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Okay came back and finally got all the receipts to compare
exchange rates.

1) Amex cash exchange state side (wife insisted on some
cash before we left) 3 days prior to departure

$350 at 1.27 $/euro + $5 fee

2) Amex Green card (4 days after arrival)

1.20 $/ euro no other fees

3) Visa/Citi group (ATT Universal 2 days after arrival)

1.19 $/euro +3% fee

4) Credit Union ATM card (day of arrival)

1.18 $/euro +$1 fee on $200 withdrawl

So strangely I got the best credit card deal with Amex.
The over all clue would have been to work in cash as
much as possible. The second clue might be to get a
better Visa card. I get this one without an annual
fee "for life" and it has a calling card feature.
But this is starting to bug me a bit. 3rd clue is
to get the wife to get a clue. I checked the rates
and they didn't fluctuate much. They were 1.19
for several days while we were there. Later in
the month they headed towards 1.21. But this is
virtually the same result I got last year. I musta
hit exactly the right time with the ATM card. I should
check the transaction dates on the bill and see if
there is any variation based upon that. But I still
ain't crazy about that Visa fee.

Runge

Glad for you

<[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]. com...
    > Okay came back and finally got all the receipts to compare
    > exchange rates.
    > 1) Amex cash exchange state side (wife insisted on some
    > cash before we left) 3 days prior to departure
    > $350 at 1.27 $/euro + $5 fee
    > 2) Amex Green card (4 days after arrival)
    > 1.20 $/ euro no other fees
    > 3) Visa/Citi group (ATT Universal 2 days after arrival)
    > 1.19 $/euro +3% fee
    > 4) Credit Union ATM card (day of arrival)
    > 1.18 $/euro +$1 fee on $200 withdrawl
    > So strangely I got the best credit card deal with Amex.
    > The over all clue would have been to work in cash as
    > much as possible. The second clue might be to get a
    > better Visa card. I get this one without an annual
    > fee "for life" and it has a calling card feature.
    > But this is starting to bug me a bit. 3rd clue is
    > to get the wife to get a clue. I checked the rates
    > and they didn't fluctuate much. They were 1.19
    > for several days while we were there. Later in
    > the month they headed towards 1.21. But this is
    > virtually the same result I got last year. I musta
    > hit exactly the right time with the ATM card. I should
    > check the transaction dates on the bill and see if
    > there is any variation based upon that. But I still
    > ain't crazy about that Visa fee.
    >

Padraig Breathnach

"Runge" <[email protected]> top-posted:

    >Glad for you
I think you're lying; you give the general impression that you are
never glad about anything, or for anybody.

For those who have grunge killfiled, and not me: sorry for inflicting
him on you, but I felt an overwhelming urge to be sour. I don't know
what brought it on.

--
PB
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    ><[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
    >[email protected] .com...
    >> Okay came back and finally got all the receipts to compare
    >> exchange rates.
...

Chancellor Of The Duchy Of Besses O' Th' Barn And

Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> wrote:

    > "Runge" <[email protected]> top-posted:
    >
    > >Glad for you
    > >
    > I think you're lying; you give the general impression that you are
    > never glad about anything, or for anybody.

Oh- c'mon Padraig, don't ya know the song Billie Holiday (among others)
used to sing?

GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY

Look at yourself.
If you had the sense of humor,
You would laught to beat the band.

Look at yourself.
Do you still belive in rumor
that romance is simply grand?

Since you took it right
on the chin,
you have lost that bright
toothpaste grin.

My mental state is all a jumble.
I sit around and sadly mumble.

Fools rush in, so here I am,
very glad to be unhappy.

Unrequited love's a bore,
and I've got it pretty bad.
But for someone you adore,
it's a pleasure to be sad

Like a straying baby lamb
with no mammy and no pappy,
I'm so unhappy,
but oh, so glad.

--
David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
pictures at homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer

Padraig Breathnach

[email protected] (chancellor of the duchy of besses
o' th' barn and prestwich tesco) wrote:

    >Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> "Runge" <[email protected]> top-posted:
    >>
    >> >Glad for you
    >> >
    >> I think you're lying; you give the general impression that you are
    >> never glad about anything, or for anybody.
    >Oh- c'mon Padraig, don't ya know the song Billie Holiday (among others)
    >used to sing?
    >GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY
...

I didn't know it. It seems to fit the bill.

--
PB
The return address has been MUNGED

Runge

Umm I think you suffer from a lack of evleth useless threads
never fear, hell be back soon
meanwhile read Martin and eat your sweeties


"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de
news: [email protected]...
    > "Runge" <[email protected]> top-posted:
    >>Glad for you
    > I think you're lying; you give the general impression that you are
    > never glad about anything, or for anybody.
    > For those who have grunge killfiled, and not me: sorry for inflicting
    > him on you, but I felt an overwhelming urge to be sour. I don't know
    > what brought it on.
    > --
    > PB
    > The return address has been MUNGED
    >><[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
    >>[email protected] s.com...
    >>> Okay came back and finally got all the receipts to compare
    >>> exchange rates.
    > ...

Runge

Great, man
You woke ure pals
Now for a comment from the divathing

"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de
news: [email protected]...
    > [email protected] (chancellor of the duchy of besses
    > o' th' barn and prestwich tesco) wrote:
    >>Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>> "Runge" <[email protected]> top-posted:
    >>> >Glad for you
    >>> >
    >>> I think you're lying; you give the general impression that you are
    >>> never glad about anything, or for anybody.
    >>Oh- c'mon Padraig, don't ya know the song Billie Holiday (among others)
    >>used to sing?
    >>GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY
    > ...
    > I didn't know it. It seems to fit the bill.
    > --
    > PB
    > The return address has been MUNGED