William Oliver's parents

[Lenagh]

Absolutely right!  £7 for 30 credits is a bargain compared to other countries; however, the other person is paying £7 plus whatever the currency exchange rate of the day is – that extra fee, whatever it may be, is additional to the £7 and could be a burden depending on ones financial circumstances.

[Forfarian]

Indeed. But even allowing for unfavourable exchange rates and a transaction fee (one of my credit cards currently charges me 2.75% for a foreign transaction; the other does not charge any fee for foreign currency transactions) it is not going to make the cost 15 times what you or I would pay.

Perhaps South Africa is different, but I still cannot imagine that they could charge 15 times the value of the original.

(Digression - Has anyone ever tried to get a certificate from South Africa? How does one go about it and what do they cost?)

Maybe Gingerbit has been using one of these services that charges you through the nose for services you don't need, like the companies that charge people for getting them an EHIC* or English and Welsh certificates? I can imagine that some con-men might advertise an intermediary service to supply SP credits?

(*For non-European readers, that's a European Health Insurance Card, which is available free of charge to residents of every participating European country and gives access to free emergency medical care in every participating European country. Scammers are cashing in by fooling people into paying them a fee for obtaining an EHIC.)

[gingerbit]

Hello StacyP
Thank you so much for the information. It certainly does help to confirm that I have been on the right path with the Oliver family and can add your details in the correct place. Welcome to Rootschat and if I can help with any Oliver information please get in touch.
Gingerbit

[Lenagh]

Good points, Forfarian!