Re: [NTLK] GEM Europe

From: Jon Glass (jonglass_at_mac.com)
Date: Sun May 05 2002 - 07:10:44 EDT


on 5/4/02 4:48 PM, Mark Ross at markr13_at_comcast.net wrote:

> That's amazing! I never pay additional fees for purchasing overseas
> items except for when I'm traveling and I pay the merchant in one
> currency and pay my account in another. I just purchased software from
> the UK and paid over the web without any additional charges. Is this a
> common practice for EU credit accounts?

Oh, I'm sure they are getting the money. Check the exchange rate, and see
how much you lose on it. :-) (Of course, I'm only guessing, having seen what
Exchange rate I get.) :-)

-- 
Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
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over the man who can't read them."
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