"Alan S" wrote in message
news:aj8383d2jr8uklgoap6qb6libipbb5pqrr@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:10:48 -0400, "Richard"
> wrote:
>>Mexicans use $ to denote MXN which go at around 11:1
>>against the USD last I checked. If the price they quote is
>>infact in USD, they'll often write it as $100 US or
>>sometimes 100 dll.
>>
> Thanks, that helps to expalin it. Some of those prices
> really did look terrible. Why on earth would they do that?
> is it a cunning way to fleece the unwary traveler?
I never really thought much of it. I guess they figured since the value of
the MXN is so far from that of the USD that people could guess the currency
used to list a price based on the magnitude of the number following the
dollar sign.
Once you leave the border towns in the north and the resorts towns along the
coasts, the USD isn't really accepted much of anywhere so you can assume
that everything is listed in MXN unless some merchant goes out of his way to
make it obvious that his goods are priced in another currency.
Richard
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