The Western Union Company Money Transfers Complaint

The Western Union Company Money transfers department,

International money transfer Other service issues California

In - 2016 sent $2000.00 to a receiver in - using Western Union online service. On the due date the money was not available for receiver to pick up. - WU for 3 consecutive days, and each time was assured money will be available for pick up either on due date or by the end of the day. The last associate helping me suggested to cancel the existing transaction, and to use a WU agent location to send money via their " money in minutes '' service. Which I did. The refund for the original transaction was supposed to take place within 7 to 10 business days. After two weeks had gone by, I did n't receive the refund, and contacted WU again. Over the course of the following month, I called regularly to inquire when and how I can receive my money back. I spoke with multiple agents and supervisors, and every time I was given a time by which the money would be returned to my account. I was promised multiple times that I would receive a call back, which only happened once. It took a month of regular calls and at least 8 hours worth of phone time ( total ) to finally speak with an operator that stated that WU was having " a computer glitch '' and that multiple customers have bee effected by it. He also assured me that a representative from their " offline department '' would contact me before the end of the day to see how I can be compensated for the time I 've spent on the phone trying to get my money refunded. That never happened. I finally received the refund. When trying to contact WU to see what they are planning to do in regards to time and aggravation it took for me to get the refund, I was offered a 50 % discount on my next transaction. Seeing that my usual transactions only cost $10.00, their offer equates to a $5.00 compensation, which is hardly appropriate for the time invested in phone calls associated with this transaction.