Does anyone have other experiences, positive or negative, in using Remit2India? Please let us know.

Hi All,
   I did $15K totally with Remit2india and due to the internal problems they did a less transfer rate and after calling them for 2 months, finally Remit2India people responded and credited the exact amount and i thank Remit2India for this.

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Srinath.V

Hi All, I recently did a money transfer through remit2india. After 2 weeks, my money was not delivered in india. I called their Customer care(ISD call) many times, buy they never give proper reply. When ever i call, a new person will attend the call, and i have to tell them the whole story. The worst part is, they tell us that they will solve the issue in 24hrs everytime. But never care to even reply us. It was a nighmare for me. Unfortunately i didnt see this discussion before making my remittance.. Pls be aware of Remit2India.. I dont think there is difference between Hitting your head on wall and making a transaction through Remit2India.. Regards, nidhi.

Hi All I have had a very bad experience with Remit2India. They have transferred less money than what they deducted from my US Bank. I tried contacting them but they are of no help and customer service is really BAD. they are not giving a damn about the issue. I would like to know if there is a way i can put up a case against them? I have all the evidences (chat transcripts and transaction details) and these evidences clearly prove that Remit2India have committed a fraud. So If any one knows how to file a case against Remit2India Please let me know.

Every service has some drawback i had a very good experience with remit 2 india. I transerred $10K and was given less exchange rate, but after i spoke to there customer care they verified that the rate applicable is not the rate of booking but the rate when the money travels and reaches the indian account. They also helped me in booking the transaction by increasing the limit.They provided me such a great service that i want to praise them. Regards Sameer

I swear such a horrible service, i have never seen in life. After their numerous calls i initiated a money transfer to my NRE account, but i made a blunder, i have a status as "DC" Returned. Their customer support says that the systems are down, their toll free number is not reachable, their website doesn't say anything at all. Pathetic i would say

Hi all, Has anyone had any luck in taking further action against Remit2India? They clearly have a tremendously bad reputation and work very unproffesionally- with lack of communication and customer services but not only this they actually appear to be braking the law. Raj, you say you have good evidence against them, have you any success in filing a case? Best Regards, H. Handmade Jewellery Business

I have been using cash2india.com (xoom.com) to transfer my $ ..i think its better then remit2india. Thanks Spot

Hi I too have had a terrible experience with remit2India money transfer service. I have posted complete details to my blog: http://ashishpawaskar.blogspot.com/search/label/remit2india

Hi everyone, I initiated a transfer of $14,000. and since I was transferring such huge amount they promised me to give a better rate. The rate they actually gave me was much less then what ICICI would give for 5000$ and they told me there would be no fees. Instead they charged me $15+Rs200. They also promised me a bonus, but leave bonus of Rs 250 , they charged me so much money on top of It. Also, many branches of banks are not listed with them, so you have to pay Rs 150 extra for your demand draft . Seriously they are big cheaters, first their representatives will call you everyday and bug you and the moment you will initiate the transfer and when they wil cheat on you , you will not be able to get hold of them. I would strongly recommend not to use REMIT2INDIA, if you want your money to be safe.

The service, company and website sucks big time! horrible cust service and no response from them. Bad rates. simply a pathetic company...PPL DONT EVEN THINK OF TRADING WITH THEM!!!

Hi, I am NRI from Australia and first time I had sent money back home in India and it is almost one week and I am still struggling to get an answer. Remit2india website shows standard status "Money awaited " and same with Toll Free Numbers. I had sent many mail to their customer care but with no luck. I fear I got trapped with this cheat company. Money is urgently required at home and I do not what else I can do ? Can anyone of you advise what is the procedure to cancel the transaction so that I can get my money back from these cheaters. My advise never ever get trapped with Remit2india as they are CHEATERS and must be hurting many NRI;s like me

Hi everyone,I am NRI from US I initiated a transfer of $10,000. and since I was transferring such huge amount they promised me to give a better rate. The rate they actually gave me was much less then what ICICI would give for 5000$ and they told me there would be no fees. Instead they charged me $15+Rs200. They also promised me a bonus, but leave bonus of Rs 250 , they charged me so much money on top of It. Also, many branches of banks are not listed with them, so you have to pay Rs 150 extra for your demand draft . Seriously they are big cheaters, first their representatives will call you everyday and bug you and the moment you will initiate the transfer and when they wil cheat on you , you will not be able to get hold of them. I would strongly recommend not to use REMIT2INDIA, if you want your money to be safe.

Can anybody let me know how to contact Remit2India in case of froud. I am going with a bad time with those guys but they never reply to me and cutomer care is everytime says to send an email to info@remit2india.com thats it...and nothing is happening. It will be realy helpful if some one have direct contact to some responsive person...or email address.

hi guys, I transferred $2000 to india and after 2 weeks, my account didnt got credited. the customer service is pathetic and would ask me to check my account and send email to info@remit2india.com .Guys dont get trapped, I am wondering if we can make police case or fraud case against them as they are making huge sums of money of innocent NRIs.

