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Left overs
-- "Evelyn C. Leeper" wrote in message .net... Frank F. Matthews wrote: Alan wrote: snip Our biggest currency cost came when we arrived home and tried to convert the left-over cash in US$, euros, czech crowns, Swiss francs, Pounds Sterling and Singapore dollars back into AU$. That's when they hit us with fees, and refused to touch the coins at all. Doesn't sound like a lot, until you realise that a single 2 pound coin is AU$5. So I have about $150 in "souvenir change". Too late for you but three generic suggestions for reducing left over currency. First, if you are on a tour or boat where tipping is expected give the tip in your left over currency. Since guides move thru similar areas they can usually manage easily. Second, if you are interested on airline stuff they will manage a purchase in multiple currencies quite easily. Third, get new money using the left over cash from the last place. Usually it's easier there and you would be paying some fee to get money from a home account. Finally there are charities that are grateful for coins. FFM Use it to pay your final hotel bill. Hold back enough to get to the airport (if not pre-paid), then hand over the rest to the hotel clerk, and say you want to use that to pay your bill and then your credit card for the remaining balance. They see this a lot. -- Evelyn C. Leeper http://www.geocities.com/evelynleeper Separate is not equal. The right time to do the right thing is always now. Those who say "wait" usually mean "never." --Bonnie Tinker and The Rev. Cecil Prescod Use it in Airport duty frees, you can pay for single transactions with multiple currencies. then make up any difference with your cc- well thats what I do. Jan |
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Beware - credit card rip-off
"Alan" wrote in message ... No cost is not correct. ATMs, security and bank softwares, machines to do transmission of data, lease lines, networks..... All that's built into the cost of credit card processing which is charged to the retailer and is incurred even when there is no currency conversion. How do you think these costs are met when people buy stuff in their own currency? The retailer typically pays around 2% of credit card receipts. The DCC markup is *on top* of all that. -- Andy |
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