Escape 23 payment prior to pick-up feedback needed

[cheryle-ESC]

I also posted this in a thread I was on, but wasn't sure it would be seen quickly enough.

Just wondering how folks who live in the US are transferring money for new model pickup in Canada. We just got the notification today that the funds need to be there in advance (we thought we'd be bringing a certified check with us). We're due to pick up on the 15th, so the timing is short for getting a certified check mailed out. Our funds are in a Vanguard account.

Escape's email:

Certified Cheque – This is either a Bank Draft (Canadian Customers) OR a Cashier’s Check (US Customers)

Should be made payable to Escape Trailer Industries.
Please do not mail cheques. We strongly encourage you to use a Courier such as UPS, FedEx as mail time from the East Coast is averaging 3-4 weeks and mail from the West Coast is averaging 2 weeks.
Wire Transfer (WT) – Once a WT has been processed please ensure you email us here and provide us with the following information:

The date the WT was initiated.
The amount
A copy of the WT confirmation (If possible)

 

[bborzell]

We pick up on the 15th, too. I just completed a wire transfer from Charles Schwab. Took 10 minutes online and the transfer showed as sent within another 10 minutes.

Fees include $17.50 for the receiving Canadian bank and $12.00 for Schwab.

 

[SRS]

We did a wire transfer through Morgan Stanley. Very easy and I don't recall being charged a fee by MS. Emailed date, amount and confirmation to ETI and they confirmed receipt the next day.

 

[TTMartin]

Just wondering how folks who live in the US are transferring money for new model pickup in Canada. We just got the notification today that the funds need to be there in advance (we thought we'd be bringing a certified check with us). We're due to pick up on the 15th, so the timing is short for getting a certified check mailed out.

I did a wire transfer from my Credit Union. Contact Escape and they will provide you with the specific wire transfer account information. Going from my Credit Union to Escape, means the wire transfer had to go through several intermediary financial institutions. That was a bit nerve racking having that much money bouncing around the cloud, but, it all went through without a hitch.

 

[Rossue2]

We did a wire transfer through Morgan Stanley. Very easy and I don't recall being charged a fee by MS. Emailed date, amount and confirmation to ETI and they confirmed receipt the next day.

Did the same with MS in 2014 with zero fees. BTW, we left MS for Vanguard in 2017. MS was charging us 1% and Vanguard is less than 1/3 of that (30 basis points) for a managed account. Interestingly of the 7 asset classes MS did for us 5 were with Vanguard. They stopped doing ANY Vanguard a few years ago as so many clients were leaving.

 

[Rockhead]

When we got our 21 we took a certified Ck with us from our bank and paid that way no issues

 

[GinoandLinda]

We did a bank/wire transfer to the bank ETI uses. They provided all of the codes we needed. We emailed the codes to our credit union and they sent the money easy peasy. Seemed like something they did on a daily basis. Went through overnight with no issues. I think if you take even a bank check, they will wait for it to clear before turning the trailer over to you but that may have changed.

 

[jack sparrow]

Hi cheryle,


You are getting a great amount of information here from great folks and I'd like to add what I've experienced with my purchase this past year.


Payment...... Do yourself a favor, wire-transfer from US to Canada is the way to go. I myself had no faith in the postal service Fedex and UPS, way to much of a risk I thought with the amount of transfer. My bank did the transfer with the information that ETI supplied to me and the whole payment thing was taken care of in less than 24hrs. Good luck..


Cheers...... and Happy Trails to ya......