500 Euro note
Nov 27th 2006, 11:46 pm
#136
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Re: 500 Euro note
[email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of
the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:
>mini Mini <[email protected]> wrote:
>[]
>> Oh. I love my "CASH" chip thing. I used it often when I don't have any
>> coins to pay the parking meter or the bus ticket. You can tell how much
>> cash is on it at the ATM or on any of the machines that take payments with
>> it. I only load 15CHF at a time, so, if I lose it, it's not the end of the
>> world.
>It sounds like a brilliant idea. I find the oyster card great for my
>visits for London, and I think that there are plans afoot to widen this
>to cover shop purchases etc.
Do you use it for parking meters?
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the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:
>mini Mini <[email protected]> wrote:
>[]
>> Oh. I love my "CASH" chip thing. I used it often when I don't have any
>> coins to pay the parking meter or the bus ticket. You can tell how much
>> cash is on it at the ATM or on any of the machines that take payments with
>> it. I only load 15CHF at a time, so, if I lose it, it's not the end of the
>> world.
>It sounds like a brilliant idea. I find the oyster card great for my
>visits for London, and I think that there are plans afoot to widen this
>to cover shop purchases etc.
Do you use it for parking meters?
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Nov 27th 2006, 11:46 pm
#137
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Re: 500 Euro note
On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:46:38 +0100, Giovanni Drogo
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Back to topic.
>Yesterday's economic supplement of Corriere della Sera featured an
>article in which a journalist reported that he, or a friend of his, was
>unable to change or spend a 500 euro note at several shops in Holland.
>The guy then went to an ABN Amro counter, and they said they'd change it
>only for their customers, and directed him to a nearby "private"
>currency exchange. The latter wanted a 4% commission (at the end
>suggested buying a 20 euro phone card). The guy refused and went back to
>the bank, and they directed him to the Bank of Holland.
That kind of thing happens all the time in Holland. Nobody will do
anything he doesn't feel like doing, and will direct you to some other
randomly chosen person who will allegedly perform the service.
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>Back to topic.
>Yesterday's economic supplement of Corriere della Sera featured an
>article in which a journalist reported that he, or a friend of his, was
>unable to change or spend a 500 euro note at several shops in Holland.
>The guy then went to an ABN Amro counter, and they said they'd change it
>only for their customers, and directed him to a nearby "private"
>currency exchange. The latter wanted a 4% commission (at the end
>suggested buying a 20 euro phone card). The guy refused and went back to
>the bank, and they directed him to the Bank of Holland.
That kind of thing happens all the time in Holland. Nobody will do
anything he doesn't feel like doing, and will direct you to some other
randomly chosen person who will allegedly perform the service.
--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
Nov 27th 2006, 11:51 pm
#138
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Re: 500 Euro note
Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of
> the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:
>
> >mini Mini <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >[]
> >> Oh. I love my "CASH" chip thing. I used it often when I don't have any
> >> coins to pay the parking meter or the bus ticket. You can tell how much
> >> cash is on it at the ATM or on any of the machines that take payments with
> >> it. I only load 15CHF at a time, so, if I lose it, it's not the end of the
> >> world.
> >
> >It sounds like a brilliant idea. I find the oyster card great for my
> >visits for London, and I think that there are plans afoot to widen this
> >to cover shop purchases etc.
>
> Do you use it for parking meters?
A _parking_ meter?!
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> [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of
> the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:
>
> >mini Mini <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >[]
> >> Oh. I love my "CASH" chip thing. I used it often when I don't have any
> >> coins to pay the parking meter or the bus ticket. You can tell how much
> >> cash is on it at the ATM or on any of the machines that take payments with
> >> it. I only load 15CHF at a time, so, if I lose it, it's not the end of the
> >> world.
> >
> >It sounds like a brilliant idea. I find the oyster card great for my
> >visits for London, and I think that there are plans afoot to widen this
> >to cover shop purchases etc.
>
> Do you use it for parking meters?
A _parking_ meter?!
