2021/22 Rocnel Sailor Adjustable

I'm pulling the trigger on the RS 2021 MC and want to thank everyone for all their comments, reviews, and helpful advice.

To say nothing of enabling.

Now if I can just figure out Western Union...

It's clear as mud to me - I've never used Western Union before. (Other than long ago to send and receive a few telegrams.) - so I'll ask an experienced member, and friend, and, of course, anyone else who knows.

James, LOOT, may I ask you a question or two about this process?

I saw on DFS that you walk into a Western Union store, hand them cash money, and send it to Turkey to purchase a Sailor.

I have the vendor's phone number, and all that, and I know the price is $690, but I'm not sure about the process. I'm determined to go ahead and order the razor. The reviews are convincing. I plan to go into a Western Union location with cash money in hand. I will not use a credit card, bank, or debit card.

Do I tell Western Union the vendor wants the money in US dollars? I think that's what I'm supposed to do, but I'm not sure. Are there exchange rate issues I need to know about?

What sort of Western Union and other fees should I be prepared to pay? I'm just making sure I have the right amount of cash with me when I go to Western Union.

Have you found some Western Union locations particularly good or bad? It looks like there are tons of places where one can access Western Union.

Anything else I should know as I go about this?

I've also asked you about this this in a PM on B&B. Thank you so much for any help with this process.

Happy shaves,

Jim

Great to hear from you, friend.

Yessir, I walk into to WU location with cash. Give them a name and phone number, answer a few questions, and pay about a %10 fee. Off i go. Its pretty simple. It takes 3 minutes, tops.

I use cash to elimate evidence. Transaction papers are only retained until I know funds have been picked up. Then they get destroyed

The only problem I ever had was when they asked, Do you know this person? Once, I said no and the transfer was blocked. I waited a few days and it went thru.

Others figured out how to use the WU app to do a cashless transactions but I avoid the receipts.

Take $800 with you and you will be golden. It is painless. I actually use a WU location in my local grocery store so its not even an extra trip.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have more questions.

James

Wow. 10% fee? Yeah, some years ago I made a Western Union transfer with cash at a post office and the fee was nuts.

No idea how WU set their rates but for my Sailor I downloaded the WU app and set up an account. Was easy. Very easy to process the transaction too, which I used my visa card for. The transaction fee I was charged was only $2. Maybe the lower fee has something to do with me not being in the US and making a USD transfer, since WU would make a spread on the FX conversion as well (credit card companies tend to make about 2% on FX conversion, which is about the cheapest rate to convert currencies you can get).

Why are you so concerned about leaving a money trail, Loot? Are you a Columbian drug lord? ;-)

I ordered mine last week. Murat anticipates I’ll receive it mid December. It will make a fine Christmas present. Mine will be 47/50 (he mentioned to me that there will only be 50).

Also I’m a long time lurker first time poster

Best
Krishna

Wow. 10% fee? Yeah, some years ago I made a Western Union transfer with cash at a post office and the fee was nuts.

No idea how WU set their rates but for my Sailor I downloaded the WU app and set up an account. Was easy. Very easy to process the transaction too, which I used my visa card for. The transaction fee I was charged was only $2. Maybe the lower fee has something to do with me not being in the US and making a USD transfer, since WU would make a spread on the FX conversion as well (credit card companies tend to make about 2% on FX conversion, which is about the cheapest rate to convert currencies you can get).

Why are you so concerned about leaving a money trail, Loot? Are you a Columbian drug lord? ;-)

Worse. I have a wife. some questions haveno desire to answer.

I ordered mine last week. Murat anticipates I’ll receive it mid December. It will make a fine Christmas present. Mine will be 47/50 (he mentioned to me that there will only be 50).

Also I’m a long time lurker first time poster

Best
Krishna

Congrats on the new razor...and welcome to DFS, Mr. Krishna.

Great news on the limited availability. I had not heard production numbers. Thanks for that.

Wow. 10% fee? Yeah, some years ago I made a Western Union transfer with cash at a post office and the fee was nuts.

No idea how WU set their rates but for my Sailor I downloaded the WU app and set up an account. Was easy. Very easy to process the transaction too, which I used my visa card for. The transaction fee I was charged was only $2. Maybe the lower fee has something to do with me not being in the US and making a USD transfer, since WU would make a spread on the FX conversion as well (credit card companies tend to make about 2% on FX conversion, which is about the cheapest rate to convert currencies you can get).

Why are you so concerned about leaving a money trail, Loot? Are you a Columbian drug lord? ;-)

Worse. I have a wife.  some questions haveno desire to answer.

Lol

Thank you, sir.

I may have some follow up questions and comments, but not just yet.

Apparently one - in the US at least - can set up the cash transfer online, and then just take the cash to a Western Union location. The fees are much lower doing it this way. I say apparently this can be done because I'm not 100% sure yet. I need to clarify something with the vendor before I proceed as he have me two different sets of Western Union information and I'm not sure with the second one that I understand the name (as in first name, last name) + he didn't give me a phone number on that second name.

I'll get it figured out.

Happy shaves,

Jim

Same problem. My wife makes the cartel look like a sweet little old lady sewing circle host.

Mostly what I just said isn't true, but when it comes to buying more shaving gear...

Happy shaves,

Jim

For today's shave I decided to focus on the 1 setting and see what's what.

Did the WTG on 3 and then switched to 1 for ATG and XTG on the neck.

Im happy to report that 1 is the child proof setting...you can use it to buff as much as you like,
without any irritation, and its great for ATG....I'll be using 1 quite a bit I suspect.

Also noticed that as I get used to the weight, Im not gripping as tightly as I did at first.
The light touch results in less pressure too.

And happy to report that a Gillette Platinum performs very well in this razor....good for
at least 4 -5 shaves.

I ordered mine last week. Murat anticipates I’ll receive it mid December. It will make a fine Christmas present. Mine will be 47/50 (he mentioned to me that there will only be 50).

Also I’m a long time lurker first time poster

Best
Krishna

Yep, that's what I figured.  Pretty exclusive club!