Announcing the Boston GTG Foreign Currency Exchange!
Apr 29th, 2009, 04:58 AM
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Announcing the Boston GTG Foreign Currency Exchange!
Want to avoid waiting at airport ATMs to exchange money? Do you always seem to arrive just after the planeload full of high-schoolers from Kansas who are lined up and taking forever to get their cash? Want to figure out what to do with that pocketful of Pesos or barrelful of Baht that you didn’t have time to exchange when you caught the plane home? Tired of paying exorbitant commissions to airport money changers?
Your worries are over: the Boston GTG announces a foreign currency exchange. This service matches people who have leftover foreign currencies with people who want some foreign cash. There are no commissions or crummy exchange rates – it’s just individual travelers buying/selling foreign money at the current bank exchange rate.
Here’s how it works: Anyone planning to attend the Boston GTG and who wants either to buy or to sell foreign cash should send mail to [email protected]. In the mail, include your name, your e-mail address, and the foreign currency that you want to buy or sell. Be sure to indicate whether you want to buy or to sell.
I'll maintain a list of buyers and sellers, and I’ll notify them when there's a match between a buyer and seller. The buyer and seller can then contact each other and agree to make the exchange at the GTG. At the GTG, I’ll have a list of current bank exchange rates and an abacus, and attorneys will never be far away if they’re needed. It's up to the individuals to make the actual exchange -- I am only the matchmaker. This offer is open only to people who'll be attending the Boston GTG.
So, whether you want to buy a roomful of Rubles or sell a zhitload of Zlotys, the Boston GTG is the place to do it without paying an arm and a leg to the Evil Bankers.
Your worries are over: the Boston GTG announces a foreign currency exchange. This service matches people who have leftover foreign currencies with people who want some foreign cash. There are no commissions or crummy exchange rates – it’s just individual travelers buying/selling foreign money at the current bank exchange rate.
Here’s how it works: Anyone planning to attend the Boston GTG and who wants either to buy or to sell foreign cash should send mail to [email protected]. In the mail, include your name, your e-mail address, and the foreign currency that you want to buy or sell. Be sure to indicate whether you want to buy or to sell.
I'll maintain a list of buyers and sellers, and I’ll notify them when there's a match between a buyer and seller. The buyer and seller can then contact each other and agree to make the exchange at the GTG. At the GTG, I’ll have a list of current bank exchange rates and an abacus, and attorneys will never be far away if they’re needed. It's up to the individuals to make the actual exchange -- I am only the matchmaker. This offer is open only to people who'll be attending the Boston GTG.
So, whether you want to buy a roomful of Rubles or sell a zhitload of Zlotys, the Boston GTG is the place to do it without paying an arm and a leg to the Evil Bankers.
Sep 12th, 2009, 01:57 PM
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iwas pulling out Yen and Singapore dollars for my trip on the way to Boston, and saw how much money I have- English pounds, Lira, Drachmas, Dong, etc. Some long dead I'm sure! But I may sit down and take inventory tonight!
Sep 13th, 2009, 02:19 PM
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Lucy, I have received exactly zero e-mails from people looking to buy or sell. The offer is still open though.
I do have a few Yuan and HK dollars to sell if anyone is looking for them.
(It was worth the effort, just to see Bob's hilarious attempt to spell Czechoslovakian. I actually do have a few old CSSR koruna somewhere from the time I 'visited' Bratislava for a day, and they made you exchange $20 before you went in.)
I do have a few Yuan and HK dollars to sell if anyone is looking for them.
(It was worth the effort, just to see Bob's hilarious attempt to spell Czechoslovakian. I actually do have a few old CSSR koruna somewhere from the time I 'visited' Bratislava for a day, and they made you exchange $20 before you went in.)
