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Paul Hill wrote:
rickety wrote:
Adrian wrote:

Al ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying

I'm finding it difficult to think of a single country where you can
fly to a second country, but can't obtain that second country's
money until you get there, and where US dollars cannot be used in
lieu.

Most of Africa apparently prefers Euros these days...

Yes, because they are new, it is easy to pass forgeries!

Many of the French speaking African countries used to have their
currencies fixed to the French Franc. Now it is to the Euro. Maybe
this is the reason?

well it was fixed to the franc and their currencies were supported by
France. Now there is no franc so they fix to the Euro. I imagine that the
French still support the local currencies though.

--
Rickety

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Roland Perry wrote:
In message , Al
writes
I'm finding it difficult to think of a single country where you can
fly to a second country, but can't obtain that second country's
money until you get there, and where US dollars cannot be used in
lieu.

The problem here is that I have sterling accounts in the UK from
which I can draw pounds without exchange commission. I also live most
of the time in the USA. Arriving back in the UK from the USA requires
me to find a cash dispenser. I'm amazed at the apologists here who
claim this is an unrealistic expectation.

I'm with you on that. If the ATMs are there, they should be working. If they
are empty they should be filled. You are charged for the facility if you use
it.

However, some banks monitor these things closely, some don't. Did you by
chance follow up with any of the ATM providers (banks or service companies)?

--
Rickety

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In message , rickety
writes
If the ATMs are there, they should be working. If they
are empty they should be filled. You are charged for the facility if you use
it.

However, some banks monitor these things closely, some don't. Did you by
chance follow up with any of the ATM providers (banks or service companies)?

Life's too short to take notes and complain. Especially with jetlag.

Meanwhile the "Link" ATM on Ealing Broadway Platform 4 was broken
yesterday (screen showing a message a bit like "sorry I'm broken").

And it's still like that today.

Obviously "Link" have no pride in their product, or no service
engineers, or even worse, no idea this machine is broken.
--
Roland Perry

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On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:13:51 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , Al
writes
I'm finding it difficult to think of a single country where you can fly to a
second country, but can't obtain that second country's money until you get
there, and where US dollars cannot be used in lieu.

The problem here is that I have sterling accounts in the UK from which I
can draw pounds without exchange commission. I also live most of the
time in the USA. Arriving back in the UK from the USA requires me to
find a cash dispenser. I'm amazed at the apologists here who claim this
is an unrealistic expectation.

Of course it's not, but it's hardly a disastrous situation, there's
loads of cash machines at gatwick, there's outlets where you can get
cashback, there's travel from the airport you can pay for with credit
or debit cards, it's not disastrous if a couple of ATM's you found
don't have cash in.

Jim.

Was No Puter' No train tickets, OT Stansted cashpoints AND Gatwick Cashpoints
 

In message , Jim Ley
writes
I'm amazed at the apologists here who claim this
is an unrealistic expectation.

Of course it's not, but it's hardly a disastrous situation, there's
loads of cash machines at gatwick,

Hmm, I tried all five that I'm aware of at the north Terminal.

there's outlets where you can get cashback, there's travel from the
airport you can pay for with credit or debit cards,

But not taxis you've booked in advance.

it's not disastrous if a couple of ATM's you found don't have cash in.

Five. And yes, the taxi was happy to stop at a cashpoint in the real
world later in the journey. But it's an unnecessary hassle.
--
Roland Perry

Was No Puter' No train tickets, OT Stansted cashpoints AND Gatwick Cashpoints
 

Jim Ley wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:13:51 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , Al
writes
I'm finding it difficult to think of a single country where you can
fly to a second country, but can't obtain that second country's
money until you get there, and where US dollars cannot be used in
lieu.

The problem here is that I have sterling accounts in the UK from
which I can draw pounds without exchange commission. I also live
most of the time in the USA. Arriving back in the UK from the USA
requires me to find a cash dispenser. I'm amazed at the apologists
here who claim this is an unrealistic expectation.

Of course it's not, but it's hardly a disastrous situation, there's
loads of cash machines at gatwick, there's outlets where you can get
cashback, there's travel from the airport you can pay for with credit
or debit cards, it's not disastrous if a couple of ATM's you found
don't have cash in.

Jim.

It's along ride from Stanstead (where the OP came across the problem) to
Gatwick. Chances are though that he'd find an ATM that worked somewhere on
the way!. With Web based screen layout which the better ATMs now have, they
out to be able to point you to their nearest ATM that is working and has
some cash too.

