best place to exchange USD > CAD

[Thor Jr]

Well i did have it in my best interest to follow your advice, but i was in Laval and calforex is downtown, and have you seen the weather lately? It would cost me more in gas and aggravation to drive downtown today. Ill go to the casino tomorrow, i was going there anyway. im sure ill get a better rate there. Thank EB for all your wonderful wisdom.

Hey EB, every time i read your posts i cant help but think of Archie Bunker....:lol: Anyone else get that vibe?



Thor Jr

 

[EagerBeaver]

Hey EB, every time i read your posts i cant help but think of Archie Bunker....:lol: Anyone else get that vibe?
Thor Jr

Actually Archie Bunker is the kind of guy who would think that the United States and Canada are just one country for banking purposes. Like someone else we know.

NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[pokerpro]

So, i went to the bank to day and asked for the rate and the teller tells me 1.41, i said ok, transfer this amount from my US account to my Canadian account, so asks if i want a receipt, i said yes, i look at the receipt and it shows the amount it didn't seem right and i looked at the exchange rate and it says 1.35, i say, um did the rates change since 2 minutes ago, i showed her the rate and she said oh well its how it works, she turned the screen towards me and punches a few keys and what i saw was 1.41889, i said ok, so this is the problem, she says i don't understand,

There is always two rates, different depending if you are buying or selling. She was confused and told you the wrong rate at the first time.

For example, let's say you call an agency and ask for a skinny girl . The booker has two girls, one is 100 pds and the other one is 125 pds.
The heavier one is 25% more heavy (125 divided by 100 =1.25).
The smallest one is 20% lighter (100 divided by 125=0.80).

That's why we see rates, for example like this :

1 US dollar= 1,25 Can dollar
1 Can dollar= 80 cents US

 

[Rusty Staub]

LOL
I've done it last week with US money i've won in Vegas last summer !
A few years ago there was a National Bank counter Inside the casino where you could sell your US dollar to get canadian dollar and you could also with canadian money buy american currency.

Now they do it only one way, you go to the cashier's cage and convert your us money for canadian. They will not sell you US currency though.

Thanks for clarification

I usually make the casino my last stop before driving back to States and am looking to convert from CAD > USD (assuming I have not gambled it away)

As you stated they stopped offering this service when the bank left the casino

 

[Famous Blue Raincoat]

Sharif Exchange on Cote-Vertu just beside highway 15. Usually you pay 0.01 to 0.015 more
Example to buy USD at 1.3849 you will pay 1.395.
Example to sell USD at 1.3849 you will receive 1.37.
No other fee and you could get the rate on there website
http://www.sharifexchange.ca/

Of course it's always a question of distance, time and gaz but for me it's on my way to work.