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01-12-2014, 07:46 AM
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#1 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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Does anyone know where I can get some USD right now? I'm in the north van and will be in the Burnaby area. My bank doesn't open until 11am unfortunately 
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01-12-2014, 07:51 AM
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#2 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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Go to any one of the casino's in the Bellingham area. Their exchange rates are decent. Not great, but better than banks.
Silver Reef in Ferndale or Northwoods (Nooksack) in Lynden. Google it.
Further south is the Tulalip, Skagit Valley, and Angel of the Winds.
I suggest/recommend the Silver Thief........... I mean, Silver Reef.
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01-12-2014, 07:58 AM
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#3 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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The duty free?
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01-12-2014, 08:01 AM
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#4 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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Right........... I forgot about them. Never done that myself. Are the rates pretty good?
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01-12-2014, 08:01 AM
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#5 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Worst case, just use your Canadian bank card in a US ATM.
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01-12-2014, 08:12 AM
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#6 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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Haha... just checked border crossing times and they're at 10 to 15 minutes. Two weeks ago, it would have been two hours by now, LOL. I say stay till the bank opens up, or if you are in Burnaby, go to Happy Currency | 604 438 6888 | Happy Currency
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Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
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01-12-2014, 08:46 AM
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#7 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Why not just use your credit card
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01-12-2014, 08:48 AM
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#8 | | 2x Variable Nockenwellen Steuerung
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CIBC ATMs at banks branches dispense USD
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01-12-2014, 09:35 AM
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#9 | | ninja edits your posts without your knowledge
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Originally Posted by 320icar Why not just use your credit card
Posted via RS Mobile | Although it won't help you out right now but if you apply for the amazon visa, you get an awesome conversion rate without the 2.5% fee. In addition, you get points!
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01-12-2014, 10:25 AM
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#10 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Here's the thing, if u don't want to use ur visa, ur counting ur pennies, whilst not realizing the savings ur getting in the US
Don't sweat the little stuff
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01-12-2014, 10:30 AM
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#11 | | I came, I saw, I conquered.
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Originally Posted by CRS Although it won't help you out right now but if you apply for the amazon visa, you get an awesome conversion rate without the 2.5% fee. In addition, you get points! | Do you need a US address to apply for that card?
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01-12-2014, 11:47 AM
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#12 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Amazon cards worth applying too? Im def interested
American one? Canadian one? School me brothas!
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01-12-2014, 12:42 PM
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#13 | | ninja edits your posts without your knowledge
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Originally Posted by Slifer Do you need a US address to apply for that card? | No, it's a Canadian card but is accepted everywhere. You get 1% back on all purchases and 2% on amazon purchases. Quote:
Originally Posted by z3german Amazon cards worth applying too? Im def interested
American one? Canadian one? School me brothas! | Canadian one info here: http://www.amazon.ca/gp/cobrandcard/...FSO&pr=con31ca | |
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01-12-2014, 01:23 PM
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#14 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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^ By all means, take advantage of their offer. Just make sure you pay your monthly bills and stay ahead. They're "banking" on people losing control of their spending, and at 19.9%, they're raking in the profits.
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Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
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01-12-2014, 02:00 PM
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#15 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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^Don't all major credit cards have a starting interest rate of at least 19.9%?
Also, the advantage of having a $US account is that it makes returns easy without losing on conversion.
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01-12-2014, 02:28 PM
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#16 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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^Some even more, but people tend to forget this minor detail called interest and get into horrible debt. Just pointing it out. Never hurts to remind people. I am debt free from credit cards, but I'm probably in the minority.
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Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.
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Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
"There must be dissonance before resolution - MG1" a musical reference.
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01-12-2014, 08:36 PM
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#17 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by godwin CIBC ATMs at banks branches dispense USD | Rbc too. I know for sure the one on broadway and cambie does. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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01-12-2014, 09:52 PM
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#18 | | xxx
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Originally Posted by CRS Although it won't help you out right now but if you apply for the amazon visa, you get an awesome conversion rate without the 2.5% fee. In addition, you get points! | +1 for the Amazon VISA
It's the only card I use for US shopping.
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01-12-2014, 10:15 PM
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#19 | | In RS I Trust
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Get a visa debit card and you will never have to worry about getting US money again
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