confusing for europeans: $10,000 isnt $10'000 - Page 2 - GoFuckYourself.com

Harmon · 05-05-2005, 05:20 AM

50 10k's

nico-t · 05-05-2005, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike33

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

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.

jimmyf · 05-05-2005, 05:30 AM

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Originally Posted by breaker

10' = 10'000
10'' = 10'000'000

:d

10' = 10 feet
10" = 10 inch

pradaboy · 05-05-2005, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ssp

$10.000,00 means $10k in Holland. They don't use $10'000.00. Please don't generalize Europeans.

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.

Johny Traffic · 05-05-2005, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Kristian

$10K = a pint, a bag of pork scratchings, and a pack of B&H

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

Johny Traffic · 05-05-2005, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by fireorange

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

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

fireorange · 05-05-2005, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Johny Traffic

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

Join my clueless newbie club

sandman! · 05-05-2005, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by fireorange

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

nope figure it out yourself its not that hard.

05-05-2005, 04:01 PM

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

CDSmith · 05-05-2005, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by J B

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

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.

CDSmith · 05-05-2005, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by pradaboy

Anyone who would mistake $10.000 for 10 dollars is stupid in my book.

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

Don't want any confusion? Use a comma.

J B · 05-05-2005, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by CDSmith

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.

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.

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Originally Posted by CDSmith

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.

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.

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Originally Posted by CDSmith

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

Don't want any confusion? Use a comma.

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

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