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Old May 11, 2006 | 8:43 am
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themicah
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Originally Posted by craz
I took out 100 Euro from an ATM my bank charged me $1 (I knew about that) the ATMs bank didnt charge me a FEE but my bank did reduce my acct by $127.99 (not including the $1 that they charge) , funny but the rate in the papers the day of and after was $126.49
Did you use an ATM card with a Visa or MC logo? If so, you probably simply had the 1% Visa/MC charge passed through as part of the rate, since $127.99 = 1.2% more than the rate you saw in the paper that day.
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