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Subject: Re: Credit Card Billing/Exchange Rate Warning Posted on: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:58:09 -0500

Dillon Pyron wrote in
news:1o5i935eie3vt11g7lmcspj5nnl2u6ro2u@4ax.com:

> Thus spake Joseph Coulter :

>>>
>>>
>>
>>Actaully on many credit cards you will be charged about the same for the
>>currency tranfer from Euro to dollars so you will not gain a thing.
(edited to make my typing look better)
>
> I've never been charged anything but local currency. At least my card
> only charges a small percentage for the exchange. The exchange rate
> was realistic (not some inflated profit inducing rate). OTOH, I am a
> "prefered customer" (WTF that means). I'm also what's known as a
> deadbeat in the CC industry. We pay our bills every month.

I have the same experience although I have seen such offers in Mexico.
Nevertheless, the overall price after any and all fees is what a consumer
must look at.)

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