mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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me and a mate have both put £700 onto a thompson money card, its a master card that you load with euros to save taking aload of cash we are taking £400 cash too
I got 1.185 as exchange so for my £700 i got E829
I needed to set a PIN on the card so I went to a YB cash machine to set the PIN, checked the ballance and it says I have £683 :s
Im not thinking its a con or anything, Im just curious as to why I dont have £700?
is it because the card currently has euros on it and the cash machine is changing it back to pounds at a much worse rate than I have bought them from thompson?
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Tommy L
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Northampton Drives: Audi wagon
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Cash machine in the UK won't show a balance in Euros.
Could be exchange rate is worse or maybe been charged for doing this (putting money on the card)?
[Edited on 25-06-2010 by Tommy L]
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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there was no charge putting the money on the card, I know its all ok because 3 of the lads Im going with this year used them last year
Im thinking its the buy back rate, If I got £700 worth of euros from the travel agent and then gave them straight back I wouldnt get £700 for them, they buy back at a much lower rate
the hotel we are staying in has been ranked 142nd out of 142 in malia with a history of break ins, Im taking as little cash as poss 
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Root
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Registered: 28th Dec 08
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
there was no charge putting the money on the card, I know its all ok because 3 of the lads Im going with this year used them last year
Im thinking its the buy back rate, If I got £700 worth of euros from the travel agent and then gave them straight back I wouldnt get £700 for them, they buy back at a much lower rate
the hotel we are staying in has been ranked 142nd out of 142 in malia with a history of break ins, Im taking as little cash as poss
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Tommy L
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Northampton Drives: Audi wagon
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What hotel is that?
It's either buy back rate or todays exchange rate.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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cant remember what its called, the lad that organised this one is banned from organising now, he organised magaluf last year and we ended up in bunk beds, fucking clown
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whitter45
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Registered: 15th Nov 02
Location: Norton
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
me and a mate have both put £700 onto a thompson money card, its a master card that you load with euros to save taking aload of cash we are taking £400 cash too
I got 1.185 as exchange so for my £700 i got E829
I needed to set a PIN on the card so I went to a YB cash machine to set the PIN, checked the ballance and it says I have £683 :s
Im not thinking its a con or anything, Im just curious as to why I dont have £700?
is it because the card currently has euros on it and the cash machine is changing it back to pounds at a much worse rate than I have bought them from thompson?
not sure how they work as i thought you couldnt display your balance at the ATM
We took one to the states and the only way to check the balance was via Text
[Edited on 25-06-2010 by whitter45]
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whitter45
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Registered: 15th Nov 02
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by the way it was the bestthing we did taking that card
So easy for paying for stuff - saves using travellers checks
Bare in mind you may be requested for ID when using this as the card will not have your name on it
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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Will be the shit rate at the cash machine.
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