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exactly, what a stupid thread 10k is 10k

I think you're confusing Switzerland with Europe.

Switzerland is the only country I know of where people use $10'000.

I was thinking much the same. The comma version for example is still often used in the UK although more a relic from imperial measurement days rather than being technically correct now.

Oh and Sandman - fuck all to do with him being a newb. Sending UK traffic to a dialler IS very stupid and loses more than it makes.

$10,000 means Ten Thousand
$10,000.00 means Ten Thousand
$10.000 means Ten Dollars (I've never written anything like this because it would it could/would be confused with $10k)
$10.00 means Ten Dollars

That's how I always understood it. In North America, the value is dependent on where the decimal is placed.

,000 .000 always make a thousand. Dates are sometime confusing 05/10-2005 - 10/05-2005
Except for today.

In many (most?) European countries
$10.000,00
$10.000,-
$10.000
means ten thousand dollars

$10,00
$10,-
$10
means ten dollars

I seriously doubt that. Every bank knows that different formats are used in different countries. They might flag it if the transfer comes from North America but if they flag it for a transfer from Europe I would change banks :)

BULLSHIT over here 10,000 would be 10 dollars

LOL, savage response.
Clue me in, why redirect English traffic to dialers?

50 10k's :thumbsup

thats what i was trying to say too, when you mean $10 you dont write 10.000, thats ridiculous. Maybe in math terms etc its different in alot of countries, but i bet in EVERY country when you write $10,000 or $10.000, everybody knows youre talking about 10k.

10' = 10 feet
10" = 10 inch

agreed

you Swiss people might have a strange system but you're the first that brings up this issue. Anyone who would mistake $10.000 for 10 dollars is stupid in my book.

LMAO thats the funniest post Ive read in a long time, although round here its more like $15

Please explain to me too :) As everyone in the U.K uses credit cards and way more than half dont have dailup connections, Im interested in that too :upsidedow

Join my clueless newbie club :winkwink:

nope figure it out yourself its not that hard.

I had the idea this topic was about commas and stuff ........... ?

I inquired at both my banks yesterday, just out of curiosity (and to verify what I said). Both the National and the Scotia said they would call to verify a any cheque with ambiguous characterization in the amount.

You could also see a delay in cashing certain cheques.

Sorry, that's the way it is.



And, the standard system has been in place for a long time. Why Europeans feel the need to fuck with it is beyond me. If people are getting confused about amounts that's their problem, not the sponsors who are paying them. Certainly not mine.

Anyone who would write it that way is stupid in my book.

Don't want any confusion? Use a comma.

That's quite surprising. We deal with many banks in many countries and never had any problems or had to go through any verification process, neither had the people we dealt with. It's even more suprising because usually every check has the amount written on it in words as well, so a $10,000/$10.000/$10'000 check would have 'Ten Thousand Dollars' written on it and a $10 check would have 'Ten Dollars' written on it. That's why I really don't understand why they would need a verification no matter what format is used.

Who decides what the standard system is? Hundreds of millions of people use the 10.000,00 format in Europe, Switzerland (a real newbie in the banking game ;) uses the 10'000.00 format.

So, you call hundreds of millions of people stupid because the have to write it like this and have been doing it for ages? Just try to enter 10,000.00 in an online banking system in Europe and in many cases you will get an error :)