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Nov 28th 2006, 12:05 am
#139
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Re: 500 Euro note
On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:46:43 +0100, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:46:38 +0100, Giovanni Drogo
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>Back to topic.
>>Yesterday's economic supplement of Corriere della Sera featured an
>>article in which a journalist reported that he, or a friend of his, was
>>unable to change or spend a 500 euro note at several shops in Holland.
>>The guy then went to an ABN Amro counter, and they said they'd change it
>>only for their customers, and directed him to a nearby "private"
>>currency exchange. The latter wanted a 4% commission (at the end
>>suggested buying a 20 euro phone card). The guy refused and went back to
>>the bank, and they directed him to the Bank of Holland.
Did he misunderstand Bank for Hoek?
>That kind of thing happens all the time in Holland. Nobody will do
>anything he doesn't feel like doing, and will direct you to some other
>randomly chosen person who will allegedly perform the service.
You are the author of the expat in NL blog?
http://wordswillnothelpyou.blogspot.com/index.html
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>On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:46:38 +0100, Giovanni Drogo
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>Back to topic.
>>Yesterday's economic supplement of Corriere della Sera featured an
>>article in which a journalist reported that he, or a friend of his, was
>>unable to change or spend a 500 euro note at several shops in Holland.
>>The guy then went to an ABN Amro counter, and they said they'd change it
>>only for their customers, and directed him to a nearby "private"
>>currency exchange. The latter wanted a 4% commission (at the end
>>suggested buying a 20 euro phone card). The guy refused and went back to
>>the bank, and they directed him to the Bank of Holland.
Did he misunderstand Bank for Hoek?
>That kind of thing happens all the time in Holland. Nobody will do
>anything he doesn't feel like doing, and will direct you to some other
>randomly chosen person who will allegedly perform the service.
You are the author of the expat in NL blog?
http://wordswillnothelpyou.blogspot.com/index.html
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Martin
Nov 28th 2006, 9:44 pm
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Re: 500 Euro note
Markku Gr?nroos wrote:
> I bought a bottle of soda in Bamberg last summer. I handed over a note of
> twenty. Lady at the cash register asked whether I have anything smaller than
> that. After a negative answer she appered very surly. I was greatly amused.
> I have never witnessed a response like that. After all I wasn't a customer
> to a kiosk in Indonesia but a fairly large grocery store in Germany.
Even at a large store, one can run out of change sometimes. No need to be
grumpy about that, of course - you can say "sorry, I'm rather short on change
- please pay with small change if possible" and stay friendly all the same.
Especially when there are long queues, going to the back office to fetch more
change will hold up everything, so I undertstand they try to avoid that.
... Martin
> I bought a bottle of soda in Bamberg last summer. I handed over a note of
> twenty. Lady at the cash register asked whether I have anything smaller than
> that. After a negative answer she appered very surly. I was greatly amused.
> I have never witnessed a response like that. After all I wasn't a customer
> to a kiosk in Indonesia but a fairly large grocery store in Germany.
Even at a large store, one can run out of change sometimes. No need to be
grumpy about that, of course - you can say "sorry, I'm rather short on change
- please pay with small change if possible" and stay friendly all the same.
Especially when there are long queues, going to the back office to fetch more
change will hold up everything, so I undertstand they try to avoid that.
... Martin
Nov 28th 2006, 9:52 pm
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Re: 500 Euro note
Tim C. wrote:
> Following up to "Neil Williams" <[email protected]> :
>>In the Netherlands they don't routinely use EUR 0.01 and 0.02 coins, so
>>if you're paying cash the total is normally rounded to the nearest EUR
>>0.05. (I was impressed that it is the nearest, not just rounding up by
>>default as you might expect).
>
> What would happen if you could pay the exact amount? Would they be grumpy
> at having to take the small coins, I wonder?
The cash register usually displays the rounded amount, so you won't get a
chance to do that.
But how would they react if you used a 10-euro note and ten 2-cent coins
to pay EUR 10.20, for example?
