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Thai currency needed (for Polish zloty)

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hinduwarsaw	Sep 6, 11, 09:18 #1
hi i want to buy Thai currency (Batt) because i am travelling.. i dont want to buy from kantor and pay commission if someone have then i can give him polish zt and buy thai batt. thanks

gumishuThreads: 17 Posts: 3,943 Joined: Apr 6, 09 ♂	Sep 6, 11, 10:11 #2
here are some offices you can perhaps buy baht at http://www.multichange.pl/main.php?id=1

emhaThreads: - Posts: 180 Joined: Nov 24, 10 ♂	Sep 6, 11, 10:17 #3
i dont want to buy from kantor and pay commission gumishu :) wake up

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Edited by: gumishu Sep 6, 11, 10:22 #4

i dont want to buy from kantor and pay commission

gumishu :) wake up

a sorry - :)

btw there is no such things as commission in the Polish kantors that I know - they only earn on the currency rate spreads - completely different in the west - there you have some going buying and selling rates (which are usually far from as advantageous as in Poland) and on top of that you have a commission - if you buy/sell smaller amounts of money the commission will take a big chunk out of the already not-so-good rate

well maybe things have changed recently but I remember exchanging money was always better to be performed in Poland no matter if you were travelling in or out

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Sep 6, 11, 20:58 #5

well maybe things have changed recently but I remember exchanging money was always better to be performed in Poland no matter if you were travelling in or out

You're right, if it's a major currency or very close to the border of another country. But I've found the Polish kantors are pretty horrible when it comes to anything that isn't Euro/Pound/Franc/Dollar - could be because they simply can't get rid of it for a profit. The spread is usually massive on other currencies - for instance, Ukrainian Hryvina gets exchanged with around a 15gr spread on every 100 everywhere except on the border.

gumishuThreads: 17 Posts: 3,943 Joined: Apr 6, 09 ♂	Sep 6, 11, 22:00 #6
krainian Hryvina gets exchanged with around a 15gr spread on every 100 everywhere except on the border. didn't know that - the prices of Czech or Slovak korunas were pretty reasonable in the times I used to visit kantors (oh ok there are no Slovak korunas anymore)

sobieskiThreads: 82 Posts: 1,143 Joined: Jun 1, 08 ♂	Sep 6, 11, 22:13 #7
Would they be cheaper as compared to ATM as well? Where I come from - Flanders - kantors are definitely the last option.

gumishuThreads: 17 Posts: 3,943 Joined: Apr 6, 09 ♂	Edited by: gumishu Sep 6, 11, 22:24 #8
Would they be cheaper as compared to ATM as well? Where I come from - Flanders - kantors are definitely the last option. I was in Italy before the introduction of euro and some people brought their ATM cards with them - as far as I can remember the rate sucked big time (I had my liras bought in Poland) I don't know about now

warszawskiThreads: 60 Posts: 2,389 Joined: May 21, 10 ♂	Edited by: warszawski Sep 6, 11, 23:21 #9
for instance, Ukrainian Hryvina gets exchanged with around a 15gr spread on every 100 everywhere except on the border. I also found it was much better to exchange PLN/Euro for Hryvina in Ukraine directly. Hinduwarsaw, there are plenty of no commission Kantors in Bangkok.

hinduwarsaw	Sep 7, 11, 01:06 #10
warszawski thanks warszawski ...........

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