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Post by Libby on Oct 7, 2004 12:39:58 GMT -5
dougj,
I really need to get a new debit card. I know this sounds strange, but what logo's do you have on the back of your card? I've been told that mine is missing an important one. I have PLUS. I really have no idea what could be wrong with it, but a person who visited the US with a card like mine had real trouble getting money out of the bank.
I bought some travellers cheques today (the rate is 2.27CDN on the pound!! that's amazing) and I'll probably pick up some cash tomorrow or early next week.
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Post by MuvverRussia on Oct 7, 2004 13:05:11 GMT -5
going to 3 different banks to get some start off pounds and euro. Wow. I thought I was unlucky when I had to wait 24hrs to get some Slovakian Koruny (I could have got them somewhere else without a wait, but I wanted to get them from my bank as they charge 0% commission and still give a decent rate). As for debit cards, look for Cirrus/Maestro. The cirrus logo is 2 horizontally interlinked circles in 2 shades of blue, whilst the maestro one is similar but blue and red. |
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Post by me on Oct 7, 2004 13:12:59 GMT -5
so, are those both MasterCard networks? the two linked circles is their logo. - d As for debit cards, look for Cirrus/Maestro. The cirrus logo is 2 horizontally interlinked circles in 2 shades of blue, whilst the maestro one is similar but blue and red. |
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Post by MuvverRussia on Oct 7, 2004 13:39:43 GMT -5
Yeah- their owned by mastercard. Essentially they're the debit card arm of mastercard.
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Post by dougj on Oct 8, 2004 4:04:51 GMT -5
scotia isn't linked to the cirrus network, thats probably the one. every atm I used in europe supported the plus network though, so you shouldn't have any problem. but bring some backup traveller's cheques anyway. dougj, I really need to get a new debit card. I know this sounds strange, but what logo's do you have on the back of your card? I've been told that mine is missing an important one. I have PLUS. I really have no idea what could be wrong with it, but a person who visited the US with a card like mine had real trouble getting money out of the bank. I bought some travellers cheques today (the rate is 2.27CDN on the pound!! that's amazing) and I'll probably pick up some cash tomorrow or early next week. |
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Post by platzman on Nov 7, 2004 22:50:46 GMT -5
During a trip to Austria in 2001, a member of my travel party attempted to conduct an exchange using traveller's checks at a Bank Austria branch. The teller actually talked this person out of the transaction, pointing out that the bank fee alone would cost $40 USD to change $500 in American Express checks. That fee is IN ADDITION to the 5% lower (poorer for us) exchange rate. So the total would amount to a 13% LOSS!  |
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