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$20 dollars per transaction?? That's outrageous."I'M SICK OF ECO-PORN - ALL THE MISTRUTHS, EXAGGERATIONS AND RENT-SEEKERS IN THIS AREA. SO I OFTEN PARODY EXO-STORMTROOPERS WHEN THEY START CARRYING ON...." -tezza
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I wear a belt and braces generally. CC/ATM card TC's, $US and whatever else currency I happen to be carrying. I'm a big fan of traveller's cheques. You will get people telling you waste of time blah blah woof woof, If you ever get robbed you will be thankful you bought TC's, I was. Am Ex replaced my stolen cheques the day I arrived at their office.http://thewanderingant.com/travels/betel-nut.html
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From Oz
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i am with NAB and i get charged $4 per transaction(eftpos only), nothing more. you could also get a Cash Passport that Travel Ex and Visa have, they charge 3.75AUD per transaction and you can lock in your exchange rate as well (ie US$, Pound, Euro, AUD).Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone. The Dhammapada
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Wow, you guys get taken, in the States the norm is about 1.50 to 2.00 per transaction, depending, then whatever the foreign bank charges, sometimes nothing, so you just , withdraw more less often and it works out to be a very small percentage. For example, take out 200 US with Siam Commercial, no fees, and they charge you .5 to 1 percent, not too bad.
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What on earth is "eftos?"
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Shop all your banks for a cheap one. I found everything from $3 USD AND 3% per withdrawal; to $0 and 1% per.
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#6 "electronic funds transfer (at) point of sale", refers to using a card(eg debit card) to transfer funds to pay for a puirchase, may also be able to withdraw additional cash at the same time, common in supermarkets in Australia, savea making 2 transactions, one top pay for purchases and the other to withdraw cash at a hole in the wall.
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What on earth is "eftos?"
Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone. The Dhammapada
Posted By: VenessaP -- 28-Jan-2010 15:01
Posted By: VenessaP -- 09-Dec-2009 17:01
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