... Martin
> Following up to "Neil Williams" <[email protected]> :
>>In the Netherlands they don't routinely use EUR 0.01 and 0.02 coins, so
>>if you're paying cash the total is normally rounded to the nearest EUR
>>0.05. (I was impressed that it is the nearest, not just rounding up by
>>default as you might expect).
>
> What would happen if you could pay the exact amount? Would they be grumpy
> at having to take the small coins, I wonder?
The cash register usually displays the rounded amount, so you won't get a
chance to do that.
But how would they react if you used a 10-euro note and ten 2-cent coins
to pay EUR 10.20, for example?
... Martin
Nov 28th 2006, 9:57 pm
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Re: 500 Euro note
"Martin Bienwald" <[email protected]> kirjoitti
viestiss�:[email protected]...
> Markku Gr?nroos wrote:
>> I bought a bottle of soda in Bamberg last summer. I handed over a note of
>> twenty. Lady at the cash register asked whether I have anything smaller
>> than
>> that. After a negative answer she appered very surly. I was greatly
>> amused.
>> I have never witnessed a response like that. After all I wasn't a
>> customer
>> to a kiosk in Indonesia but a fairly large grocery store in Germany.
> Even at a large store, one can run out of change sometimes. No need to be
> grumpy about that, of course - you can say "sorry, I'm rather short on
> change
> - please pay with small change if possible" and stay friendly all the
> same.
> Especially when there are long queues, going to the back office to fetch
> more
> change will hold up everything, so I undertstand they try to avoid that.
My point was that elsewhere staff takes things as they are.
viestiss�:[email protected]...
> Markku Gr?nroos wrote:
>> I bought a bottle of soda in Bamberg last summer. I handed over a note of
>> twenty. Lady at the cash register asked whether I have anything smaller
>> than
>> that. After a negative answer she appered very surly. I was greatly
>> amused.
>> I have never witnessed a response like that. After all I wasn't a
>> customer
>> to a kiosk in Indonesia but a fairly large grocery store in Germany.
> Even at a large store, one can run out of change sometimes. No need to be
> grumpy about that, of course - you can say "sorry, I'm rather short on
> change
> - please pay with small change if possible" and stay friendly all the
> same.
> Especially when there are long queues, going to the back office to fetch
> more
> change will hold up everything, so I undertstand they try to avoid that.
My point was that elsewhere staff takes things as they are.
Nov 28th 2006, 10:54 pm
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Re: 500 Euro note
Following up to Martin Bienwald <[email protected]> :
>Even at a large store, one can run out of change sometimes.
I use the bankomat card for that. I don't need any change.
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>Even at a large store, one can run out of change sometimes.
I use the bankomat card for that. I don't need any change.
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Nov 28th 2006, 10:56 pm
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Re: 500 Euro note
Following up to Martin Bienwald <[email protected]> :
>The cash register usually displays the rounded amount, so you won't get a
>chance to do that.
They only round the grand total, not the individual items, I take it?
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Tim C.
>The cash register usually displays the rounded amount, so you won't get a
>chance to do that.
They only round the grand total, not the individual items, I take it?
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Tim C.
Nov 28th 2006, 11:09 pm
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Re: 500 Euro note
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:54:24 +0100, Tim C. <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Following up to Martin Bienwald <[email protected]> :
>>Even at a large store, one can run out of change sometimes.
>I use the bankomat card for that. I don't need any change.
There were forged high denomination Euro notes in circulation in NL at
one time, as a result nobody will accept them.
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wrote:
>Following up to Martin Bienwald <[email protected]> :
>>Even at a large store, one can run out of change sometimes.
>I use the bankomat card for that. I don't need any change.
There were forged high denomination Euro notes in circulation in NL at
one time, as a result nobody will accept them.
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Martin
Nov 28th 2006, 11:41 pm
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Re: 500 Euro note
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Martin Bienwald wrote:
> But how would they react if you used a 10-euro note and ten 2-cent coins
> to pay EUR 10.20, for example?
Here they'd probably thank you for refilling their reserve of 2-cent.
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> But how would they react if you used a 10-euro note and ten 2-cent coins
> to pay EUR 10.20, for example?
