Make sure you bring plenty of cash with you
Aug 6th 2008, 7:55 pm
#34
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Re: Make sure you bring plenty of cash with you
Well, actually it was more than that.... £100 sterling, plus $35 to ship me the cards and cheques, which then put my account into overdraft because it had no funds in it (because I sent a UK cheque with them to open it with, it must be in the process of clearing somewhere....) and then they charged me a few cents interest! Oh yea and they charge $12 a month for the account......
Aug 6th 2008, 7:58 pm
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Re: Make sure you bring plenty of cash with you
Well, actually it was more than that.... £100 sterling, plus $35 to ship me the cards and cheques, which then put my account into overdraft because it had no funds in it (because I sent a UK cheque with them to open it with, it must be in the process of clearing somewhere....) and then they charged me a few cents interest! Oh yea and they charge $12 a month for the account......
Aug 6th 2008, 8:07 pm
#37
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Re: Make sure you bring plenty of cash with you
I just got RBC to phone Barclays to confirm my good standing with them. Sounds like it saved a lot of money.
Aug 6th 2008, 8:07 pm
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Re: Make sure you bring plenty of cash with you
Well, actually it was more than that.... £100 sterling, plus $35 to ship me the cards and cheques, which then put my account into overdraft because it had no funds in it (because I sent a UK cheque with them to open it with, it must be in the process of clearing somewhere....) and then they charged me a few cents interest! Oh yea and they charge $12 a month for the account......
HSBC Passport Account..... Gives you the top account fee-free for the first six months.... Balance over $4k, no fee.... the next account down has no fee for over $2K...
Aug 6th 2008, 8:09 pm
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Re: Make sure you bring plenty of cash with you
Aug 6th 2008, 8:12 pm
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Re: Make sure you bring plenty of cash with you
But if you happen to have an 'active' (i.e. used it before with PIN) chip and PIN card from elsewhere, a lot of the POS machines will ask for your PIN (and confuse the hell out of the person serving you!)
Canadian Banks don't seem to be issuing them yet
Canadian Banks don't seem to be issuing them yet
Aug 6th 2008, 8:21 pm
#42
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Re: Make sure you bring plenty of cash with you
Anyway, it doesnt negate the fact that you think you are soooo funny, but are really just getting in the way of people finding the information they are looking for here....this isnt "the maple leaf"
Aug 7th 2008, 1:52 am
#43
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Re: Make sure you bring plenty of cash with you
Hi landed in calgary 3 weeks ago,love it here,but you need money for everything if you are new,gas,electric and moblie phones all asked for deposits and a few places will not take our british credit card so we have to get a canadian securer credit card with a deposit.
you get the deposits back in a year,but could not believe how hard it is to get stuff out here.
anyone else had this happen to them,and how long does it take to get a credit rating?
you get the deposits back in a year,but could not believe how hard it is to get stuff out here.
anyone else had this happen to them,and how long does it take to get a credit rating?
We also had to pay deposits on the mobile phones - will be such a pain to get them back as we are probably leaving next month!
Aug 7th 2008, 3:14 am
#45
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Re: Make sure you bring plenty of cash with you
You seriously recomend google.ca? I was actually using google.com for the search...but googling for "I feel lucky" there sends you to the UK page.
Anyway, it doesnt negate the fact that you think you are soooo funny, but are really just getting in the way of people finding the information they are looking for here....this isnt "the maple leaf"
Anyway, it doesnt negate the fact that you think you are soooo funny, but are really just getting in the way of people finding the information they are looking for here....this isnt "the maple leaf"