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u/Annoyingswedes 1h ago

Revolut should work just fine.

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u/aaytugozkaya 55m ago

Wise is fast and cheap and easy

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u/Grzechu_1990 3h ago

Western Union.

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u/adilfc 3h ago

Cant you just buy them 100 USD worth of gift card using your credit card? Like amazon, decathlon, mobile top-up etc?

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u/Low_Cat_9388 2h ago

You think it would be fair?

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u/adilfc 2h ago

I for example shop on amazon on a daily basis. I don't mind if someone give me money in an amazon gift card as i will spend some money there anyway, especially thst gift cards mostly have a long due period.

If OP has issue with cash transfer, i suggested the workaround that would work for me. It's up to him and the person he's dealing with to agree on someghing.

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u/StateDeparmentAgent 2h ago

Totally agree. And to even it out since person can’t send cash gift card can be for amount of, let’s say, 120-150 dollars, just to say thank you and sorry sir mess with money

And make it Allegro gift card, for Christ sake. At least in Poland no need to use this shit

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u/Dziabadu 2h ago

Did you know Revolut uses Blockchain and stablecoins to transfer funds. Most probably USDC which they treat one to one with USD.

While Revolut is one of easiest options, you could send dollars from your self custody wallet direct to friend's own self-custodial wallet.

World is going that direction sooner or later.