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Tourist Trap: Currency Exchange places - avoid at all cost!
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  • I had lived in London for a year so I shouldn't have been taken but...
    When in London (Europe) use your cash card from home to withdrawal money rather than exchange places.
    In Picadilly Square I went to a place that said 'no commission' and I changed $20 thinking that the rate may be bad but for $20 no big deal. The transaction actually had GBP3.25 commission (no commission was for 'buys only') and the guy wouldn't give me the $20 back. I only got GBP7.50!
    My only excuse is that I was jetlagged.

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    At Least Do This: They might be better at the airport
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    phil_uk_net Tue Nov 11, 2003 14:40 UTC
     Yes, those guys at the currency exchange windows will rob you blind! ATMs are the way to go.

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