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Remember? & euro then semi-colon<BR>&euro; &euro;

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THANK YOU TEACHER!!!!<BR>&euro;

I think you've got the right answers about the conversion from USD to euro. As of today, if you buy euro it's $1=1.02 euro meaning you will be getting $.02 less per every dollar you sell. Therefore, converting $1,000.00 will net you 980 euro.

<BR><BR>Pardon me, but I think the waiter mixed up these dishes. Do those fish eggs belong to you?<BR><BR>No, I believe they're euro.

If I took $50.00 from you, will you promise not to call the cops.<BR>Or how about writing me a check and sending it to me??<BR>If you lost 40 bucks down a grillwork on the sidewalk, I bet you would be jumping and down screaming.<BR>And I dare you to tell me you would not.<BR>

Skippy<BR>once again you made me laugh out loud.<BR>I love you

To XXX: you're wrong. The US$ is stronger. At 0.98, USD1000 will get you EUR1020. USD amt/(euro rate)= what you will get in euro.

If American Express will only give you 950 euro for us $1000 they are charging you US $70. That seems quite high to me. Excnage rate today at 1.02 Euro <BR>US 1000 = Euro 1020<BR>AMEX 950<BR>Diff 70.<BR>

Can we just mature here or what !!<BR>I mean lets be serious for crying out loud - this place can be worse than a kindergarden school !!<BR>First of all the initial question is very silly (nice way of saying very very stupid) and the person who wrote it is obviously not very intelligent! (nice way of saying thick) Todd, 1/Don't go to American Express to change yr money in the first place! 2/ Change yr Dollars in Europe ! 3/When you get here, you will find out exactly how far you'll get on 1000 Euros !! I mean, grow up for God's sake, what do you expect us to tell u?? That u can by 2 t-shirts, 25 good meals, stay 2 nights in a 3-star hotel and get pissed twice !!!

Bunch: Who said I was buying Euro at American Express. What is wrong with the question? Just comparing. The question wasn't how much I can buy it was how many euro's I can expect for $1000. Thanks for the great answers. Now for Sheila, XX,XXX,Bunch: Go F- - - yourself.

ToddT<BR>You go F yourself! you ask a stupid question, and then insult the people who answer? F you!

Todd really did not say he bought the euro at Amex. He only enquired. That's what I did also. I wanted to get an approximate idea of how many euro to the dollar and asked Amex. <BR><BR>As to a hefty fee at American Express as has been suggested being the supposed cause of the diff. between $ to euro, American Express is a flat fee of $5.00 per transaction. <BR><BR>Those comments towards Todd were really uncalled for.

With respect Todd, your exact question was<BR><BR>"Does anyone know as of today or so what $1000.00 will buy in a Euro country".<BR><BR>If what you meant was, as the header said "How many Euros will $1,000 buy" then I apologise for laughing. However, presumably, you can see the difference.

Sheila: The Header read "How many euro for $1000" and I also apologise because in the paragraph it did say "what $1000 will buy in a Euro Country" I must admit it wasn't worded properly.

Frankly, Todd, I don't think you have written anything that requires an apology. There are, on the other hand, quite a few vulgar comments above that are as as ill-mannered as they are ignorant. Unfortunately the authors of those comments lack the decency to apologize; they think they did something cute. Notice that all of them hide behind the cloak of anonymity.<BR>That bespeaks as much to cowardice as it does to anything else.<BR><BR>That terminology you used is often employed in international economics classes as a colloquial means of expression when comparing buying power between economies.<BR>The assumption always is that the US currency is a benchmark subject to daily exchange rate fluctuations.<BR>But when an American firm must pay its employees overseas from the home office, the ultimate benchmark of cost is in US dollars.<BR>What will it cost the firm in terms of its taxable income, which is measured in dollars, to meet the overseas payroll and expenses? I know, some firms run different accounting systems and incorporate overseas, but the fiscal reports to the stockholders are bottomlined in dollars and all costs ultimately come down to that unit of measure. (If an overseas branch is losing money, you can be assured that the bills are paid by dollars flowing out of the USA!!)<BR>So it is common to ask: What will our $1,000, or $1,000,000 buy us in country Y? In which nation is it cheaper to do business? <BR><BR>And strategies for hedging expenses by doing futures trading in various currencies is a major undertaking.<BR>(If someone had foreseen the decline in the dollar, and had traded for piles of euros when the exchange rate was about 88 cents US for 1 euro, he or she could have made about 12 to 14% --if the timing was right.)<BR>The euro has been a levelling device, a unit of commonality, that did not exist a few months ago, but the chief fiscal officer in a firm based USA side is always asking for costs in dollars or dollar equivalent figures.<BR>So the question is legit: What will $xx buy in country Y? <BR> <BR>Don't apologize for something that is legit, and makes sense to those of us who know what you mean.<BR><BR>One thing about this board, ignorance of the subject is no restraint!!<BR>And insulting people is the norm. <BR>Interesting that we get angry when foreigners insult us, but the insulters think it is ok to do what they do to anyone. And if someone retaliates, the onus is somehow not on the insulter but on the insultee. Mutual respect is a thing of the past in the USA, and potshot insults are somehow regarded as funny even though the target is a legitimate questioner.<BR> <BR>

Can we ever stick to the question at hand here? As others have mentioned, we stray from the question and go into these ridiculous makeshift stories. It's fun in its own section, but not in someone's path for "real" questions and answers. This is a travel website, not a place for someone to let out his or her desire to be a writer, comedienne, or "lack thereof"! AS FOR THE EURO QUESTION. This morning I called the AMEX office and they are offering about 100 Euro for 108.00 U.S., but that is including their 4.00 fee. It is just about even right now. Not good for the dollar, but good for calculating costs more easily in Europe!

I went back to read some of the other posts. Are you all sick? This is a travel site where people ask travel related questions. No questions is stupid - just you idiots that reply what ever you want about what ever you want to. We don't really give 2 hoots if you're fat, small, big, well endowed, or otherwise. I speak for myself only, but I am on this site to discuss travel. I think the personality problems and sex addiction site are at a different location. I hope you find out where and fast, because you are all useless on this site! Now why don't you all travel your asses off of here!