CIBC is the worst for e-transfers I find. I waited 45 min while a buyers e-transfer came through. Miraculously came through just as we were walking up to the teller to get cash
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I've done a couple deals where either the buyer or I transferred (password protected) half an hour early... then gave the password in person once everything checked out.
I've bought and sold trucks for cash, I I'd probably do the same for a bicycle. You can fit a lot of brown bills in your pocket.
Also when transferring it tells you if the person you're sending the money to has auto deposit.
Yea, auto-deposit is a fail. I bought one kids' bike where the seller had autodeposit (bank app warned me beforehand) so I didn't transfer ahead of time. Had to spend a 1/2 hour standing around making awkward conversation on his driveway as he constantly refreshed his email on his iphone.
I've had the same thing happen on a couple of occasions. So now I will either transfer in advance and hold the password (as long as they don't have auto deposit) or if I am selling something, get them to do the same thing. Once the item has been checked out and all is good, take the password. Voila.
Obviously if the person has auto deposit this doesn't work.
just remembered, ATB is slow too (at least with my experience last year).
RBC, BMO, Scotiabank have been pretty quick, not sure with TD.
another experience I've had is the seller got my etransfer but the password wouldn't work.
so I had to login to the website on my phone, cancel the etransfer and send him a new one.
glad that it was RBC to RBC so it was fairly quick
TD seems pretty quick from my experience
CIBC is slow for sure. I find it is slower during non-business hours (i.e. after like 6pm or something). I also bank with RBC so have had all my e-transfers come in through that, it has been immediate pretty much.
If you have autodeposit set up and you want them to send the e-transfer before hand, other than sending to phone number, another option is to get them to send it to another email (that's not linked to direct deposit) and withhold the password until the meet up.
+1. Bring some fucking cash.
I have a friend who likes to send EMT's on the spot for Kijiji deals but then she acts surprised when it doesn't go through right away.
After waiting for 20 minutes, the deal didn't go through and everyone went home. All that trouble over $50 worth of maternity clothes lol.
I've only had an issue with TD once a few years ago where it took a few hours to go through. Aside from that, I find it pretty quick. Uusually within a a couple minutes.
The real question is why can't Canadians have Venmo or what was the Google version?
Stupid banking rules.
etransfer is way better than venmo tbh. Less fees (since some banks have free etransfers) plus who the fuck wants your friends being able to see what funds you say. Not to mention paypal/venmo basically gets to spy on all your transfers.
I think the auto-deposit is pretty stupid though. It completely skips the fact if you write down the wrong email that money will be gone. At least with the question/answer (assuming you didnt just give them the answer in the question) it makes sure you are communicating with the correct person.
TD and RBC - instant
Simplii - 30-45mins delay
Everyone should register for auto deposit.
I find CIBC is instant with people you've had on your e-transfer list for awhile, but slow as fuck for anyone you've just added.
I like to think it's some kind of security thing, but likely just a fault in their system.
I almost got burnt with the auto deposit, wife wanted that stupid dyson hair dryer and i found a new one on kijiji for $150 less than stores so i messaged the seller. She said she was out of town for a couple days but would hold it for me if i sent her an e transfer to show i wanted it and she even told me to keep the password until we met up. I went to go do the E transer and there was no spot to enter the password which i thought was a glitch so i closed the RBC app and did it again. Same thing no spot to enter password and then i noticed it said the recipient was set up for autodeposit. Texted the seller to ask her about this and sure enough no reply back.
I recently moved to Scotia from TD and they are both really good. I have only used Scotia transfer a handful of times, but they have been pretty instantaneous for both sending and receiving.
And as mentioned above, auto-deposit is the only way to go. I have had people send and then try to back out before i'veaccepted the funds before, but with auto deposit you don't have to worry about going through any of that hassle.