My experience with Canadian money
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From: Brian K on 11 Jul 2010 00:36 Jack electronically interjected On 7/10/2010 11:35 PM: > Marcia > > Be careful when using US Money. I won't use the word cheat, but if > you take canadian coins in change for American dollars, you are being > short changed. US Dollars are worth more than Canadian Dollars. > > That could add up enough in one day to make a good difference to them. > > Jack > > > On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:17:02 -0700, Marcia > <Marcia(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: > > >> I thought this might help, unless things have changed a lot since the >> last time I was in Canada. >> >> I returned to the States with over $12 in Canadian coins...including >> several dollar coins...when I went to Calgary around 15 years ago. I >> discovered at that time that I could convert paper money back to US >> dollars but not coins. I brought the coins back to Victoria with me >> this trip, used $7 to pay for the shuttle into town and some of the rest >> to make up the difference paying for the few small things I bought in >> town. Every place we went into took American money but only gave change >> back in Canadian. By the time we were waiting in line to board the >> shuttle back to the ship, I realized if I wanted to run in and buy a >> drink, all I had at that point were 20 dollar bills. Had I thought >> about it sooner, I would have made sure to bring lots of singles with me! >> >> Marcia >> When in doubt....Charge it on your Visa or Mastercharge card. -- ________ To email me, Edit "blog" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "The poor dog is the firmest of friends, the first to welcome the foremost to defend" - Lord Byron View My Web Pages: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 My Shutterfly Page http://photosbybrianmk.shutterfly.com/
From: BikeRider50 on 11 Jul 2010 02:08 On 7/10/2010 6:04 PM, Marcia wrote: > Stu wrote: >> On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:17:02 -0700, Marcia >> <Marcia(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: >> >>> I thought this might help, unless things have changed a lot since the >>> last time I was in Canada. >>> >>> I returned to the States with over $12 in Canadian coins...including >>> several dollar coins...when I went to Calgary around 15 years ago. I >>> discovered at that time that I could convert paper money back to US >>> dollars but not coins. I brought the coins back to Victoria with me >>> this trip, used $7 to pay for the shuttle into town and some of the >>> rest to make up the difference paying for the few small things I >>> bought in town. Every place we went into took American money but only >>> gave change back in Canadian. By the time we were waiting in line to >>> board the shuttle back to the ship, I realized if I wanted to run in >>> and buy a drink, all I had at that point were 20 dollar bills. Had I >>> thought about it sooner, I would have made sure to bring lots of >>> singles with me! >>> >>> Marcia >> >> Our two monies are almost at par, so if you gave them American money, >> you'd expect to get Canadian back. Would you expect American change in >> Mexico, Spain or Italy? Singles are a good idea though. > > Just saying you can't exchange the change when you get back home, so I > wish I had some small bills with me to buy a drink with while waiting > for the shuttle bus back to the ship. I didn't want to end up with a lot > of Canadian money again that I can't use here. > > Marcia Don't you live in Las Vegas? Just about every casino in Las Vegas will accept or exchange foreign currency at the casino cage for US dollars or casino chips, which can then be exchanged for US dollars.
From: semiretired on 11 Jul 2010 02:18 On Jul 11, 4:35 am, Jack wrote: >Marcia >Be careful when using US Money. I won't use the word cheat, but if >you take canadian coins in change for American dollars, you are being >short changed. US Dollars are worth more than Canadian Dollars. >That could add up enough in one day to make a good difference to them. >Jack Thsy is being a little unkind. No trader is obliged to take "foreign" money, All have to pay conversion charges when banking it. The alternative is not to accept foreign money at all
From: Marcia on 11 Jul 2010 02:50 BikeRider50 wrote: > On 7/10/2010 6:04 PM, Marcia wrote: >> Stu wrote: >>> On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:17:02 -0700, Marcia >>> <Marcia(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: >>> >>>> I thought this might help, unless things have changed a lot since the >>>> last time I was in Canada. >>>> >>>> I returned to the States with over $12 in Canadian coins...including >>>> several dollar coins...when I went to Calgary around 15 years ago. I >>>> discovered at that time that I could convert paper money back to US >>>> dollars but not coins. I brought the coins back to Victoria with me >>>> this trip, used $7 to pay for the shuttle into town and some of the >>>> rest to make up the difference paying for the few small things I >>>> bought in town. Every place we went into took American money but only >>>> gave change back in Canadian. By the time we were waiting in line to >>>> board the shuttle back to the ship, I realized if I wanted to run in >>>> and buy a drink, all I had at that point were 20 dollar bills. Had I >>>> thought about it sooner, I would have made sure to bring lots of >>>> singles with me! >>>> >>>> Marcia >>> >>> Our two monies are almost at par, so if you gave them American money, >>> you'd expect to get Canadian back. Would you expect American change in >>> Mexico, Spain or Italy? Singles are a good idea though. >> >> Just saying you can't exchange the change when you get back home, so I >> wish I had some small bills with me to buy a drink with while waiting >> for the shuttle bus back to the ship. I didn't want to end up with a lot >> of Canadian money again that I can't use here. >> >> Marcia > > Don't you live in Las Vegas? Just about every casino in Las Vegas will > accept or exchange foreign currency at the casino cage for US dollars or > casino chips, which can then be exchanged for US dollars. > I didn't live here the last time I was up in Canada. I just posted my original post as something to think about...bring some small bills...if you were going to be in port in Canada. Marcia
From: peter on 11 Jul 2010 03:14
X-no-archive: yes On 7/11/10 8:50 AM, in article i1bpjj$sf2$1(a)news.eternal-september.org, "Marcia" <Marcia(a)spamlessinlasvegas.org> wrote: > I just posted my > original post as something to think about...bring some small bills...if > you were going to be in port in Canada. > > Marcia More generally: if you're going to a foreign country and don't want to return home with foreign currency that you won't be using in the near future, plan ahead. Obviously, Marcia's advice applies equally to South American, European and Australia/New Zealand cruises. |