Re: [silk] Foreign exchange for laptops

[ashok]

> If I were to buy a laptop when visiting a foreign country, how do I  
> get a good exchange rate for my money? I could just swipe a credit  
> card, but my bank's rates are significantly higher than the market's.  
> If I take traveller's cheques, the store may not accept them. Cash  
> will be very suspicious at immigration.

Why dont you just carry cash? I've never had a problem with immigration
even with large sums of money.  Just spread out in various areas: shoes,
money belt, wallet, underwear etc....

The one time I got stopped was in India, in Bombay, when i was carrying
money in my shoe, even then they only wanted to know why i had money in
my shoes :) they had no interest in the amount.  To my knowledge upto
$10,000 is allowed without any declaration....check the RBI website
they keep changing these things...