Originally Posted by
stimpy
Some of the early Skype employees have created transferwise.com which is a pretty unique approach to international transfers. It kind of follows the Skype model, except of course it isn't free. Has anyone tried this? I might give it a try.
I used this to pay for some football tickets when they'd only accept bank transfers, as the fees i'd have to pay through my own bank (GBP>EUR) were exorbitant. Probably ends up being closer for larger transfers such as those the OP wants, but didn't have any issues with the transaction itself.