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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 2:21 pm
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Jakebeth
 
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Current Wisdom on Buying Shekels?

Hi all -

I apologize if this is a re-post. I haven't been active on FT for some time and I'm a little lost...

...I also haven't been back to Israel in about 3 years, which feels like 300. I used to withdrawal NIS, either from a US bank account, or by using a Visa card. In the past, with certain cards, as long as you had a credit balance, you could trust getting an institutional-level exchange rate, and you didn't have to incur any per-transaction conversion fees.

I gather from a friend that none of the cards we're currently carrying are very good for this kind of cash withdrawal.

Suggestions?
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