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using eftpos for 3 weeks?
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using eftpos for 3 weeks?
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 19:39:51 +1100, Alan wrote:
Good luck finding someone in a major Oz city that would take pounds sterling (or even local) traveller's cheques. Your chances in Bourke or Oodnadatta would be remote; they might offer 1:1 on the exchange rate if you're desperate. Travellers cheques in Aussie dollars aren't a problem. I've had them accepted in plenty of places in the past including the pub in Coral Bay, which is fairly out of the way. And last time I went there, there still wasn't an ATM in the township, only EFTPOS which doesn't usually work on foreign cards. Jason -- http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for trip reports including diving the wreck of the President Coolidge in Santo, Vanuatu |
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Jason wrote:
[deleted] Travellers cheques in Aussie dollars aren't a problem. I've had them accepted in plenty of places in the past including the pub in Coral Bay, which is fairly out of the way. And last time I went there, there still wasn't an ATM in the township, only EFTPOS which doesn't usually work on foreign cards. In my experience, EFTPOS is no problem for a 'foreign' *credit* card (like MasterCard). It *is* a problem for foreign *debit* cards. For example they don't take our Dutch "Europas" (Maestro) (which *can* be used to draw money from ATMs). |
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 08:12:44 +0000, Frank Slootweg wrote:
In my experience, EFTPOS is no problem for a 'foreign' *credit* card (like MasterCard). It *is* a problem for foreign *debit* cards. For example they don't take our Dutch "Europas" (Maestro) (which *can* be used to draw money from ATMs). But of course you can't get cash out on a credit card via EFTPOS. I spent something like 5 days in Coral Bay and had to make sure I had enough cash with me before I got there. I wasn't that comfortable about having that amount on me when staying in a shared hostel accommodation, but I didn't think it was worth it getting travellers cheques just for that period, so I took the risk. Both my debit cards are Visa Debit, so they have the advantage of always working, but I think they're just treated the same as credit cards outside of the UK, so probably don't work in EFTPOS. Jason -- http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for trip reports including diving the wreck of the President Coolidge in Santo, Vanuatu |
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 14:54:03 GMT, Raffi Balmanoukian
a wrote: in article , Jason at wrote on 3/14/04 10:05 AM: http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for trip reports including diving the wreck of the President Coolidge in Santo, Vanuatu Is that anything like the wreck of the President Clinton? Both ended after going down.... Bill Clinton went down? Ahem. OTOH, it wouldn't surprise me. |
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Is that anything like the wreck of the President Clinton? Both ended after going down.... Bill Clinton went down? Ahem. OTOH, it wouldn't surprise me. Yeah, don'tcha remember the cigar? If it was a Cuban, he DEFINITELY would have been impeached. |
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