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20-10-2009, 01:33 PM
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| What card to get for online shopping (Japanese Yen) Planning to order some books from Amazon JP / HMV JP. Halifax want 3% for the luxury of buying overseas, Nationwide refuse to give me a debit/visa card even after being with them almost 3 years. I am tempted to go for the post office credit card but not sure if I can get it. As a student I have no fixed income and address :S Not like I don't have the money though... Some pre-paid card looks nice but I couldn't find the actual exchange rate they're charging (apart from USD/Euro). Wondering if there are any other good alternatives. Cheers Arthur Workstation 1: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 3.6Ghz / 4GB DDR2-800 / HD4870 512MB / Antec P180 Workstation 2: Intel Xeon X3350 3.2Ghz / 4GB DDR2-800 / HD4770 512MB / Shuttle SP35P2 HTPC: AMD Athlon X4 620 / 4GB DDR2-1000 Mobile Workstation: Intel Core2Duo T8300 2.4Ghz / 3GB DDR2-667 / (Dell Inspiron 1525) Display (Monitor): DELL Ultrasharp 2709W + DELL Ultrasharp 2001FP Display (Projector): Epson TW-3500 (Latest Model) Speakers: Creative Megaworks THX550 5.1 Headphones: Etymotic hf2 / Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 Pro |
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20-10-2009, 02:39 PM
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| Re: What card to get for online shopping (Japanese Yen) apparently - please check - Royal Mail do a credit card that do not charge you for using it overseas and buying in foreign currencies. I've sent parcels twice in the last week and each time they tried to sell me it. I pretended to look interested  |
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20-10-2009, 05:40 PM
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| Re: What card to get for online shopping (Japanese Yen) I would of though prepay for the simple mind of security.. did the bank justify why they wouldn't issue you a card? .. i find it quite absurd of them! (unless you have a history...) |
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21-10-2009, 04:26 PM
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| Re: What card to get for online shopping (Japanese Yen) Sorry doesn't really answer your question but not only does halifax take a share of your cash but they charge £1.50 for every foreign currency transaction! |
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21-10-2009, 04:29 PM
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| Re: What card to get for online shopping (Japanese Yen) Originally Posted by narz Most Pre-Pay cards have fairly hefty overseas fees, at least my Paypal one does. 
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| Re: What card to get for online shopping (Japanese Yen) Originally Posted by arthurleung
Originally Posted by watercooled Really? Just checked my account after buying a CD from Amazon.co.jp*, and not only is there no percentage increase, but no £1.50 charge either! I'm on Halifax's student account if that makes a difference.
* Whatever you want to order, check places like YesAsia, CDJapan, etc first. Shipping from Amazon.co.jp is exorbitant. |
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