Re: DC18 - Currency

2018-07-17 Thread Tiago Bortoletto Vaz
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 06:14:25PM -0700, kathey wrote: [...] > * The Bank of Taiwan buys American Dollars (USD) at 30.08 NTD, and sells > them at 30.77. They take payments to the government as well as handling > currancy exchanges in the airport. Here is their list of current exchange > rates fo

Re: DC18 - Currency

2018-07-17 Thread kathey
On 07/17/2018 09:59 AM, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana wrote: > > Thanks, but this doesn't answer my question about exchange rate at airport. > All the emphasis on Mastercard and Visa Reminds me of asking technical questions and getting referred repeatedly to some "free" go-ogle service instea

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2018-07-17 Thread kathey
I know nothing about these sites' accuracy, but these below were the best I found with "https://DuckDuckGo.com"; and "site:gov.tw" term. * The Bank of Taiwan buys American Dollars (USD) at 30.08 NTD, and sells them at 30.77. They take payments to the government as well as handling currancy exc

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2018-07-17 Thread Thomas Kuiper
On 2018-07-18 09:29, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 07/18/2018 02:26 AM, Norbert Preining wrote: >>> Just find an ATM with the VISA logo. >> You incredible travel experience seems to never have brought you to such >> highly civilized countries as Japan ... getting cash here is a pain, >>

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2018-07-17 Thread Norbert Preining
> and my German VISA card, usually at 7-11. Even in smaller towns like Yes, 7-11, this is the way to go, but who of a first time visitor would expect that the best (if not only) place to get money is a convenience store! Norbert -- PREINING Norbert http://www.preini

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2018-07-17 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 07/18/2018 03:06 AM, Thomas Kuiper wrote: > But you need to find 7-11. At most major banks in Japan, those cards will NOT > work :-) I'm pretty sure the 7-11 ATM I used at Neyagawa train station four months ago was not actually inside a 7-11, it was just single machine. And, as for finding an

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2018-07-17 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 07/18/2018 02:59 AM, Norbert Preining wrote: >> and my German VISA card, usually at 7-11. Even in smaller towns like > > Yes, 7-11, this is the way to go, but who of a first time visitor would > expect that the best (if not only) place to get money is a convenience > store! It's not limited to

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2018-07-17 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 07/18/2018 02:26 AM, Norbert Preining wrote: >> Just find an ATM with the VISA logo. > > You incredible travel experience seems to never have brought you to such > highly civilized countries as Japan ... getting cash here is a pain, > still in 2018. One of my best friends is a professor in Jap

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2018-07-17 Thread Norbert Preining
> Just find an ATM with the VISA logo. You incredible travel experience seems to never have brought you to such highly civilized countries as Japan ... getting cash here is a pain, still in 2018. Enjoy. Norbert -- PREINING Norbert http://www.preining.info Accelia I

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2018-07-17 Thread Thomas Kuiper
On 2018-07-18 01:51, Bdale Garbee wrote: > John Paul Adrian Glaubitz writes: > >>> Expect no help from the counter. >> Just find an ATM with the VISA logo. > As someone with extensive travel experience, I can say it's not quite > that simple. In a number of countries I've visited, there have b

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2018-07-17 Thread Milan Kupcevic
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2018-07-17 Thread Bdale Garbee
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz writes: >> Expect no help from the counter. > Just find an ATM with the VISA logo. As someone with extensive travel experience, I can say it's not quite that simple. In a number of countries I've visited, there have been ATMs with the VISA logo that would not work with

Re: DC18 - Currency

2018-07-17 Thread Peter van Summeren
onf-discuss Subject: Re: DC18 - Currency On Jul 17, 2018, at 6:59 PM, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana mailto:p...@softwarelivre.org>> wrote: - Mensagem original - De: "John Paul Adrian Glaubitz" mailto:glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de>> Unless you don't have a VISA car

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2018-07-17 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
t; Outlook voor Android downloaden > > From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 7:03:37 PM > To: Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana > Cc: debconf-discuss > Subject: Re: DC18 - Currency > > > > On Jul 17, 2018, at 6:59 PM, Paulo Henrique de Lima

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2018-07-17 Thread Peter van Summeren
org Subject: Re: DC18 - Currency On 07/17/2018 05:14 PM, Samuel Henrique wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 at 12:12, Louis-Philippe Véronneau <mailto:po...@debian.org>> wrote: > > My visa card was accepted in the ATM at the airport and I took out money > that way. Normally it

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2018-07-17 Thread Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana
Hi Peter, - Mensagem original - > De: "Peter van Summeren" > Para: "Paulo Henrique" , "John Paul Adrian Glaubitz" > > Cc: "debconf-discuss" > Enviadas: Terça-feira, 17 de julho de 2018 14:27:47 > Assunto: Re: DC18 - Curr

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2018-07-17 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> On Jul 17, 2018, at 6:59 PM, Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana > wrote: > > - Mensagem original - >> De: "John Paul Adrian Glaubitz" >> >> Unless you don't have a VISA card or your bank has very bad conditions >> for using an ATM abroad, exchanging cash at the airport doesn't make >>

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2018-07-17 Thread Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana
- Mensagem original - > De: "John Paul Adrian Glaubitz" > > Unless you don't have a VISA card or your bank has very bad conditions > for using an ATM abroad, exchanging cash at the airport doesn't make > much sense. Thanks, but this doesn't answer my question about exchange rate at airpor

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2018-07-17 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 07/17/2018 06:23 PM, Peter van Summeren wrote: > You are so sure. Yes, quite sure since I am actually traveling a lot and never had to bring any cash in advance in the past 10 to 15 years. My VISA cards always worked. > What shall I tell you? Forget it. I was merely asking what kind of VISA y

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2018-07-17 Thread Peter van Summeren
nrique; po...@debian.org Cc: debconf-discuss@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: DC18 - Currency On 07/17/2018 06:09 PM, Peter van Summeren wrote: > I could use my MasterCard with atm's. You have to go to the ones used by the > public. > I also took cash with me for emergency. > For

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2018-07-17 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 07/17/2018 06:09 PM, Peter van Summeren wrote: > I could use my MasterCard with atm's. You have to go to the ones used by the > public. > I also took cash with me for emergency. > For Taiwan there is another brand of Visa. What kind of brand should that be? VISA should be VISA, there is no dif

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2018-07-17 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 07/17/2018 05:14 PM, Samuel Henrique wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 at 12:12, Louis-Philippe Véronneau > wrote: > > My visa card was accepted in the ATM at the airport and I took out money > that way. Normally it's the cheapest way to get local currency. > > >

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2018-07-17 Thread Samuel Henrique
On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 at 12:12, Louis-Philippe Véronneau wrote: > My visa card was accepted in the ATM at the airport and I took out money > that way. Normally it's the cheapest way to get local currency. > I think Paulo means the exchange rate of NTD at the airport. -- Samuel Henrique

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2018-07-17 Thread Louis-Philippe Véronneau
My visa card was accepted in the ATM at the airport and I took out money that way. Normally it's the cheapest way to get local currency. -- ,''`. : :' : Louis-Philippe Véronneau `. `'` po...@debian.org / veronneau.org `- On 2018-07-17 23:07, Paulo Henrique de Lima

DC18 - Currency

2018-07-17 Thread Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana
Hi, Could you please ask at Taoyuan Airport Bank Of Taiwan what is the currency there? I know the official currency is USD 1$ = TWD 30.476. But usually in airports the currency is higher. Best regards, -- Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls) Curitiba - Brasil Membro da Comunidade Curitiba Li