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July 14, 2014 at 3:00 pm #611978
SeekingEurosParticipantI will be visiting family and would be happy to buy any unused Euro at the current US $ conversion rate. Will take any denomination above 10E. It would save you and me the conversion fees charged by banks. Thanks.
July 14, 2014 at 5:54 pm #810902
JoBParticipantJuly 15, 2014 at 12:05 am #810903
singularnameParticipantIt’s not a great idea, imo, since I’ve already paid my $–>E fees and the rate’s only consistently dropped. Was in Serbia recently and the sandwich guy chose my 6 Euros over USD20. Eye-opening.
July 15, 2014 at 4:14 am #810904
SeekingEurosParticipantSingular – only a few places in the US wont charge you to convert your Euros back to US (most charge you again). So it would be saving someone that second fee (for small amounts that fee can be substantial).
I am sorry to hear you had trouble in Serbia with US$s but even at 3-1, I know that here in the US I have never met a merchant that will take foreign currency (have you ever even tried to use a Canadian quarter somewhere?).
I know for places that I have been, that currency sits in a drawer for years…. so I’m just offering to pay current exchange so that both parties can avoid some fees. Last time I posted this (a few years ago), several people took me up on the offer.
July 15, 2014 at 11:51 pm #810905
singularnameParticipantI’m aware of how money exchange works. Yes, your proposal saves someone fees in converting back to dollars, and it also puts the fees of the original exchange on the person with whom you’re exchanging. You want to save money at their expense. Not illegal. Not immoral. Just calling it like I see it since I took the time to read your post.
Not sure why you’re sorry about Serbia. It wasn’t a problem. It was “eye-opening” about how weak the dollar is.
As a merchant, I’ve taken Canadian funds in extenuating circumstances and have once used them with a merchant under similar circumstances. It was a solution to an actual problem, not a means to save myself money or vice versa.
Happy Euro shopping! :->
July 16, 2014 at 12:52 am #810906
JoBParticipantsingularname..
one could say he was helping someone who had already paid once to exchange their currency from paying again to change it back…
July 16, 2014 at 2:22 am #810907
singularnameParticipantYes, JoB. In fact, that is in fact what he was saying from the get-go. And upon considering it, I also understand he wants to save money at the expense of the person who originally paid fees for conversion, so it’s not the all-altruistic wonderful idea it is advertised to be on the surface. If it were truly a mutually beneficial exchange, he (if it is a he) would be offering to pay half of the original fees. As I’ve said above, my opinion, not illegal, not immoral. Was answering an open-ended question with why I was not interested in doing it while also trying to share an anecdote about how devalued the dollar is.
Any other horses lined up waiting to be beaten?
July 16, 2014 at 2:26 am #810908
JoBParticipantno thanks.. you have done a fine job already..
not everyone wants to save their euros for the next trip that might not happen
July 17, 2014 at 12:10 am #810909
wakefloodParticipantReminds me of a friendly poker game we had a few years back. The guy who won the pot noticed an odd coin in the stack and asked what kind of cheat had thrown it in on his bet.
I looked at it and sheepishly replied that it was me. I had several 5 eruo coins leftover in my coin jar from a trip. I told him he could keep it as it was worth almost $7 or so at the time – compared to the quarter I should have bet. He just tossed it back and laughed. “Euro??…what am I gonna do with THAT??” I tossed him the quarter laughing…
July 28, 2014 at 10:28 pm #810910
SeekingEurosParticipantMy offer is still good if anyone has excess Euros from a trip and is looking to trade for US currency. I have a number of currencies from vacation trips to other countries (non Euros) that I would also trade, if preferred.
July 29, 2014 at 7:15 pm #810911
rachelharringtonParticipantDarn, just missed you. I recently sold the remainder of my euros to a friend who’s headed abroad. I used to tour (as a musician) frequently overseas and would come home each trip with several thousand euros and pounds – having been paid in cash for much of my work. I usually save a little for my next trip, but sell the bulk of it to friends once back at home – saving us both fees :-)
Happy travels!
July 30, 2014 at 1:43 am #810912
IndyParticipantHow do we contact you?
July 30, 2014 at 1:51 am #810913
SeekingEurosParticipantyou can do at gmail seekingeuros. Thanks for asking, as I should have posted my contact.
August 26, 2014 at 5:26 am #810914
SeekingEurosParticipantThank you Carl for trading currency. Anyone else have some Euro they have sitting around, i’d be happy to trade currency.
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