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#62

I don’t doubt for a moment that you are having these experiences. At the same time, I must say I find it very unusual. I cannot understand what seems to be the problem. There have been dozens and dozens of US clients buying from vendors in India and I cannot recall one who has had repeated problems with initiating transactions with so many vendors that not one has worked. Something is very odd here.

Here’s an example of a query I do with a new vendor - I try to communicate exclusively through email. So, I hit up a vendor - cold, never having contactated them before. Here’s my initial email:

SUBJECT LINE: Medication Order Price Inquiry - shipping to USA

Hello Pravin Lahoti!

I saw you as one of the recommended vendors on a site, and wanted to get a price quote for a possible order I am thinking about:

  1. Rapacan 1mg Tablet; Sirolimus (1mg) ; Eris - 300 tablets

  2. Pivasta 4 mg Tablet; Pitavastatin (4mg); Zydus - 300 tablets

  3. Forxiga 5mg Tablet ; Dapagliflozin (5mg) ; Astra Zeneca - 378 tablets (27 strips, each strip 14 tablets)

I usually pay with wise.com - Do you use WISE as a payment method?

I am located in the USA.

Thank you for your attention.

All the best.

The vendor responded:

Hi,

We do accept payments through wise.
Will get back to you in some time with the quote.
Thanks.

Mahesh

Some time later:

Hello

  1. Rapacan 1mg Tablet; Sirolimus (1mg) ; Eris - 300 tablets- USD 5 per pack of 10 tab- USD 240

  2. Pivasta 4 mg : Pitavastatin (4mg); Zydus - 300 tablets- USD 150

  3. Forxiga 5mg Tablet ; Dapagliflozin (5mg) ; Astra Zeneca - 378 tablets (27 strips, each strip 14 tablets)- USD 7 per pack of 14 tab- USD 189

  4. Shipping USD 45

Total USD 624 ( INR 54520.00)

Rapacan 1 mg is available.
Pivasta 4 mg and Forxiga 5 mg brands may not be available.
Are you ok with other brand names. Drug content and strength will be same.

Please suggest.

Thanks

To which I responded:

Hi

I definitely want the brands I specified. No substitutions. I would buy this order for $624.

However I am limited on time - I will be traveling soon and need these medications by then. Please let me know if you can locate Forxiga 5mg and Pivasta 4mg and by what date you can definitely ship them. I will wait to hear from you soon.

Thank you!

All the best.

The vendor responded:

Hi,

All 3 brands specified by you will be made available.
You can go ahead with the payment.
USD Total USD 624 ( INR 54520.00)
Please make it in INR. INR transfer is instant. If you pay us in USD it might take 3 days to clear.

Thanks.

Boom. Done. And this was a little more “complicated”, because there was an initial back and forth about the exact brand. Other vendors have had stuff available immediately and we did the deal with no issues.

OK, seems to me pretty simple. I’m not clear on at which stage are you having problems? Anyhow I hope you find this helpful. Best of luck!

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#63

Has anyone had trouble sending money to India via WISE? I have been using them for years to pay for meds, but in February they automatically cancelled three attempts to send the money. When queried they blamed my bank, but that turned out to be not true. I then used Remitly and it went through without a hitch.

#64

How are you defining the payment (in Wise)? I think it has to be defined as “services”, not products (they are more suspicious of “product” sales I’ve heard from Indian vendors).

#65

Well that is something I haven’t experienced! I am getting very “short” answers, then in the next email sent they say “Did you pay yet?” Or the one email, I responded and the name of the company was misspelled! ust two examples…thank you!