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    "data": {
        "id": 1280498,
        "msgid": "bad-business-1447899208",
        "date": "2000-09-19 00:00:00",
        "title": "Bad business",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Bad business Recently I had to send US$400 via Western Union Quick Pay. I went to the Kuta branch of Bank BII who are the agents for Western Union. They would not accept U.S. currency of $400 but told me I could change the dollars into rupiah at a low rate and then buy dollars at a higher rate which I could then send. What a rip off! I then withdrew the sum of Rp 3,484,000 (at the prevailing exchange rate of the day) Rp 8,710 =$400 plus Rp 133,000 charges, from my BII A\/C and sent it.",
        "content": "<p>Bad business<\/p>\n<p>Recently I had to send US$400 via Western Union Quick Pay. I<br>\nwent to the Kuta branch of Bank BII who are the agents for<br>\nWestern Union. They would not accept U.S. currency of $400 but<br>\ntold me I could change the dollars into rupiah at a low rate and<br>\nthen buy dollars at a higher rate which I could then send. What a<br>\nrip off!<\/p>\n<p>I then withdrew the sum of Rp 3,484,000 (at the prevailing<br>\nexchange rate of the day) Rp 8,710 =$400 plus Rp 133,000 charges,<br>\nfrom my BII A\/C and sent it. I then received notification from<br>\nthe recipient that they had only received $389 from Western<br>\nUnion. I queried this with bank BII and was told that BII don't<br>\nuse the same exchange rate as Western Union. I feel that this is<br>\nbad business ethics on the part of Bank BII and Western Union.<\/p>\n<p>I would like an explanation from both.<\/p>\n<p>DIETMAR DUXORTH<\/p>\n<p>Denpasar, Bali<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bad-business-1447899208",
        "image": ""
    },
    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}