getting cash

getting cash

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Graham

Original Poster:

16,369 posts

291 months

Tuesday 10th June 2003
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whats everyone done with getting their euros...

do i just nip down to the co-op or do i get them in france im sure carrfore has a burea-de-change

tedebear

177 posts

262 months

Tuesday 10th June 2003
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I'm lazy - I just draw them out at a cash point over there - had a few in my desk from last time I went to france anyhow...

raceboy

13,270 posts

287 months

Tuesday 10th June 2003
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Well I ordered them via my bank, commission free, but it took a day, local co-op travels, and places like that have it over the counter and if you know an OAP they usually get it commission free

littlegearl

3,139 posts

264 months

Tuesday 10th June 2003
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i went into my bank and gave them £135 and they gave me €180... thats all i can afford this year!!!

edited to add, natwest charged my £2.75 for the privilage too!!! arseholes

>> Edited by littlegearl on Tuesday 10th June 14:37

dontlift

9,396 posts

265 months

Tuesday 10th June 2003
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littlegearl said: i went into my bank and gave them £135 and they gave me €180... thats all i can afford this year!!!


€500 euro beer tokens safely stashed in my wallet :-) lets party, yes graham you can get em anywhere, also there is normally cash points and money change on the ferry

Buffalo

5,457 posts

261 months

Tuesday 10th June 2003
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raceboy said: Well I ordered them via my bank, commission free, but it took a day, local co-op travels, and places like that have it over the counter and if you know an OAP they usually get it commission free



Pretty much every where does it commission free nowadays - i just went to a bank with a bureau de change, handed the moolar over and got some back.

Be aware that if you try and pay by switch card to get cash back, you will need photo ID. If you just give them the cash they don't require anything.

dontlift

9,396 posts

265 months

Tuesday 10th June 2003
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You could always just take a gun into the first petrol station you stop at on the way to le-mans

raceboy

13,270 posts

287 months

Tuesday 10th June 2003
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Or put a sign saying 'Lesbos' above your tent

dontlift

9,396 posts

265 months

Tuesday 10th June 2003
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raceboy said: Or put a sign saying 'Lesbos' above your tent


What when Harry is getting changed

liszt

4,330 posts

277 months

Tuesday 10th June 2003
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If you have a cash point card with Cirrus or Maestro on it you can normally use it at any French cashpoint at a good exchange rate. Can normally find cashpoints the same as in UK, in banks and big supermarkets etc

I normally have about 50 quids worth to see me over there then top up at the nearest cashpoint. If you go into town on Friday, you can top up then too.