Re: [Paddlewise] Run for the border

AND if you belong to AAA they will provide you with both "foreign" cash and
travelers checks in the foreign currency.
FREE. ( we just picked up Canadian Travelers checks, and British T/C's and
British pounds from the local AAA office in greater Baltimore.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wes Boyd" <boydwe_at_dmci.net>
To: "malisle" <malisle_at_island.net>
Cc: "PaddleWise" <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Run for the border


> At 06:22 AM 6/1/00 -0700, malisle wrote:
>
> >
> >You'd better check to see if it's all the sales tax that can be refunded
> or just
> >the GST, i.e., the federal tax.  I believe it's this 7% federal portion
> that is
> >refundable, but I could be wrong.
>
> Another thing I discovered this morning is fees for conversion between US
> and Canadian funds -- one local bank charges 20%!!! (Needless to say, I
did
> not avail myself of their services . . .)  A credit card company I just
got
> checking with charges 1%. That's do-able, I guess . . . beats twenty
percent.
>
> -- Wes
>
>
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