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Al G
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
... where using dollars is being generous to our Baja amigos:
If you use dollars, then you automatically give everyone you buy from a tip. It is really easy to convert 10:1 but not so at 10.7 or?:1 (without a
calculator).
If you are counting your pennies that closely, maybe taking a vacation isn't going to be fun?
Baja gives us so much, why not give just a little extra back?
Just another way to look at a situation!
[Edited on 9-23-2006 by David K] |
I totally agree David, well almost.
I just think it is easier to use Pasos especially at Mercado's and I give the change to the small person bagging. (most times more) I also tip 20%
where ever I am.
[Edited on 9-23-2006 by Al G]
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Al G
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
In addition to using pesos, I think if you use credit cards (VISA or Mastercard) you get the official current day's exchange rate
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Not the day of POS, but the day of POST to your account.
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Pappy Jon
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I guess I'm a lazy butt. I buy my pesos online from my bank. The exchange rate sucks, but they are delivered to my house the next day. Not having to
stop on the way down is good, especially since I'm hardly near ATM's, and don't know where they are anyways.
As far as paying ... I always pay in Pesos, but I carry dollars too. I always pay in pesos for gas, beer, food ... but t-shirts seem to be priced in
dollars (Museo in BOLA, and Coco's).
I also get my car insurance online before I leave. Once I'm in Baja, I don't want to conduct business. If I could get my tourist card before hand, I
would.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Al G
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
... where using dollars is being generous to our Baja amigos:
If you use dollars, then you automatically give everyone you buy from a tip. It is really easy to convert 10:1 but not so at 10.7 or?:1 (without a
calculator).
If you are counting your pennies that closely, maybe taking a vacation isn't going to be fun?
Baja gives us so much, why not give just a little extra back?
Just another way to look at a situation!
[Edited on 9-23-2006 by David K] |
I totally agree David, well almost.
I just think it is easier to use Pasos especially at Mercado's and I give the change to the small person bagging. (most times more) I also tip 20%
where ever I am.
[Edited on 9-23-2006 by Al G] |
I agree with you Al, and most here in that it is far easier to use pesos when in Mexico... My post above was intended for those tourists (visitors)
who haven't got pesos or wondeing if dollars will be accepted (they will, everywhere)...
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Al G
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DK ...I understand now. This will not apply to people who rarely cross, I would like to give my routine as it could apply to rookies like me. I always
returned to the states with my commitment money. Mil to Quince Cien Pasos. also I exchange dollars every Wednesday(Bank) as that has proved the least
busy day. I get all dos Cien or Cien Pasos and Quince of the blue ones for tipping. I always remembered the color blue for tipping, Veinte Paso, and
it keeps me from getting crazy when I first started. I guess I should have used English, but even first timers must learn this to get started.
Really not on subject, but maybe of help to the person who has not been through it before. I know it confused the **** out of me.
[Edited on 9-25-2006 by Al G]
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Barry A.
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Pappy Jon----
---I am late to this thread, and perhaps it has been covered already, but you can go to any major bank as you pass thru towns and use their ATM for
your pesos, getting a very favorable exchange rate-----at least that is the way I do it for ALL my pesos.
If you belong to a "club", such as DISCOVER BAJA, you CAN get our tourist permits from them, but you still have to technically have them validated at
the border----takes just a few mins.
This is just the way I do it------probably are better ways.
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Diver
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Use atm's and bring more than 1 card if you can.
Keep the extra card in a very safe place.
Check with your ATM company to check/raise your ATM limit.
I had one refused one time but the other worked fine.
I remembered the correct password the next day 
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wilderone
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I really surprised at these answers. If he's going to campgrounds, he will be charged in dollars. Unless you have your own calculator and can do the
math yourself to pay in dollars (the exchange rate is usually posted), pay for gas in pesos, because the computation with their calculators can be
wrong. Try to have nearly accurate payment in pesos as well. They're a little slow in bringing me change sometimes, I think they're hoping that I'll
just leave without it. I'll give them a $20 for $17.65 charge for gas, and they'll take it and shrug and say "ok". "Mi cambio por favor" and they
run around like they've never seen a $20 bill before. I've never had a problem in grocery stores paying in dollars and having them do the conversion
calculation. I even get centavos back in change. Hide a good portion of your cash, and only keep the amount of cash you think you'll use that day on
you.
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Barry A.
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wilderone-----
I NEVER use dollars in Mexico----only pesos. It just gets to confusing for my feeble mind to do otherwise. Never have had any problems.
But yes, I do carry dollars, and in small bills, for some sort of emergency, and I keep them well hidden, (I hope) but I have NEVER used them in all
the years.
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Barry A.
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LIBERAL?????----THAT WILL BE THE DAY----------
| Quote: | Originally posted by lencho
| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
I NEVER use dollars in Mexico----only pesos. |
What are you, a liberal or something?
Question: has anybody run into a situation in Mexico where Pesos were NOT accepted (ie Dollars demanded)?
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longlegsinlapaz
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Lencho....you....you....you...babe in the woods RENTER (lo siento....that's not really a dirty word!) you!  If you had a Fideicomiso, you'd know that all the banks quote &require payment of all the bank fees in USD, while
that same bank quotes all the non-bank agencies associated costs in pesos. The annual bank renewal fees are also quoted & due in USD. I've asked
two different banks about the legality of that since the peso is the legal tender...and basically the answer was "that's just the way it's done!"
One DID try telling me that it's strictly a gringo document, so it's payable in USD, but I wasn't buying that! From just the little time I've spend
passing through Ensenada, from all the signs that I can read...I'd say that English must be Ensenada's national language & USD is most likely the
legal tender that far North, but a fideicomiso is the only thing that I've experienced being told I HAD to pay in USD this far south.
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comitan
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LLLP
They quote in dollars but I've always paid in pesos.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
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