$1155 USD deposited with Duales returns $1000 CUC in Cuba. That continues to be 13.5%, not the 18% you irrationally and inaccurately continue to feel compelled to suggest.
Once again, I could care less whether you or anyone else uses Duales or any other entity. I do care that you continue to post fees and percentages which are simply false and misleading, and most especially when you continue to characterize ME as the one with the problem and the one who is being dishonest and is acting as an agent of Duales. au contraire.
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Well, I may as well post this here too since the topic is the same and in case you miss it on the other thread, E_A. No danger of boring anyone as no one else is reading this drivel anymore -- I wouldn't think.
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I find myself agreeing with Pelo. Americans simply do not have any other relatively easy choices – at least none that have been reported on this branch. IF they want to have some sort of financial “insurance” plan, Duales is, as far as we know, the only option that works, with not terribly absurd fees.
We have had the discussion here before many times about the PREPAID Visa and Mastercards cards. Apparently, they do not work in Cuba. At least for the ones issued in the US and Canada, because someone phone and enquired. I do not know about those issued in Europe. However, just given the Visa and MasterCard corporate structure, etc., I for one wouldn’t put any trust in them. Any non-Americans are better off taking a preloaded regular Visa or Mastercard.
It may surprise you to learn, E_A that some people who live outside the United State are actually fairly intelligent and they know or can find out if their banks or credit unions are US-affiliated. Instead of finding something that again, no one here has any experience using, why not just use their credit cards as we Canadians have been doing for eons. Bringing in the Lloyd’s Travel Card and the ANZ Travel Card is the same as pimping Dulaes, no? AND UNLESS YOU HAVE ACTUALLY USED THESE CARDS IN CUBA AND KNOW THAT THEY WORK THERE, YOU SHOULD NOT BE TELLING THORNTREE READERS THAT THEY WILL WORK. Of all the things to muse about, no one here should be speculating about someone else’s financial options in Cuba.
Just glanced briefly at your linked post #20, E_A and you cannot possibly think that there are no fees associated with these accounts! And if opening a Duales Account is a bit of trouble, what do you think these offshore account are going to be? Duales is looking better and better – for the type of person who needs this kind of card and/or the financial security it offers.
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