• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 hours ago

    Coming soon:

    What do you mean my US dollars aren’t accepted at any big intl. tourist locations anymore… I have to actually exchange them?

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      3 hours ago

      And in the big touristy cities in Europe, there’s so many scam currency exchanges, while if you just take the time to go to official government exchanges, you get reasonable exchange rates. The problem isn’t the locals, the problem is that you didn’t do the research and you did a dum-dum. (Also fuck the people who are scamming tourists, that’s just low.)

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      4 hours ago

      At the risk of being that idiot ……

      I’m still annoyed at crossing a border over an international bridge and having to exchange currency to pay the toll. There’s a good argument that situation should support both currencies at that border.

      And of course the currency exchange at that toll did not allow exchanging the amount of the toll. Scammy ripoff of people trying to cross forcing them to exchange larger amounts than they need

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        3 hours ago

        Oh no I don’t find that idiotic, that is very annoying, literally anywhere, between any two countries.

        I guess the workaround is to plan ahead and do your currency exchanges before hand, but at least in the US, if you do that in cash, well now you’re a drug smuggler or something if you’re brown and/or not in the best mood.

        I mean, everybody just has the ability to open up bank account debit/credit cards in multiple currencies, right?

        Your bank doesn’t do currency exchange?

        Not my problem, pleb, stay in your geographically confined area with a particular force of monopolized violence.