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Old May 4, 2005 | 12:42 pm
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grouse
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Originally Posted by slawecki
Today, I was just quoted $1.399 per euro, with NO FEE. The Euro is trading at 1.2948. That is 7.5% discount.
That's a hideous rate. It never ceases to amaze me that currency converters of all stripes manage to pull the wool over so many people with claims of "no fee" and then charge a rate like that.

Unless you are a bank, no business is going to offer you the interbank rate for currency conversion. To do so would be a big money-loser. So whenever you see a claim of no fee, be doubly careful about checking against the market rates.
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