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dreamon · Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 40

Student loans have always been unfriendly. If you have a BOA account in the USA, you can deposit direct to that account through Santander or Scotia Bank for a fee of 25 dollars per transfer. Does not change with hire amount. You can go online with BOA and do direct pay, where they pay for you automatically every month. Then your family does not have to do anything. The BOA does all the work. BOA is great and trustworthy in payments and you have a receipt from a bank. The loan cannot say they were not paid, Bank of America gives great records. I hope this might help.

guatetaliana · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:08 am Post subject:

$25 US per transfer is pretty hefty considering a Paypal transfer only charges about 3% on the transaction amount...I guess I'll stick with that.

dreamon · Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 40

I do not know how much you owe, but check with your loan company you owe and see if they will do a automatic withdrawl from your credit card here. I know that one person here pays for his storage in the USA with his Santander Credit card, automatic. If your husband is Mexican he can get a easy credit card through your bank. It cost nothing for them to automatic withdrawl. He has done it for a year, and it pays his storage every month on time. He does nothing. Sky TV here does the same. Automatic withdrawl. They will pay a debt in the USA

Samantha · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 2038 Location: Mexican Riviera

dreamon wrote:

MO39 · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:57 am Post subject:

sarliz · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 198 Location: Jalisco

Oreen Scott · Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 179 Location: Oaxaca, Mexico

I have a Canadian bank account, it isn't Scotia. I have a Visa card and an interac card.

In Canada, as is the custom, I never carry cash, at least not a lot of cash. I use interac and my Visa.

My banking is done online. I'll continue banking online with my Canadian money. When I'm employed in Mexico I'll open a Mexican bank account for my Mexican earnings. I will not work without an FM3, not worth the risk.

O-kay, here's my question. I'm wondering how much cash I will need to carry in Mexico? I plan to travel to Chihuahua, Creel, Los Mochis, Mazatlan, Durango and Zacatecas. Not sure how much farther I'll go, but that gives you an indication of the size of the cuidads y pueblos enroute.

How often will merchants carry Visa? I dread carrying cash, for no reason other than I haven't done so for years and years. I envision having a hard time calculating how much cash I need, running out and not being able to get cash, or having trouble figuing out how much cash I need and paying exorbidant bank fees.

MO39 · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:12 am Post subject:

dixie · Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 644 Location: D.F

Oreen Scott · Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 179 Location: Oaxaca, Mexico

Thanks Dixie:

Where do I get money? How prevalent are ATMs?

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

dixie · Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 644 Location: D.F

jfurgers · Joined: 18 Sep 2005 Posts: 442 Location: Mexico City

I use my debit card many times to purchase things online. Never a problem. I'm still in the States but will be leaving for DF on April 14 and I'm hoping I'll still be able to use it to purchase things online from the States.

Everyone probably knows this but just in case a few don't, if you're planning to use a credit card in Mexico that was issued to you from the States, call the credit card company first and tell them that you're going to Mexico and will be using your card down there. If you don't inform them and you use your card in Mexico, the company may freeze your card because they'll think someone is using it illegally in Mexico.

MO39 · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject:

sarliz · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 198 Location: Jalisco