I need to send Eur150 to Spain for an Internet purchase. I have the recipient's bank name and account number only. But no IBAN or Swift. Unfortunately they don't use Paypal either.
Would it be easier and cheaper for me to just buy a normal Euro bank draft (fee is less than Eur2) from my Irish bank and could this be easily cashed in Spain if I post it to him?
Postal Orders are definitely only for domestic use.
You can buy a draft on a Spanish bank or sent the money through SEPA if the supplier will give you the BIC, IBAN, plus address of bank & receiver. The electronic option is the cheapest but you do need to know all the details.