Here they'd probably thank you for refilling their reserve of 2-cent.
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Nov 29th 2006, 12:05 am
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Re: 500 Euro note
Following up to Giovanni Drogo <[email protected]> :
>On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Martin Bienwald wrote:
>> But how would they react if you used a 10-euro note and ten 2-cent coins
>> to pay EUR 10.20, for example?
>Here they'd probably thank you for refilling their reserve of 2-cent.
LOL!
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>On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Martin Bienwald wrote:
>> But how would they react if you used a 10-euro note and ten 2-cent coins
>> to pay EUR 10.20, for example?
>Here they'd probably thank you for refilling their reserve of 2-cent.
LOL!
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Nov 29th 2006, 12:58 am
#148
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Re: 500 Euro note
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:41:04 +0100, Giovanni Drogo
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Martin Bienwald wrote:
>> But how would they react if you used a 10-euro note and ten 2-cent coins
>> to pay EUR 10.20, for example?
>Here they'd probably thank you for refilling their reserve of 2-cent.
The other day in the supermarket line ahead of me, a woman pulled out
all her change, looking for something like 30 cents. The cashier saw
the pile of change and said, "Ooooh! May I take these little ones?"
and proceeded to count out the 30 cents herself in coins of 5 cents
and under.
Many elderly people around here hand their coin purses to cashiers and
ask the cashiers to help themselves, either because they don't have
good eyeglasses or because they still don't understand the "new"
coins. I've never seen anyone that trusting in the US.
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Martin Bienwald wrote:
>> But how would they react if you used a 10-euro note and ten 2-cent coins
>> to pay EUR 10.20, for example?
>Here they'd probably thank you for refilling their reserve of 2-cent.
The other day in the supermarket line ahead of me, a woman pulled out
all her change, looking for something like 30 cents. The cashier saw
the pile of change and said, "Ooooh! May I take these little ones?"
and proceeded to count out the 30 cents herself in coins of 5 cents
and under.
Many elderly people around here hand their coin purses to cashiers and
ask the cashiers to help themselves, either because they don't have
good eyeglasses or because they still don't understand the "new"
coins. I've never seen anyone that trusting in the US.
--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
Nov 29th 2006, 2:23 am
#149
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Re: 500 Euro note
Tim C. wrote:
> Following up to Martin Bienwald <[email protected]> :
>>The cash register usually displays the rounded amount, so you won't get a
>>chance to do that.
>
> They only round the grand total, not the individual items, I take it?
Exactly.
... Martin
> Following up to Martin Bienwald <[email protected]> :
>>The cash register usually displays the rounded amount, so you won't get a
>>chance to do that.
>
> They only round the grand total, not the individual items, I take it?
Exactly.
... Martin
Dec 1st 2006, 11:11 pm
#150
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Re: 500 Euro note
B Vaughan wrote:
> Many elderly people around here hand their coin purses to cashiers
> and ask the cashiers to help themselves, either because they don't
> have good eyeglasses or because they still don't understand the
> "new" coins. I've never seen anyone that trusting in the US.
I'm familiar with US coins so don't need the help but I sure do in
other countries. I often present a palm of coins and the taker
usually counts aloud what's taken. Of course, sometimes that's in a
language incomprehensible to me but there are usually others around
who have a tendency to ensure the accuracy of the coin-taking.
Not uncommon is a container near a cash register that contains
pennies and nickels for anyone to use to complete a purchase or to
contribute after one.
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> Many elderly people around here hand their coin purses to cashiers
> and ask the cashiers to help themselves, either because they don't
> have good eyeglasses or because they still don't understand the
> "new" coins. I've never seen anyone that trusting in the US.
I'm familiar with US coins so don't need the help but I sure do in
other countries. I often present a palm of coins and the taker
usually counts aloud what's taken. Of course, sometimes that's in a
language incomprehensible to me but there are usually others around
who have a tendency to ensure the accuracy of the coin-taking.
Not uncommon is a container near a cash register that contains
pennies and nickels for anyone to use to complete a purchase or to
contribute after one.
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