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Old Mar 15, 2009, 8:42 am
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Originally Posted by karenkay
did you mean to say 'inexpensive'?
No, I meant to say expensive. I pay 1,25% over interbank rate for transaction I put on my credit card, bank rates or even worse, money changer's rates for cash transactions cannot compete - getting foreign currency is not a free gimmick.

Last edited by Flying Lawyer; Mar 15, 2009 at 11:32 am Reason: typo
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