Western Union

Filed Under Just Wow

I just saw a commercial for western union on the TV.

I have to wonder, with the advent of paypal and other electronic services, how is Western Union still in business? Have y’all ever tried to send anyone money using WU? It costs you, the sender, about $9 to send the money. Then, the recipient has to go to a WU station to collect the money. Why would anyone do that when you can just paypal the money over?

Seriously, you can send the money to whomever’s paypal account, then they can transfer it to their own bank account, or pay whatever bill they have to pay straight from the paypal account all for FREE! Why pay for that same service?

Anyway, I guess that’s a story for another day.

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