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Old 04-30-2009, 05:41 PM  
rowan
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Originally Posted by Socks View Post
They also don't give you anywhere near the real exchange rate.
I said that above. As well as the 3 different fees (in my case, anyway) there's another 1-1.5% effective fee imposed because of the conservative - in their favour - exchange rate.

Same thing happens when you withdraw from epass, you end up with less in your local currency than if you'd taken a wad of US dollars into a bank or currency exchange place.
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