Currency exchange

[suein56]

Opera itself says .. if you use Wise and are having trouble then switch (temporarily)to FF.
At least they are honest enough to say it

[Hotrodder]

Thanks for the tip. It might not be the problem this time but I will keep that very much in mind during my battle with Wise.
The mrs. is also locked out of her Wise account, she uses Firefox on her laptop and going through all the same hurdles and pages of FAQs, etc. even playing silly buggers with the chatbot and email communications with Wise so-called Help Centre.
I have connected a webcam to her laptop, and to both our desktop PCs to try but none of the document uploads were accepted by their online verification system.. The keep insisting it has to be a smartphone camera even though if you follow through all the options is makes provision for verification without one. We had to get a smartphone ages ago in order to receive bank security codes that don't make it through our router-based lanline. The mobile does take pictures but there is no way to move the pictures from the phone to anywhere else. I assume you need to add a special software "app" which means giving your firstborn to Google to enter the "Play Store". From that point on it will be bombarded with spam.
One of the emails from them spouting mostly from a script implies that they want a photo of her face that must be taken by a phone camera and sent from there. That will be tricky unless Wise gives her an email address to send it to.
I get the message that if we could throw €1000 at a new iphone and didn't give a damn about privacy and security we'd have no problem, or if we were high level villains moving tens of thousands all this would be so much easier.

[glazedallover]

I got my reconditioned iPhone SX 3 years ago 'as new' for 128 Euro and it still works well.
There were Cheaper options. You seem to revel in making life as difficult for yourself as possible.

[Quiksilver]

The mobile does take pictures but there is no way to move the pictures from the phone to anywhere else. I assume you need to add a special software "app" which means giving your firstborn to Google to enter the "Play Store". From that point on it will be bombarded with spam.

Don't you have Bluetooth on the mobile, HR? The easiest way to transfer photos to a PC or laptop is via Bluetooth. Activate it on the phone, click on the BT icon on your PC and click on 'receive files' or words to that effect. Touch 'Share' in the photo gallery, select the photo you want to send, select BT and the name of the PC. Before it's transferred, make sure it's going to be sent where you want it, e.g. Pictures or Images and click on Finish. That's a brief résumé, hope I haven't forgotten anything critical....

[Hotrodder]

I don't even know if our three pcs even have bluetooth installed. I know I have never installed it, having no luck about 20 years ago getting two devices to connect, even under the close supervision of an expert. It appears I/we have to be on a specific page of the Wise website and click to take a photo to submit. No option to search a file already on the computer.
Day three and we still battle on just getting the same responses that read like a script from the FAQ page. I'm currently trying to source an email address for the CEO of Wise, as well as an alternative currency transfer company. One that looked promising don't deal with piddly little UK pension amounts. I'll keep looking.
We have friends coming over in December to their holiday place and when they do I'll ask if they can sort it. They have an iphone. That seems to be the key to everything these days.

[Quiksilver]

I hope the rate holds for you It's good at the moment...

[MAD87]

Grandson used his mother's iPhone to do the ID gubbins, afet several weeks of me fooling around with my (then) smartish phone and desktop, if that's any help.

[L Austin France]

The mobile does take pictures but there is no way to move the pictures from the phone to anywhere else. I assume you need to add a special software "app" which means giving your firstborn to Google to enter the "Play Store".

You could try the 'ShareMe' app.
It worked fine when I was struggling to transfer stuff from my old Trump inspired Non Googly Android phone.
Probably be a reason it won't work for you though

[Hotrodder]

I hope the rate holds for you It's good at the moment...

I think by the time I can get this sorted that boat will have sailed, mon ami.

[Hotrodder]

I got my reconditioned iPhone SX 3 years ago 'as new' for 128 Euro and it still works well.
There were Cheaper options. You seem to revel in making life as difficult for yourself as possible.

Oh yes, that must be it. I haven't anything better to do with my life that piss about with a pig-headed company wanting me to jump through burning hoops just to continue doing business with them. Its only been three days wasted so far, plenty of time left to find some more ways to self harm to keep me going.