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Postby rearadmiral » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:06 pm

mcm wrote:anyone know where I can get Euros? Went to Bank of America...no luck.


Where you off to?
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Postby mcm » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:10 pm

got my sister-in-law for Secret Santa and she is going to Italy in a few months. No clue what to get her so I was going to give her some Euros and a Fodor's book on Italy.
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Postby mcm » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:11 pm

Its a shitty gift, I know
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Postby Giggles » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:14 pm

That TD Bank or whatever it is across from The Place on Broad street has Euros.
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Postby rearadmiral » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:22 pm

mcm wrote:Its a shitty gift, I know


Fodor's/Frommer's/etc. are actually great gifts, especially if you're giving the trip as the big gift.

I got a bunch of them from different trips.
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Postby Boston » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:25 pm

Frommer's >>> Fodor's

and it's not even close
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Postby mcm » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:26 pm

I haven't (yet) reached the point in my career where I can buy trips to Italy.
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Postby mcm » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:26 pm

Boston wrote:Frommer's >>> Fodor's

and it's not even close


I will take that into consideration.
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Postby Boston » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:28 pm

mcm wrote:I haven't (yet) reached the point in my career where I can buy trips to Italy.


it took me three times of reading the post to realize that your sister-in-law didn't actually win a Trip to Italy in a Secret Santa.
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Postby mcm » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:31 pm

no, she didn't win anything. Except $100 in Euros and a book from me.

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Postby rearadmiral » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:53 pm

Boston wrote:Frommer's >>> Fodor's

and it's not even close


I didn't want to dump on the dude's gift.
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Postby vtexposfan » Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:15 pm

I stopped by the exchange kiosk at the Burlington Mall last week (after having Chick-fil-A for the first time ever.) Out of curiosity, I asked how many Canadian dollars I'd get for $100 American. I was told $87.

What a racket. This is why people need to pay attention to the news. I understand that the kiosk is going to take a cut, but $100 was trading at $100.60 the day I asked. Some poor consumer may have been ripped off at 13%.
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Postby rearadmiral » Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:39 pm

If you don't do your homework and take less willingly, you're not getting ripped off.
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Postby vtexposfan » Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:40 pm

Yeah, but would anybody take less willingly? Don't get me wrong, I think they can and should pay out whatever they want. It's on the consumer to be knowledgeable.
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Postby rearadmiral » Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:41 pm

Just by going there, wouldn't that be doing it willingly?
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