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Title: Irish bank transfer & travel from Ireland
Post by: Del Boy on 24 September 2012, 11:43:00
Got a guy interested in one of my cars, unfortunately he's in Ireland, anyway basically he wants to bring the money half cash, half via a bank transfer. He wants to transfer half into one of my bank accounts and half into another. As he is with an Irish bank, will he be able to do an electronic transfer when he is over here, and it'll be done within a couple of hours say?

Also from Gatwick or Heathrow is there a train station nearby?
Title: Re: Irish bank transfer & travel from Ireland
Post by: pauls on 24 September 2012, 11:49:32
hi del i think it depends if from southern or northern ireland. Also heathrow has a a tube station called hatton cross and i believe Gatwick has a overground station in the airport itself.

Hope it helps :y
Title: Re: Irish bank transfer & travel from Ireland
Post by: stewart000 on 24 September 2012, 12:07:22
cant see why not, afterall, its no harder than anyone using a visa debit or credit card overseas
Title: Re: Irish bank transfer & travel from Ireland
Post by: Del Boy on 24 September 2012, 12:31:49
hi del i think it depends if from southern or northern ireland. Also heathrow has a a tube station called hatton cross and i believe Gatwick has a overground station in the airport itself.

Hope it helps :y

I believe it's Southern Ireland. Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated  :y.
Title: Re: Irish bank transfer & travel from Ireland
Post by: jonny2112 on 24 September 2012, 12:47:58
hi del i think it depends if from southern or northern ireland. Also heathrow has a a tube station called hatton cross and i believe Gatwick has a overground station in the airport itself.

Hope it helps :y

I believe it's Southern Ireland. Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated  :y.

If it's the south Del, make sure you are dealing in the right currency, price wise  ;)
Title: Re: Irish bank transfer & travel from Ireland
Post by: Del Boy on 24 September 2012, 12:51:47
hi del i think it depends if from southern or northern ireland. Also heathrow has a a tube station called hatton cross and i believe Gatwick has a overground station in the airport itself.

Hope it helps :y

I believe it's Southern Ireland. Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated  :y.

If it's the south Del, make sure you are dealing in the right currency, price wise  ;)

Made sure of that luckily  ;D :y.
Title: Re: Irish bank transfer & travel from Ireland
Post by: jonny2112 on 24 September 2012, 12:59:10
Happy days! The only other thing may be that the transfer will not be 'instant', but I guess he will have that covered under the circumstances.
Title: Re: Irish bank transfer & travel from Ireland
Post by: Del Boy on 24 September 2012, 13:00:39
Happy days! The only other thing may be that the transfer will not be 'instant', but I guess he will have that covered under the circumstances.

That's what I'm concerned about, if it can take a couple of hours then no worries he can't wait with me etc, but if it's days then its no good  :(.
Title: Re: Irish bank transfer & travel from Ireland
Post by: Rods2 on 24 September 2012, 20:01:51
Phone up your bank and ask them how long the transfer will take.  :y
Title: Re: Irish bank transfer & travel from Ireland
Post by: OOMV6 on 24 September 2012, 20:20:16
Happy days! The only other thing may be that the transfer will not be 'instant', but I guess he will have that covered under the circumstances.

That's what I'm concerned about, if it can take a couple of hours then no worries he can't wait with me etc, but if it's days then its no good  :(.
Unlikely I'd say. Likely to be a couple of days.
Phoning your bank will only tell half the story. The remitting bank may hold the transfer for a while, receiving bank too. So a day each for example - 2 days. But your bank will only be able to tell you the time it takes for them to process once they see the credit hit their system.
Unfortunately this happens all too often. Transfers are instant in reality, once the button has been hit. Butif the originating bank account is in euro and yours in GBP, then there may well be another bank in between (correspondant bank) who may hold for a short time.
That said, it could all happen within a couple of hours.
So not much help really, other than to say I'd be wary.
Title: Re: Irish bank transfer & travel from Ireland
Post by: Del Boy on 24 September 2012, 22:11:29
Happy days! The only other thing may be that the transfer will not be 'instant', but I guess he will have that covered under the circumstances.

That's what I'm concerned about, if it can take a couple of hours then no worries he can't wait with me etc, but if it's days then its no good  :(.
Unlikely I'd say. Likely to be a couple of days.
Phoning your bank will only tell half the story. The remitting bank may hold the transfer for a while, receiving bank too. So a day each for example - 2 days. But your bank will only be able to tell you the time it takes for them to process once they see the credit hit their system.
Unfortunately this happens all too often. Transfers are instant in reality, once the button has been hit. Butif the originating bank account is in euro and yours in GBP, then there may well be another bank in between (correspondant bank) who may hold for a short time.
That said, it could all happen within a couple of hours.
So not much help really, other than to say I'd be wary.

All is sorted now, however a bank transfer was a no go due to a 5 day waiting time.
Title: Re: Irish bank transfer & travel from Ireland
Post by: albitz on 24 September 2012, 22:20:36
If he is from one of the more far flung corners he might think the currency is spuds. ;)  :D ;D
Title: Re: Irish bank transfer & travel from Ireland
Post by: Del Boy on 24 September 2012, 22:23:08
If he is from one of the more far flung corners he might think the currency is spuds. ;)  :D ;D

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Irish bank transfer & travel from Ireland
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 24 September 2012, 23:44:50
Why not tranfer the cash as a deposit and bring cash with him when the transfer has cleared - But pay the cash into the bank if in any doubt regards forgeries and when all monies are clear let the car go.  :y

I would do that or similar with any large cash tranaction regardless of where the customer originates.
Title: Re: Irish bank transfer & travel from Ireland
Post by: jonny2112 on 24 September 2012, 23:45:26
If he is from one of the more far flung corners he might think the currency is spuds. ;)  :D ;D

Trust you to think of that  ;D ;D :D
Title: Re: Irish bank transfer & travel from Ireland
Post by: Plomien on 25 September 2012, 07:51:56
Payment via bank transfer if Euro to Sterling within an EEA country will take up to 2 working days.
You will need to provide him your BIC/swift code and IBAN (found on your paper bank statement)