So the transfer was done via Western Union, but took three attempts to pickup. RiteAid won't receive any transfers over $1k, Hannafords Supermarket is missing some software update as their computers were asking question but not providing a box to input the answer (I blame WU for this) WU was not able to provide any assistance via phone. Finally last night Stop & Shop was able to accept the transaction, and issued a money order for amount, which I've deposited at my bank.

I need to find out how much this cost on the other side with WU fees, it looks like about 4%, which I suppose is not dreadful, but for smaller amounts it is closer to 10% - which is way too much.

@DWallach "This feature will be rolling out to Gmail users ages 18+ in the U.S." This will be useful for within US transfers, though I've been using Amazon GC for that - no fees there