 A British person's experience in the U.S. |
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| A British person's experience in the U.S. |
 Jul 10 2006, 10:47 PM
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QUOTE (CANNONBALL @ Jul 10 2006, 10:09 AM) my first thought... stopped reading there. He's making a joke at our expense. |
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Jul 10 2006, 11:30 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
there are assholes in every country. in england there is just a higher concentration. stuck up limey scum!
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Jul 11 2006, 05:59 AM
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QUOTE (Hartmann @ Jul 10 2006, 10:10 AM) I've done that here in Dallas. It's if you use a credit card... Not if your paying by cash. Maybe the guy should have used some common sense and entered his postal code (it would have worked). yeah or just take out cash and use it! i mean really. common sense. --------------------  |
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Jul 11 2006, 08:12 AM
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QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Jul 11 2006, 05:59 AM) yeah or just take out cash and use it! i mean really. common sense. Who wants to carry cash while traveling in a foriegn country? I would think most places discourage it, and there would be a charge unless his bank had a branch in the states |
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Jul 11 2006, 08:16 AM
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 The Transient Aggie Group: Members Posts: 546 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 21 |
QUOTE (M1N10N @ Jul 11 2006, 08:12 AM) Who wants to carry cash while traveling in a foriegn country? I would think most places discourage it, and there would be a charge unless his bank had a branch in the states Have you ever been to a foreign country? --------------------  A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. |
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Jul 11 2006, 08:22 AM
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QUOTE (M1N10N @ Jul 11 2006, 08:12 AM) Who wants to carry cash while traveling in a foriegn country? I would think most places discourage it, and there would be a charge unless his bank had a branch in the states It's better to take cash or even better travelers checks... You'd be surprised how often credit cards don't work in a foreign country. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Jul 11 2006, 08:32 AM
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QUOTE (M1N10N @ Jul 11 2006, 08:12 AM) Who wants to carry cash while traveling in a foriegn country? I would think most places discourage it, and there would be a charge unless his bank had a branch in the states 
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Jul 12 2006, 05:46 AM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
QUOTE (M1N10N @ Jul 11 2006, 08:12 AM) Who wants to carry cash while traveling in a foriegn country? I would think most places discourage it, and there would be a charge unless his bank had a branch in the states ok, here's a plan. go to the ATM and take out money for gas...then go pay for you gas with that cash. it's simple really. -------------------- |
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Jul 12 2006, 09:05 AM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
Yeah. Most banks will reccommend that you take multiple forms of payment with you when traveling internationally.
-------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM)  Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Jul 12 2006, 09:24 AM
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QUOTE (Hartmann @ Jul 11 2006, 08:22 AM) It's better to take cash or even better travelers checks... You'd be surprised how often credit cards don't work in a foreign country. But... but... "Visa: It's everywhere you want to be"!!!!! -------------------- |
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Jul 12 2006, 11:58 AM
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  Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Jul 12 2006, 10:24 AM) But... but... "Visa: It's everywhere you want to be"!!!!! unless you want cheap african diamonds. -------------------- 32-bit whore
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Jul 12 2006, 12:08 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
watch your wallet or put your wallet in your underroos with cash in a foreign country. in some places its like oliver twist with the pick pockets yo. you can exchange currency in im pretty sure every bank and they have places specifically for currency exchange which i believe charge you less than a bank. then of course travelers checks but i have never used those, i am stupid, dont know how they work
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Jul 12 2006, 02:29 PM
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I've never used travelers checks either.
15 countries...the majority of those are modern and safe enough to have a bank with an atm that disperses $ in their native currency. for those less-palatable destinations, cash-american the only way to go...especially if you need to E&E. the author had an anti-american chip before he ever stepped foot. can't REALLY blame him though. we're some pompous shits. |
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Jul 12 2006, 09:43 PM
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QUOTE (Divergent Reality @ Jul 12 2006, 11:58 AM) unless you want cheap african diamonds. or go to sam's club |
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