One hundred and ten US dollars.
I'm such a moron! I need $50us dollars to send away with the application for the Tanzania visa so I went to the bank to do this & my conversation with the bank teller (BT) went something like this:
Me: "Hi, do you do foreign exchange here? I need $50 US dollars."
BT: "well it's going to cost you $7 to get the money changed so you can change up to $600 for the same fee"
Me: "Ok, I might as well, how much can I get?" (considering I need $1000's I didn't think they'd keep that much at a local branch.)
BT: "Oh, we only have $110US dollars here"
Me: "Ok, I might as well get it all then..."
BT: Does his thing & brings out the money which happens to be 1 x $100 dollar note & 2 x $5 dollar notes.
Me: "Oh, Don't you have any other denominations?
BT: "No this is all we have"
Me: "Can I cancel the transaction as I this is useless to me at the moment? I need the exact money to send away for a visa application."
BT: "No the transaction has already gone through."
Fantastic!! What a bloody waste of time & not to mention my $7. Plus I'm going to have to go to another exchange place & have them charge me another fee to get what I actually need.
I can probably do it tonight before I go to the seminar thing, as I'll be in the city anyway, then get it to the travel agent first thing tomorrow morning so it still makes the courier....
Oh & the exchange rate has dropped 3 cents :o(
Me: "Hi, do you do foreign exchange here? I need $50 US dollars."
BT: "well it's going to cost you $7 to get the money changed so you can change up to $600 for the same fee"
Me: "Ok, I might as well, how much can I get?" (considering I need $1000's I didn't think they'd keep that much at a local branch.)
BT: "Oh, we only have $110US dollars here"
Me: "Ok, I might as well get it all then..."
BT: Does his thing & brings out the money which happens to be 1 x $100 dollar note & 2 x $5 dollar notes.
Me: "Oh, Don't you have any other denominations?
BT: "No this is all we have"
Me: "Can I cancel the transaction as I this is useless to me at the moment? I need the exact money to send away for a visa application."
BT: "No the transaction has already gone through."
Fantastic!! What a bloody waste of time & not to mention my $7. Plus I'm going to have to go to another exchange place & have them charge me another fee to get what I actually need.
I can probably do it tonight before I go to the seminar thing, as I'll be in the city anyway, then get it to the travel agent first thing tomorrow morning so it still makes the courier....
Oh & the exchange rate has dropped 3 cents :o(
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