My Western Union Experience

Since my account is named after my father, he is the one who went to the Western Union outlet here on our place.

I told him to prepare 2 government-issued ID's. (He brought his Passport and his Driver's License.) I also printed the copy of Google’s office address, Money Transfer Control Number(MTCN) and the exact amount of money we're going to receive.


When he arrived at the Western Union outlet to get my first Google Adsense payment, he was not told to fill-up any forms. The attendant do it, checked his ID's and ask some question.

"What is your relationship with the sender?" That was the question the teller asked my father. Thinking of what to say and based on the picture above, he said "friend". LOL! Google Inc. is my father's friend! The attendant [who is not familiar with Google] doesn't doubt what my father answered and gave him the money. (My father looks like Larry Page. Hehehe. Google is his friend.)

The attendant also said that they don't have dollars. Meaning, you cannot get the payment in US Dollars, it will be automatically converted to Peso (PHP). Their exchange rate is P46.6 = $1 while the money changer outside has a rate of P47.10 = $1. Bad! The attendant also forced my father to buy cellphone load from them. Bad again!

And that was my Western Union experience. Once again, "Google is my father's friend!" How about yours?

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