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Re: [81attendees] Exchanging money or using USD ?

Terry Davis <terry.davis@ijetonboard.com> Thu, 21 July 2011 18:37 UTC

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From: Terry Davis <terry.davis@ijetonboard.com>
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:37:04 -0700
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It appears that the Bank of Montreal didn't charge me a transaction fee and the exchange was right on!

My bank back in Seattle though charged me a $1.00 for a foreign transaction.

Take care
Terry

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From: John R. Levine [mailto:johnl@iecc.com] 
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Cc: Terry Davis; 81attendees@ietf.org
Subject: Re: [81attendees] Exchanging money or using USD ?

> Last month when I was in Victoria, BC, some Canadian ATMs had started to impose transaction fees for Canadian $ withdrawals via US ATM cards (at that time, HSBC did not, but I believe RBC did).  Does anyone have an update?

It varies by your bank, the bank whose ATM you're usung and the network that connects them, so it's hard to predict.  If it's the same bank (HSBC US and HSBC CA or TD US and TD CA) there's no fee, beyond that, try it and see what it says.  There's only one HSBC branch in Quebec, not particularly close to the convention centre.

Any Canadian bank will exchange US cash over the counter at a reasonable rate, and ATMs give a good rate too, give or take the transaction fee.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. http://jl.ly

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