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02-03-2014, 07:52 PM
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#1 | | I STILL don't get it
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| Exchanging money
Did a quick search and couldn't find a thread about this topic:
Where do you go to exchange money with better rates than the bank? From my memory, I think someone mentioned a place on Granville St. that offered good rates.
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02-03-2014, 07:56 PM
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#2 | | WHAT? NO FOOD?
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02-03-2014, 08:16 PM
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#3 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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I personally use Exchange Rates | KingmarkKingmark
Multiple locations. One on broadway, another in richmond and burnaby.
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02-03-2014, 08:31 PM
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Check if you have any friend who work for major banks, they can get staff rates that's within 1% of the mid-market rate on XE.com. I'd be impressed if any exchange house would come close to that.
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02-04-2014, 01:09 AM
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#5 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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If you have a HSBC Premier account, the rate is pretty good.
The Bulk of my exchange I stick with them
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02-04-2014, 08:21 PM
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#6 | | ninja edits your posts without your knowledge
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Originally Posted by Santofu  | +1 best rates and better than most employee bank rates.
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02-08-2014, 07:55 PM
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#7 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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If you're going to VBCE ask them for that VIP card or whatever it's called. It's free and you get 0.1% off the exchange rate.
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02-09-2014, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by urban.boi If you have a HSBC Premier account, the rate is pretty good.
The Bulk of my exchange I stick with them | How much do you exchange each time? I wanted to exchange 5k and they told me the rate is the same regardless if I'm a Premier member or not..
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02-09-2014, 11:22 PM
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#9 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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Originally Posted by HonestTea How much do you exchange each time? I wanted to exchange 5k and they told me the rate is the same regardless if I'm a Premier member or not..
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Posted via RS Mobile | I'm not to sure about over the counter exchange with them, I usually exchange/transfer funds with Global View from HKD,CNY,TWD to USD, CDN or vice versa.
Around 15k - 20k each time
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02-10-2014, 12:56 AM
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+1 for VBCE. You don't need to card to get the preferred rate. Just tell them you want it and they'll give it to you.
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02-10-2014, 09:34 AM
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#11 | | MiX iT Up!
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so far VBCE has the best rates from an online perspective. I've compared RBCE (1.13) , XE Trade (1.12), VBCE(1.11).
at retail level, there is a place on Granville and W.Broadway that had lower rates than VBCE.
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02-10-2014, 01:03 PM
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| Charlies Currency Exchange, Vancouver, BC
better than vbce rates, but not as many locations
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02-10-2014, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by urban.boi I'm not to sure about over the counter exchange with them, I usually exchange/transfer funds with Global View from HKD,CNY,TWD to USD, CDN or vice versa.
Around 15k - 20k each time | Makes sense. When I exchange through Global View, the rate is significantly better. I guess that's our Premier rate and doesn't really apply to over the counter exchanges.
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02-11-2014, 06:06 PM
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#15 | | MiX iT Up!
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Have you used them?
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04-02-2014, 11:55 AM
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Going back to HK/China in Sept wondering what's a good place to exhange HK dollars and RMB(China dollar).
I talk to a few friends and they all said getting RMB(China dollar) in cash the rate is not good and it is best just to transfer the money to a bank account in China(which I don't have). Any suggestions?
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04-02-2014, 12:16 PM
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#17 | | #deephouse
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04-02-2014, 03:33 PM
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If you have the TD All Inclusive account and USD chequing account, you get a better rate then their normal rate.
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