I used to stand for hours in the QNB to transfer money. They charged QR65 for this 'service' and my receiving bank A&L UK charged 14GBP. Now I have eventually managed to register for their internet service and the cost is now 33QR and 13GBP by the A&L to transfer money. Again as dweller said it is utter cr*p but one of the problems we as ex-pats have to put up with. However at least we get paid a decent amount and can put up with these charges. You think if you only earn 400 to 600QR a month how much these charges would be as a percentage of your take home pay...
I used to stand for hours in the QNB to transfer money. They charged QR65 for this 'service' and my receiving bank A&L UK charged 14GBP. Now I have eventually managed to register for their internet service and the cost is now 33QR and 13GBP by the A&L to transfer money. Again as dweller said it is utter cr*p but one of the problems we as ex-pats have to put up with. However at least we get paid a decent amount and can put up with these charges. You think if you only earn 400 to 600QR a month how much these charges would be as a percentage of your take home pay...