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Old Sep 18, 2006 | 4:04 pm
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phred
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
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What I meant was
Originally Posted by RichardInSF
I once did an experiment at Narita airport and got Y20,000 at each of two different machines (one Citibank, one not) right in sequence. The amount debited to my account -- which is a Citibank account at home -- was within Y10 of being identical from both machines. This is hardly conclusive but it does at least suggest that whatever the fees are, they are the same no matter what machine you use in Japan -- IF the card is accepted, that is!
when I got home and checked my bank statement, my home bank (Wells Fargo) had tacked several charges onto every transaction.

Also, FWIW, there was an article in the LA Times travel section about banks quarantining areas to their bank/ATM cards from time to time without warning because of fraud. So it's not impossible.
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