--
Rickety

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Annabel Smyth wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 at 13:10:37, Al wrote:

I'm finding it difficult to think of a single country where you can fly to
a second country, but can't obtain that second country's money until you
get there, and where US dollars cannot be used in lieu.

What makes you think I'd have any US dollars?

Anyone travelling to a country with a non-convertible currency (China,
Russia etc) would be go with USD. If the currency is convertible, it can --
by definition -- be converted at home.

If I were going abroad
and wished to get money before I travelled, I would buy the currency of
that country.

So would I. Before travelling, unlike the OP.

In my young day, you worried whether you had enough money for
the duration - my grandmother's advice was always to take half the
clothes and twice the money you thought you'd need; these days, only the
former applies.

Given fashion in beach resorts these days, there's a case for taking only
1/8th the clothes...
--
Al

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"rickety" wrote in message
...
Jim Ley wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:13:51 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , Al
writes
I'm finding it difficult to think of a single country where you can
fly to a second country, but can't obtain that second country's
money until you get there, and where US dollars cannot be used in
lieu.

The problem here is that I have sterling accounts in the UK from
which I can draw pounds without exchange commission. I also live
most of the time in the USA. Arriving back in the UK from the USA
requires me to find a cash dispenser. I'm amazed at the apologists
here who claim this is an unrealistic expectation.

Of course it's not, but it's hardly a disastrous situation, there's
loads of cash machines at gatwick, there's outlets where you can get
cashback, there's travel from the airport you can pay for with credit
or debit cards, it's not disastrous if a couple of ATM's you found
don't have cash in.

Jim.

It's along ride from Stanstead (where the OP came across the problem) to
Gatwick. Chances are though that he'd find an ATM that worked somewhere on
the way!. With Web based screen layout which the better ATMs now have,
they
out to be able to point you to their nearest ATM that is working and has
some cash too.

Sadly, I wasn't going to Gatwick, I was going from Stansted to just behind
Turnpike Lane in a pre-booked taxi. The route was M11North
Circ.A10RoundwayDownhills Park Rd. Number of visible cashpoints on route
= 0. Mind you, it was getting on for midnight and my brother and I had just
spent the weekend in Munich ensuring that the European beer lake didn't get
too deep, so I may not have been functioning a peak efficiency...:-)
--
Cheers, Steve.
Change from jealous to sad to reply.

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In message , Al
writes
If I were going abroad
and wished to get money before I travelled, I would buy the currency of
that country.

So would I. Before travelling, unlike the OP.

I have plenty of the currency the destination country, inside a bank!

In my young day, you worried whether you had enough money for
the duration - my grandmother's advice was always to take half the
clothes and twice the money you thought you'd need; these days, only the
former applies.

Given fashion in beach resorts these days, there's a case for taking only
1/8th the clothes...

Ah, so people only ever travel to beach holidays in hot countries? That
explains some of your other blinkers.
--
Roland Perry

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Steve Dulieu wrote:
"rickety" wrote in message
...
Jim Ley wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:13:51 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , Al
writes
I'm finding it difficult to think of a single country where you
can fly to a second country, but can't obtain that second
country's money until you get there, and where US dollars cannot
be used in lieu.

The problem here is that I have sterling accounts in the UK from
which I can draw pounds without exchange commission. I also live
most of the time in the USA. Arriving back in the UK from the USA
requires me to find a cash dispenser. I'm amazed at the apologists
here who claim this is an unrealistic expectation.

Of course it's not, but it's hardly a disastrous situation, there's
loads of cash machines at gatwick, there's outlets where you can get
cashback, there's travel from the airport you can pay for with
credit or debit cards, it's not disastrous if a couple of ATM's you
found don't have cash in.

Jim.

It's along ride from Stanstead (where the OP came across the
problem) to Gatwick. Chances are though that he'd find an ATM that
worked somewhere on the way!. With Web based screen layout which
the better ATMs now have, they out to be able to point you to their
nearest ATM that is working and has some cash too.

Sadly, I wasn't going to Gatwick, I was going from Stansted to just
behind Turnpike Lane in a pre-booked taxi. The route was M11North
Circ.A10RoundwayDownhills Park Rd. Number of visible cashpoints on
route = 0. Mind you, it was getting on for midnight and my brother
and I had just spent the weekend in Munich ensuring that the European
beer lake didn't get too deep, so I may not have been functioning a
peak efficiency...:-)

sounds like a good weekend!

--
Rickety