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Samurai_Jerk wrote:matsuki wrote:No worries, we'll just use credit cards....wait what? Cash onreee?!!!wagyl wrote:Ready for the impulse-buying tourist boom in the cash-is-king economy!
How many washlets can you buy for 40,000?
kurogane wrote:Exchanging foreign currency in Japan is the only Havill / Japanologist Proof gripe I can think of. Monty Python couldn't have dreamed that up.
Is it as bad for USDs in cash? I hardly ever exchange any cash anymore and if I do I always do it at the airfield upon landing, but I could still get cold sweats thinking of having to go into a Mizuho branch to change my CADs, especially if they have changed the bank notes recently.
kurogane wrote:Thanks, that looks good. What I meant was to ask whether the Foreign Currency (aka USD) was easier to exchange than Exotic Currencies like the CAD ot the GBP.
wagyl wrote:For the first time since Canman's post, I withdrew money from a foreign account at a Post Office ATM. Previously, my withdrawals had been limited in amount by the foreign bank, but this time there was a lower limit of 50,000 Yen set by the Post Office. My previous withdrawal had been in May, only shortly before Canman's post, so perhaps there was a rule change following the Combini ATM caper after all. Maybe the rules were regional still allowing larger withdrawals in Okinawa.
wagyl wrote:Previous limit was based on 1000 foreign currency units, set by the foreign bank, and as altered by exchange rates. That was/is greater than 50,000 Yen. Now the limit is 50,000 Yen. That is what I meant by lower limit. I suppose lesser limit might have saved you some confusion, but it might also have added a different confusion.
You can try it without making a withdrawal: just enter a preposterous sum like 1,000,000 yen and it will tell you the limit.
Yokohammer wrote:wagyl wrote:Previous limit was based on 1000 foreign currency units, set by the foreign bank, and as altered by exchange rates. That was/is greater than 50,000 Yen. Now the limit is 50,000 Yen. That is what I meant by lower limit. I suppose lesser limit might have saved you some confusion, but it might also have added a different confusion.
You can try it without making a withdrawal: just enter a preposterous sum like 1,000,000 yen and it will tell you the limit.
Ah ... lower, as in lower than the previous time. Got it. Minor linguistic brainfart.
wagyl wrote:Together, slowly, we can head towards perfection.
Reduced upper limit is even better.
Japan so interesting and so difficult, yes, very nice. Please enjoy Japan buy washlet seat and go home soon
Russell wrote: supremum
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