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Originally Posted by tunatartare (Post 1383034)

Tom, when the Euro was increasing in value at a very high rate and beating the dollar, it naturally dragged the cost of living in the EU up with it. European salaries were unable to keep up with it and there were many Europeans who were unhappy with the Euro and where it was going.

Your sig sucks, Obviously yOu dont know anything Lolol :rolleyes::D

It's f-ing expensive to live in Europe now. I couldn't move back to England even if I wanted to, especially the area I'm from. Thank you Euro, thank you very much!

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"This is the United States of America, not the United States of Mexico," one e-mail read.

Jeez, whatta moron... The official name for Mexico IS the United States of Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos). Ignoranus.

When I lived in Virginia Beach I got stuck with Canadian coins all the time. I'd try to pass them off ASAP but sometimes they'd be refused. Living in San Diego, you'd think that Mexican coins would show up occasionally. I can't remember the last time I saw one though. It's probably because even in TJ the U.S. dollar prevails. When I took a trip to Rosarito all the prices were in Pesos but every place took dollars. Considering how the exchange rates are for Canada and Mexico I don't think anyone should "swap out" the coins. A Canadian quarter is not equal to a U.S. quarter!

When I worked at SeaWorld we accepted Pesos and Candian Dollars. We also took Francs, Marks, Pounds, Yen, and Australian Dollars. :) I'm sure they probably take Euros now.

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Originally Posted by AlphaSigOU (Post 1383068)

Jeez, whatta moron... The official name for Mexico IS the United States of Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos). Ignoranus.

??? Are you denying that Texas is part of the USA? I hate it when Canadian change infiltrates my pocket, because it's pretty much worthless here. I've used American dollars in Windsor, Canada, but they didn't exchange it...They took it at face value. It's a good deal for them because the US dollar is a little more valuable than the Canadian dollar.

When I was living in Belfast, you couldn't buy things in American dollars. It was pounds or nothing. No Euro's either. When you cross the border from N. Ireland to the Rep. of Ireland, there's tons of these tiny little money exchange spots to get Euro. NI won't take them because the exchange between the pound and the Euro is so low. In border towns that are in the Republic and in Dublin you can use the pound, but in places in the west and south and northwest, it's not as common.

In touristy places like Dublin, you can have things charged/debited as USD, Euro or Pound. It's for their own benefit-- the RO Ireland relies on a lot of tourist revenue, and making the tourist's shopping easy helps them lighten their wallet. Ahh, Celtic Tiger indeed. It was pretty handy actually, but I was so used to carrying pounds. I don't remember if I bought anything in Galway aside from food (I stayed there a few days for my marathon), but I don't think you could do it there. I think in Cork city you can do USD. The less touristy cities are usually a lot nicer, a lot closer to what the country is *really* like, but the money thing is a pain.

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Originally Posted by AlphaSigOU (Post 1383068)

Jeez, whatta moron... The official name for Mexico IS the United States of Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos). Ignoranus.

He said "This is the United States of America..." referring to Dallas, which is part of the U.S. and not part of Mexico.

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Originally Posted by AXiD670 (Post 1382356)

I seem to be the target for Canadian or Bahamian coins. Growing up in FL, I never had a problem w/ a cashier taking the coins from me, b/c a lot of the tourists were Canadian. I never thought anything of it. The only time it was a problem was every once in a while when a vending machine wouldn't take the coins.

Then, about two years ago, while I was still living in Charlotte, I went down to the vending machine at my office building to try to get a soda. I only had the required three quarters, one of which was Canadian. The machine wouldn't take it, so I walked over to the little cafe that was in the bottom of our building and asked the lady if she could exchange it. She looked at it, and said, "This isn't an American coin. I won't take it." I asked her if she was serious. She said she was. I was FURIOUS. I have never in my life been refused to use a Canadian/Bahamian/non-US coin. What pissed me off even more was my other two quarters were still in the machine b/c the machine wouldn't let me hit the coin return button. I was so pissed. I guess if you live in a part of the country where it's common to see other currency, you never think about it, until you go to an area of the country that doesn't see as much tourism and something like this happens.

Yes, I'm still extremely bitter about that lady not exchanging my coin. Her little cafe was a piece of crap, anyways, and they always had roaches in the food. :p

Having worked in retail, I understand the lady's POV. We would not take anything outside of US currency.
And when up North, IIRC dollars are taken at face value which is great for the store as they are worth more than Canada dollars.

I can sort of understand the company's point, at least in the Texas locations. A LOT of Mexican immigrants live in Waco, and we have Pizza Patron here. Of course they're gonna have Mexican pesos on them when they go visit family across the border. Why not offer to take it? It's money.

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Originally Posted by texas*princess (Post 1383167)

He said "This is the United States of America..." referring to Dallas, which is part of the U.S. and not part of Mexico.

Exactly. What the irate e-mailer didn't realize is "The United States of Mexico" is actually the official name for Mexico. Shoulda explained myself better.