I have had problems transfering cash to banks here, out of about 30 transactions 2 went "missing"
my advice is to transfer the cash into the bank in plenty of time, if that's the route you wanna go, keep all the transaction papers, so that you can track the cash.
part of my trouble was the fact that my uk bank, wasn't international, so it had to go via HSBC who give it another reference number!!! and the original reference number seems to dissappear into the ether, so the philippine bank can not track the cash, you have to do it yourself, if you ever want to find the money.
Take your time handing the cash over when finalising your purchase, my experience here is, once you've paid in the lightning speed they expect you to pay, things then go at a snails pace!! do stage payments when you see different items completed. |