Once Again BANCOMER Is Playing Games
COSTCO Mexico uses Bancomer. Today I made a purchase using my VISA then after going home verified the purchase. The store had a large sign near the cash registers TIPO de CAMBIO 19.55 My purchase a...
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Live, learn and navigate around the shoals.
It wasn't THAT long ago that traveling in Mexico meant cash or traveler's checks and spending the day around visiting the bank during severely restricted morning hours to exchange dollars or checks for pesos.
Drive 30 miles, rush to a rural Bank of Mexico
"I am very sorry but we have run out of dollars"
Keep it in perspective
Share experiences with fellow travelers.
For my purposes, BanaMex plays fewer games than other banks. I checked the HSBC tipo de cambio last week and the exchange rate was one point two pesos lower than BanaMex. BUT BUT BUT! A full ten thousand pesos was the limit per single ATM cycle. Like Pemex gasolineras having the lowest price per liter but the highest dispenser "error" Love it wotta hoot.
It wasn't THAT long ago that traveling in Mexico meant cash or traveler's checks and spending the day around visiting the bank during severely restricted morning hours to exchange dollars or checks for pesos.
Drive 30 miles, rush to a rural Bank of Mexico
"I am very sorry but we have run out of dollars"
Keep it in perspective
Share experiences with fellow travelers.
For my purposes, BanaMex plays fewer games than other banks. I checked the HSBC tipo de cambio last week and the exchange rate was one point two pesos lower than BanaMex. BUT BUT BUT! A full ten thousand pesos was the limit per single ATM cycle. Like Pemex gasolineras having the lowest price per liter but the highest dispenser "error" Love it wotta hoot.
