Thanks for the advice guys. After some investigation with the info gleaned here:
Wire Transfer from my Credit Union is not possible. They use a sub branch of Weston Union - See below
Western Union work in several ways, the 2 most likely to be used here are:
Person to person - no thanks - Available from Australia Post or Western Union branch offices - Australian Post cost =$10
Direct to a bank account - Available from Australia Post and my credit union (via the affiliate - I have forgot thier name), but there is no facility to transfer to Chine - most other countries, but not China!!??
International bank transfer by one of the big 4 banks - I tried National Bank
Can do. over the counter $30, on-line using your log-in to your account - $22 plus any other fees that may be uncured by ?? and the receiving bank along the way. Seems to be no limit to the amount to transfer (with-out being silly)
Transfer via "Ozforex" seems possible, but they have a minimum transfer of $2000. As I am talking around $150, they are out.
I have contacted the supplier to ask about PayPal, even though they have not stipulated this as an acceptable method of payment. Perhaps as they are the manufacturer, this is just a piddly small sum for them. Perhaps they are used to deeling in 100-1000+ units and hence big $$ where wire, bank to bank transfers would be more appropriate. Who knows.
