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Originally Posted by McSpike
No, that's not the case here, see the fees get added once and not the other time. I am talking about the same payment service provider for wires coming from the same bank account that they send the wires from. Get it? Once the add the extra fees and other times they don't.
The fact that Paxum tells us this is going to cost $50 and then costs $80 is Paxum's fault. $50 is more than enough for all intermediary BS (that you normally have to use when you bank from offshore). But when you use BofA for example there ain't no intermediary BS in between.
Even less so when you use the same payment provider and then then provider charges you the extra fees, IF that was the provider.
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Originally Posted by BigFurry
I think it is easily possible that their bank uses a different intermediary for different transfers, and some of them charge a fee.
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Above is the correct answer.
Banks can and will use different intermediaries from one day to another. Depending on who offer to "broker" or "handle" the transactions at the lowest cost. So your money may be on one route month1 and take a different route in month2. This is also why the fee can sometimes vary (most of the time the fee is $25 or $30). It's a nice system for banks, where they more or less freely can dip their fingers into your little honey pot and grab a nice little commission for themselves and you can't do anything about it and those fees are seldom or never disclosed before sending the transfer.