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Re:How to identify ugly mass tourism places before you visit... by orwin on Sunday November 19, 2023 @02:31PM (#38336805)
Most Europeans citizens use euros so they won't get 'scammed' by euronet ARMs, as the only 'scam' there is currency conversion (and fees if you use an 'out of network bank', so I think if you are at Boa it should be fine)
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Re:How to identify ugly mass tourism places before you visit... by gpvos on Sunday November 19, 2023 @02:41PM (#38336960)
There are still quite a few countries in Europe that don't use the euro, so conversion is an issue there. And most Euronet ATMs have a high surcharge even when drawing euros from a euro account (this may differ per country and location).
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Re:How to identify ugly mass tourism places before you visit... by izacus on Sunday November 19, 2023 @02:38PM (#38336916)
That's not true at all, Euronet ATMs will happily add 5€+ to your withdrawal - something (local) bank owned ATMs usually don't.

There's a reason why they got such a bad reputation.

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Re:How to identify ugly mass tourism places before you visit... by LargoLasskhyfv on Sunday November 19, 2023 @05:39PM (#38339219)
Yah, well. That's also true for the ATMs in Germany, operated by the 'Sparkasse' (usually big red S) or 'Volksbank/Raiffeisenbank' (usually orange/blue signage) when you want to withdraw cash as customer of the 'Cashgroup' (Deutsche-/Post-/Commerz-/Hypo-Vereinsbank). Hm, k, just 4EUR and 80cents. But still...
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