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Old May 8, 2011 | 7:57 am
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would highly recommend xe..if you are looking to go that way
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Old May 8, 2011 | 8:20 am
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Originally Posted by aster
Don't companies like xe.com now offer currency exchange?

The last place you want to go to are those thieves that jokingly refer to themselves as banks...
Originally Posted by rdota
would highly recommend xe..if you are looking to go that way
Likewise. ^ We have had an account with xe.com for several years. It's something of a nuisance to set up, and can't be done instantly, but they are legitimate and consistently offer an exchange rate of less than 1% off mid-market.

I'm sure there are other services just as good but I can speak from personal experience with this one. As has already been said, it's obvious from the spread on the buy/sell rate posted at banks that anybody wanting to exchange significant amounts of money should avoid them.
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Old May 8, 2011 | 10:50 am
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I would do my exchanges at the HSBC (being from Canada).. I think currency amounts above $10,000, you would get a special rate.
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