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On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 09:04:59 -0800, "PeterL"
wrote: "justme" wrote in message ... "Markku Grönroos" wrote in message ... "Tchiowa" kirjoitti viestissä oups.com... You will pay a small fee to cash traveller's checks in Thailand. And it's becoming harder and harder to find places that will cash them. Most banks will buy them alright. And most banks now say "whats a travelers check" Not true. forget it and get with the 21st century and use the ATM they are safer Again not true. ATM cards are more convenient in many locations. But they are definitely not safer than TC's. and much faster... Depending on location. It takes me about 60 seconds to get money out of an ATM. How can you encash travelers checks faster than that? Chris |
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"Chris Blunt" kirjoitti viestissä ... Likewise, if you lose your record of the serial numbers of your TCs they will also be impossible to replace. You can just as easily get This is true. So, keep them in a secure place. One such place is an e-mailbox for instance. the TC receipt stolen as you can a backup ATM card. You don't actually need the receipt. However, data in it may be helpful. |
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"Chris Blunt" kirjoitti viestissä ... It certainly doesn't instill much confidence in travelers checks knowing they have such limited acceptability. In Thailand this shouldn't be much of a problem. |
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Viviane wrote:
Shop around. We have accounts with 2 different banks in Australia. Got home from a trip to Thailand to find one charged us $5 for the privilege of withdrawing our money overseas. The other charged nothing. Guess which account we closed down. Which was the bank that charged nothing? That could be useful to others. miguel -- Hit The Road! Photos from 35 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu |
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Markku Gr=F6nroos wrote: "Chris Blunt" kirjoitti viestiss=E4 ... It certainly doesn't instill much confidence in travelers checks knowing they have such limited acceptability. In Thailand this shouldn't be much of a problem. Actually under the scenario that Chris provided you would have the same problem in Thailand. ATM cards work everywhere. Why play the game with TCs? |
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Markku Gr=F6nroos wrote: "Miguel Cruz" kirjoitti viestiss=E4 ... Replacing the travelers checks involved several international phone calls at my expense (because it was on a weekend and the in-country office was only open Monday-Friday) and about a half-day of traveling to get to the nearest I have been involved once and no international calls were required. Actually I didn't make any calls myself. All decisions were made in Bangkok (I was on Phuket myself). American Express office that had the special power of check replacement, on Monday when it opened. American Express office in Bangkok (which is wired to several places around the kingdom) keeps open all the time. Nonsense. The Amex office on Paholyothin is open during normal business hours, Monday through Friday. Also Siam Commercial Bank who is their primary representative in Thailand is open 10 - 7. http://www.americanexpress.com/thail...default.shtml= ?thailand_en_nav=3DPAGELINK_homepage Replacing the Citibank ATM card required a reverse-charges (free for me) phone call to a 24-7-365 number, and it was delivered to my hotel within 48 hours. I don't have such a card myself. So get one. |
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Markku Gr=F6nroos wrote: "Tchiowa" kirjoitti viestiss=E4 ups.com... It is easy to replace an ATM than a lost traveller's check. It's also Perhaps syphilis is eating your brain away. Tell me where I can get this card then People with an attitude like you just displayed probably can't get a decent ATM card. The rest of us can get one from just about any bank or credit union that they do business with. Perhaps if you grow up maybe someday you'll be eligible, too. |
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"Tchiowa" kirjoitti viestissä ups.com... Markku Grönroos wrote: "Chris Blunt" kirjoitti viestissä ... It certainly doesn't instill much confidence in travelers checks knowing they have such limited acceptability. In Thailand this shouldn't be much of a problem. Actually under the scenario that Chris provided you would have the same problem in Thailand. ATM cards work everywhere. Why play the game with I have always had Thai money in my pockets until I have found a bank to sell my cheques. TCs? Haven't I said this a zillion times befo they are refundable when they get lost. |
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"Tchiowa" kirjoitti viestissä ups.com... Markku Grönroos wrote: "Miguel Cruz" kirjoitti viestissä ... Replacing the travelers checks involved several international phone calls at my expense (because it was on a weekend and the in-country office was only open Monday-Friday) and about a half-day of traveling to get to the nearest I have been involved once and no international calls were required. Actually I didn't make any calls myself. All decisions were made in Bangkok (I was on Phuket myself). American Express office that had the special power of check replacement, on Monday when it opened. American Express office in Bangkok (which is wired to several places around the kingdom) keeps open all the time. Nonsense. The Amex office on Paholyothin is open during normal business hours, Monday through Friday. The head office clearing the claims in Bangkok is open all the time. |
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"Tchiowa" kirjoitti viestissä ups.com... Markku Grönroos wrote: "Tchiowa" kirjoitti viestissä ups.com... It is easy to replace an ATM than a lost traveller's check. It's also Perhaps syphilis is eating your brain away. Tell me where I can get this card then People with an attitude like you just displayed probably can't get a decent ATM card. The rest of us can get one from just about any bank or credit union that they do business with. Perhaps if you grow up maybe someday you'll be eligible, too. You did not bother to answer my question: which bank in Finland? |
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