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Where's a good place to buy ISK?

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CCP Stillman
C C P
C C P Alliance
#41 - 2012-03-21 23:50:20 UTC
Ciar Meara wrote:
CCP Stillman wrote:
Check with your bank if there's any fee for using your credit card abroad and what the exchange rate is like.

My Danish VISA card has no fees involved with a transaction in Iceland, and the exchange rate is very decent. And in Iceland, there's no places that doesn't take credit card. Even the pizza delivery boy takes credit card. In fact, they very much prefer that you use card.


This I noticed when visiting iceland, they use a crazy amount of credit cards for everything from a slice of pizza to a can of coke.

It really takes the edge of, if I wanted currency I just withdrew the amount I wanted from kiosks using my bank card but I am from Europe and didn't have any costs associated with that.

Yep. You can buy the cheapest thing ever and pay by card, and the cashier won't care.

Just a random dude in Team Security.
DarthNefarius
Minmatar Heavy Industries
#42 - 2012-03-22 04:26:52 UTC
Acac Sunflyier wrote:
DarthNefarius wrote:
Acac Sunflyier wrote:
PLEX is the best way.


Do NOT buy ISK from the shadowy web bots known as GOON / Russians I hear its often a scam,bannable, ill gotten, and if you get caught they'll lock you up as a suspicious character when reported...


Did you know that the short name for Icelandic krona is isk?


sure it is next thing you'lll tell me a pound sterling in UK is not a pound of sterling silver or rubies are not used as currency in India 
An' then Chicken@little.com, he come scramblin outta the    Terminal room screaming "The system's crashing! The system's    crashing!" -Uncle RAMus, 'Tales for Cyberpsychotic Children'
Tarryn Nightstorm
Hellstar Towing and Recovery
#43 - 2012-03-22 07:52:57 UTC
Lyris Nairn wrote:
Tarryn Nightstorm wrote:
Magnus Orin wrote:
Just convert it to Canadian, you'll be fine.



^^^This^^^

Our plan for world domination proceeds apace. Eh.

I've been to Canada, and I have seen what your conquest entails. The new world order will be very clean, and it will have efficient public transport.


And free healthcare, mustn't forget that.

Star Wars: the Old Republic may not be EVE. But I'll take the sound of dual blaster-pistols over "NURVV CLAOKING NAOW!!!11oneone!!" any day of the week.
Nnamuachs
Kiith Paktu
Reeloaded.
#44 - 2012-03-22 09:53:30 UTC
Azriel Geist wrote:
Skorpynekomimi wrote:
Just use an ATM. If your bank is any good at all*, you can use your cards anywhere.
Plus, y'know, everywhere takes plastic these days.

* No accounting for american banks being stuck in the dark ages.


Aren't those the same organizations that run your banks? :P

Seriously, though, the most dark age banking system in the first world I've seen is Japan circa 2006. I'm going back to Tokyo later this year, hopefully it's improved.


Depending on what you're referring to, arguably it hasn't. I ventured through Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka at the end of last year and odds were about 50/50 for places taking credit cards. Additionally, for some weird reason it was harder to find ATM's that took Mastercards than it was for ATM's that took VISAs
Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
#45 - 2012-03-22 10:39:48 UTC  |  Edited by: Vaerah Vahrokha
Nnamuachs wrote:
Azriel Geist wrote:
Skorpynekomimi wrote:
Just use an ATM. If your bank is any good at all*, you can use your cards anywhere.
Plus, y'know, everywhere takes plastic these days.

* No accounting for american banks being stuck in the dark ages.


Aren't those the same organizations that run your banks? :P

Seriously, though, the most dark age banking system in the first world I've seen is Japan circa 2006. I'm going back to Tokyo later this year, hopefully it's improved.


Depending on what you're referring to, arguably it hasn't. I ventured through Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka at the end of last year and odds were about 50/50 for places taking credit cards. Additionally, for some weird reason it was harder to find ATM's that took Mastercards than it was for ATM's that took VISAs


Mastercards have always been more problematic at being accepted than VISA. At some point in the past I had to dump my MC because 30% of online services did not accept it.

About costs: in some countries, credit cards are abused with surcharges and state taxes, shop owners see the money only up to 3 months past the electronic transaction, they have to spend a sum for their POS terminal and then pay for rental fee.
Plus the shops circumventing taxes and VAT / using black market hate electronic transactions.

Therefore your credit card coverage will greatly vary by nation.

Edit: also customers may demand to NOT pay with credit card.

We have an influx of rich Russians and zillions of new rich Chinese who refuse to pay with credit card, they prefer carrying bags of money for cash payment. Who knows how they gained that money.

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