I seem to recall I ultimately realized you could set that up on line and handle the deal yourself. Maybe that was Moneygram or something else. Don't think I ever looked very deep, I just recall it may have been a way to avoid having to waste the gas. Not doing any transactions like that in YEARS, I STILL recall the last time cause I was doing it for a buddy and every damn WU outlet in the area was either disabled, broken, or closed at the time I was there.
It was like the Fukin TWILIGHT ZONE formed an episode in my life - taking something like 3 days of driving around with that horse shit on my mind..
STILL THE REASON FOR MY REPLY, is that it makes me wonder if they were fuking with YOU. I really don't see how WU could ESTABLISH/DETERMINE the criteria to effectively "Flag Shady deals"?!?!?!?!?!
Can you imagine all the poor leads, mishandling, employee INTERNAL PSYCHE DEMINSIONAL CONTRIVED CRAP that would get flagged and just based on one of these employees PERSONAL JUDGEMENT!?!?!?! WU would be sifting through it for DECADES.. Perhaps more like a "Trigger Point" with limited application HOWEVER Utilized in their database with OTHER FACTORS considered (like usage occurrences per customer or something)..
The FACT REMAINS - WU is in BUSINESS to MAKE YOUR $$, and for pretty much doing NOTHING.... And they make a LOT for what they do. That's like having your children set up a lemonade stand on the side of the road with the biggest ACTIVE BOOGER PICKER of the group holding the sign..!?!?!? Really, I am pretty sure they just want your $$$ and will take it anyway they can get it as long as you are not dumb enough to say for Business purpose...
If something like that is going on, I would think not related to deals like guys around here, but perhaps terrorism or money laundering, just higher significance than a fella wantin a sak-O-Dbol I would think. IT MAY ALSO Be that they have been legally threatened as POTENTIAL "Conspirators" if they get caught just turning a GROSS BLIND EYE to OBVIOUS BLATANT CRIME, and are concerned of potential charges as "contributing" - Never know... Shit for all I know they are OWNED by the Govt.- Still BANKS being the same which may be majority holders. Its all so convoluted through corp after corp when you research ownership interests in these type operations... I would even speculate owned by one of those "elite groups" like Bilderb$rg Group, Roth#child$, or Rockler as ultimately. After all, they make money faster and with less overhead than retail banks...! LOL
Lets see...:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Union
EXCERPTS:
"Effective 2006-01-27, Western Union will discontinue all Telegram and Commercial Messaging services. We regret any inconvenience this may cause you, and we thank you for your loyal patronage. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact a customer service representative."[11]
** As above, CLEARLY actually doing work or providing a service other than counting money was just not cutting it anymore... LOL
When the Dow Jones Transportation Average stock market index for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) was created in 1884, Western Union was one of the original eleven all-American companies tracked.
** A Power house from the BEGINNING...
In 1987, Investor Bennett S. LeBow acquired control of Western Union through an outside of chapter 11 process that was a complex leveraged recapitalization. The transaction was backed by a total of $900 million in high yield bonds and preferred stock underwritten by Michael Milken's group at Drexel Burnham Lambert as part of an exchange offer. 
LeBow installed Robert J. Amman as President and CEO who led a complete strategic, operational and balance sheet restructuring of the company over the subsequent 6 years.
*** HMMMMMMMMM
Acquisitions
In May 2009, Western Union announced their intention to acquire Custom House from Peter Gustavson. The deal closed in September 2009, with Western Union purchasing Custom House for $370 million USD. Its acquisition led the company to be re-branded as Western Union Business Solutions.
In January 2011, Western Union acquired the 100% of Angelo Costa, CEO Francesco Costa, a group active in money transfer and services to immigrants. Angelo Costa has a network of 7,500 points of sale in various European countries. The agreement was signed for $ 200 mln.[12]
In July 2011, Western Union acquired Travelex's Global Business Payments division for £606 Million.[13]
In October 2011, Western Union completed the acquisition of Finint S.r.l., one of Western Union's leading money transfer network Agents in Europe, counting more than 10,000 subagent locations across Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.[14]
** You can also denote the INFORMATION appears to center around HOW MANY DAMN COMPANIES WU Buys and OWNs, but not who OWNs them. Even reviewing whos got the stock, you'd never trace who had all the interest in all the ownership facets till the end of a LONG DAY...
I wired money through WU recently. The teller at the pharmacy had not performed a WU transaction before, so the manager had to walk her through it. They worked at the computer for the transfer and just before the end he said to her "and you click right here if it is a shady transaction". I don't think they did this for me and in my case, it wouldn't lead anywhere, but that was kind of scary. If you ask me, that feature is a form of predjudice because the only thing that could have made the transaction "shady" was my appearance. The information exchange took place on the phone. All she had to do was enter the transaction number and collect the cash. Anyone have any experience with a flagged WU transaction? I hear WU is one of the worst ways to wire money, but I didn't have MG as an option this time.
. LOL. If you are financial planning for folks, or handling their assets in any way, I am wondering if you toss in a little "supplemental management" as a perk for doing business?? LOL
