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Yurune
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Quote: from fastmover on 6:02 pm on Sep. 8, 2004
Pay for your bar bill in Sterling in the U.S.A?
Impossible 99% of the time.
that's probably ignorance....People in the UK are well aware that another currencies exist. people in the US are usually a wee bit less aware of things that exist outside.
Though I'd still dispute the fact that you'd get to pay a bar bill in most places with USD. Euo's though...definately.
I was in Westfield NJ one time. I walked into a bank and asked to cash a USD travellers cheque. The teller let me sign it and then asked me to right my account number on the back. I said I had no account, it was a travellers cheque. Refused. So I asked for the manager. He was just as knowledgable. He talked to me like I was a retard and explained a bank cannot give me money if I don't have an account. The funny thing is they had a sign in the 'Bank of America' branch selling travellers cheques. So I was left with a crisp USD100 TC all signed and now invalid. Luckily the local AMEX office listened to my story and agreed the bank manager would be better suited to MacDonalds and cashed it.
Personally at the moment I'd stick to sterling...currently batting at about 25% above what would be considered it's equivelant rate. Much better value.
FM your in China....any problems with sterling on the black market (if it still exists...haven't been for 17 years), certainly wasn't when I was there.
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Posted on: 3:59 pm on Sep. 8, 2004
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fastmover
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Interesting about your US TC for $100. Not aware that signing it made it invalid for someone else to receive and cash it. Never had that problem.
Normally they just ask for a passport number. But I have been in Banks in both Canada and the US that will indeed refuse to cash foreign currency...unless you have an account.
Westfield New Jersey is not New York City.
Let me explain...........
Americans are very myopic when it comes to money.
While Canada is the biggest trading partner America has, try using Canadian money say 300KMs south of the Canada/US border....even most banks will NOT exchange it. In fact most U.S. bank tellers have probably not even seen Canadian paper money. If you were to show Sterling or Euros, not a chance in hell.
Seattle, Buffalo and Detroit are cool most places with CDN$'s but after that it's a wasteland until you hit Florida (snowbirds), L.A., or Las Vegas/Reno.
In China, it depends what currency your 'yellow cow' is holding. But in any case because the US dollar is pegged, it is way better for Brits, Euros, Cdns etc to use their home currency. I'll show you what I mean..
Last year $100 US = 829 RMB (approx)
This year........the same.
Last year $100 CDN = 526 RMB (approx)
This year, right now = 630 RMB
So Yurune your comment holds a lot of truth in it.
"Personally at the moment I'd stick to sterling...currently batting at about 25% above what would be considered it's equivelant rate. Much better value."
I agree 100%. It is much better to play the exchange game where you get the advantage of the hot currency, rather than just using Yankee dollars.
In God We Trust....unless your getting screwed on the exchange rate.
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Posted on: 7:29 pm on Sep. 8, 2004
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Yurune
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Techincally a TC must be signed in fron tof the vendor. It doesn't exactly become invalid, but many people would refuse to touch it if you appear with two signatures on it. Of course a third signature could easy be produced, but you know what it's like if suspicion sets in.
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Posted on: 12:50 am on Sep. 9, 2004
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fastmover
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Yep! I tried cashing Thomas Cook TCs in Sterling using a Canadian Passport in Reno, Nevada one time very late at night.
I would have had better luck getting money from the casino if I had thrown my watch on the pass line.
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Posted on: 9:23 am on Sep. 9, 2004
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scobie
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All I ever take is a my credit cards and ATM card. Why worry about Travellers Cheques?
As soon as I land, I convert whatever Aussie dollars I left in my wallet into Baht for the taxi into town, and then just use ATMs, taking out 10,000 each time I need it.
Worrying about the dollar or two transaction charge each time you use ATM is daft. If you're the type to worry about that expense, you probably shouldnt be in Thailand at all.
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Posted on: 11:51 pm on Sep. 9, 2004
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Yurune
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I only ever carry cash.
As much as I need on the plane, then convert it straight to baht and into the bank account.
Too lazy to transfer it myself.
I use my Thai ATM to transfer any money back if I need money out of Thailand.
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Posted on: 12:13 am on Sep. 10, 2004
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bootydaddy5
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Some good feedback,
I like the sound of what Scubie, and Yurune are saying,
i think the best thing then is to, carry a small amount of TC's, as not everywhere will accept them,
and if I have the urge for a meal on a street kitchen, I don't think they will accept them, same from buying from the street markets.
carry a set amount of money at any one time, and then use atm, otherwise.
i got a visa debit card, not a switch card, I would pressume that would still work, in thailand.
are atm's located everywhere in thailand, I mean can u get them on the beach islands such as krabbi, koi pi pi, koi samui etc???
in other words, am I gonna have to get taxi to an atm machine everytime I want to use one lol 
regards
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Posted on: 6:25 am on Sep. 10, 2004
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