Manila Business Center

I accompanied my visiting dad here a couple of times. The first transaction was reloading his minutes on the phone that he uses in the Philippines. On this transaction, they sent me a text message confirming it was completed. Another transaction on a different day was for a phone card for my dad. There are two ladies at the desk that are helpful, nice, and efficient. There is however, one gal the sits in the desk behind the plexiglass that is a bit of a grumpus. She appears to be younger than the other two ladies. If you see her you’ll know because, she does not smile at all.
Anyway, these folks do a variety of services such as wiring funds to the Philippines, travel service, phone cards, phone service for use in the Philippines, etc. I did inquire about their travel services and am turned off by their 5% agent fee (if I were to have purchased a plane ticket for my dad using my card info). So, I purchased directly from the airline and not MBC.
I’ve never heard of this business before until shortly after the typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). There were no businesses in the local area that were accepting clothing donations (urgent items accepted at other places were mostly medicines, ready to eat nonperishable food, and blankets.) A church in Carson told me that Manila Business Center was accepting clothing and shoes/​slippers donations.
So I went and encountered Ms. Grumpus the first time and she told me where to put my bags and she had the attitude of not wanting to be there. The other lady in the glasses at the desk was so much nicer. She took my name and address for their donor list and gave me a brief overview of some of their services.
Friends of mine also gave a lot of donations to them before the end of November and actually was directed to their warehouse in Gardena because they had so much stuff to donate. On another night I donated, I saw their hardworking guys loading up the truck with donations.
Anyway, I wanted to give them a 3 or 3.5 overall as far as the services go. But, I am rounding up for their humanitarian efforts and participation in Corporate Social Responsibility. When something like typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) happens,
it is not always business as usual.