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Old May 8, 2007 | 11:18 am
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Originally Posted by alanh
Using the Scotiabank ATM will get around the $5 foreign ATM fee, but you'll still pay the 1% forex fee.
Are you sure about that? I thought that they didn't charge the forex fee, but I've never done it before (always managed to go purely on plastic) so I'm guessing you know what you're talking about.

I'm going to need to get a pile of cash out of the ATM this time though - I'm playing in a poker tournament and somehow I think that the exchange rate charged by the casino won't be exactly optimal.

After I do the math I'll report back on my results...

Thanks for the reply.
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