I've a very interesting experience and an observation to share on this subject. In the recent past, I've been contacted by Remit2India representatives repeatedly for using their services to transfer money to India. I never revealed my info to them but somehow they got the info they needed in order to approach me for using their services. Remit2India claims to have been offering the best exchange rate to transfer money to India. Infact they have been advertising an challange on their website to match any exchange rate however unless you observe their transaction and service fee, you would never know that they are actually paying you less than what others are paying. Consider an example of a normal ACH transfer of $50 from your US bank account to any of the Indian Bank account where Remit2India offers an exchange rate of Re. 39.39 where as others offers and exchange rate of 39.29 (in actually for $50 the diff is only Re. 0.02), you would bee happy to see assume a difference of (50 * 39.39) Re. 1969.5 - (50 * 39.29) Re. 1964.5 = Re. 5. However, the reality is totally different. Remit2India charges minimum transaction fee of $3 (they are not charging this for the limited period) and not only this but all the transaction are charged a 1% service fee that will reduce ur remitance amount by Re. 19.695 resulting in a loss of Re. 1964.5 - (Re .1969.5 - Re. 19.695) = Re. 14.695. You may note that the assumed gain of Re. 5 is in actuall a loss of around Re. 15. Consider a generic example where the Remit2India exchange are more by Re. 0.15, if other money transfer service (e.g. ICICI without any service charges or transaction fees) offers an exchange rate x, Remit2India offers (x + 0.15) - x/100 i.e. for every Re. x offered by ICICI, Remit2India offers Re. x + 0.15 - (0.01 * (x + 0.15)). In other words, unless they offer an exchange rate 1% more than others, you will always be at loss. Enjoy....

This is a BS service. I could have drawn up a DD locally against SBI or any other bank in the US that does INR DDs and still could have got hte money in good time to my parnets in India. Every time the story is the delivery will be in 2-3 days once the funds are confirmed. however funds get confdirmed and debited one one date and then it has taken about 2 weeks for the money to reach India. I had avoided this service like the plague for a coupel of years. Recently I found that they had introduced something called "Rupee Express". This promised the same 2 day delivery and I decide to try once again. They also had a new "mobile alerts" to let me know what happens to the transaction via SMS. The same story but this time after two weeks the money had not reached yet. So I write to them and ask about the status. I get a response that indicates that there were some details missing in the transaction and hence the money could not be delivered and that I should update the beneficiary details. It took them 2 weeks to find out that the beneficiary details were incorrect. It appears that they have a phone number from what peopel have said here, however when I call all I get is a status update that says that the money has been dispatched. This is a ridiculuos service. Preloaded cash cards may be a better option. Even if you have to do a few of them. Now I have the long and arduos process of getting my money back from these incompetent company.

Friends, I am going through tough time with remit2india and I have transftered over $20,000 after 3 weeks the money has not reached my NRE Account. The customer service is so pathetic they keep saying give us 24 hour notice we would find the status. Every time new customer rep would be handling your call but the same answer (24 hours time). Do you know how to file a complaint and get the money back from them ? Please put the link or procedure in the thread so people can follow. They never respond to my emails if I send it to info@remit2india.com but the customer service would ask us to send it to that email address.

Well I think now I too am thinking otherwise. After reading your reviews I think better is to cancel my remit and am using icici bank,it is good.I am in UK right now.

Hi I made a transfer 5000 dollars on Jan 22 , money got debited from my usa account on Jan 24 , when i checked the status on remit2india , i could able to see the transaction till Jan 25 5 PM EST, when i tried to check the status on Jan 26,2008 9 AM , that transaction is missing in the website.Immideately I called up helpdesk for details, the response from help desk is really pathetic, they are simply saying I didn't booked any transaction,after repeated calls one of the help desk guy says there is a technical problem in R2I causing this problem and asked me to send a mail to info@remit2india.com for further details , I am not sure whether my case will be solved soon, If any one knows how to reach the higher level for details , let me know. Do let me know how to file a case against R2I in case my case is not resolved

My problem with Remit2India are blogged online http://www.garamchai.com/articleRemit2India.htm After googling, I realize that I am not alone in the problem with the firm!

I can suggest something which may help. Having many problems with a major organisation called Ikobo, whose attitude toward those of us trying to fund social missions leaves much to be desired, I began to investigate prepaid credit cards and found the result favorable. Finding that even the suppliers hadn't considered this as market, I opened a Facebook group for discussion and raising awareness. http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?members&gid=6381579023 Jeff

I really need to send money to Inida but, I have read bad bad experiences with Wester Union and Remit2india can anybody tell me how I can send money to India safely? Hopefully over the internet? Needs to get there ASAP. Thanks.

I have used ICICI money to India and found it very efficient and reliable. I have used them atleast 10 times and got good service all the time. Http://sendingmoneytoindia.blogspot.com is my blog and has good information and also comparison of various services for sending money to india.

I did a transaction of $1000 once ,but i was shocked to see that the transaction has been made twice in my US account and reached overdraft. I had to pay $26 dollor for the bank and the customer service of remit2india sucks...they dont respond at all. Finally they have disabled my account.I am following up