Just bring cash!

srsly, if everyone can plan ahead enough to get a was of money and rent a call I'll be the happiest kid in town

srsly, if everyone can plan ahead enough to get a wasd of money and rent a caell I'll be the happiest kid in town

 No, what I have is a COMPLICATION of this; a RARE complication ....

Again, it should have healed within a month; it didn't, and here we are ...

i have 90,000 yen! will get 10,000 more before i leave. got it from Chase bank, fyi.

Brook - that should be enough. Do you have a CC?

You know, I noticed my Emo/Fag points have increased slightly since this news hit ...

Thanks ...

Trust me, it's different for each bank and card. My Mother couldn't use her bank card here, even though she uses the same bank Mosh does

well, i'm just going to bring my BOA card, thn.  i'm sure i'll have better luck than kyle.

The only places my BOA debit card worked at were at Narita, and any Chase bank ATM I came across. (which were few and far between). I tried my card at many, many places. Convenience stores, other banks, etc. So yeah, I am going to have all my yen before I get to Japan this time. Very cool of my mom and her husband, but for my birthday they sent me 20,000 yen. I also have a little bit left over from my last trip. Just need to find a good exchange rate here and go for it, for the rest of the dough.

I think I asked you this Nick but I don't recall the answer. What about the concept of cash back when paying for a purchase somewhere with your debit card? I may have asked you at that store in Akihabara where I bought those two weird/cool Godzilla-like creature toys. Can you get "cash back" when you use your debit card to pay?

Also I FUCKING LOVE not having to worry about tips! Japan is awesome.

EDIT: *Ah shit Lucas, after I wrote all that out I see you were joking about your BOA card hah. Fuck it, I don't feel like deleting it all.

Thank god my mother moved us away from Florida when I was a wee toddler, and I couldn't put up a fight. Otherwise, I'd never go anywhere!!

yeah, it can be tough to tell when i'm joking around.

I think I asked you this Nick but I don't recall the answer. What about the concept of cash back when paying for a purchase somewhere with your debit card? I may have asked you at that store in Akihabara where I bought those two weird/cool Godzilla-like creature toys. Can you get "cash back" when you use your debit card to pay?

I don't think so.

Brook - that should be enough. Do you have a CC?

I do. are they easier to use than debit cards?

i do want to be able to do some shopping too, sooo i think it's better to have a bit extra and not have to worry about scrimping.

You know, I noticed my Emo/Fag points have increased slightly since this news hit ...

Thanks ...

fag!

i have also noticed that my fag points have gone up since i stopped bothering to post in the other forums. i wonder why anyone would even bother.

CC should work in most shops and more and more bars these days, it's when you try to cash advance from ATM's that you can run into trouble.

You'd probably also be on my doorstep, dragging me to the airport yelling either "Nigger" or "Fuck your eyes, bitch; you're coming or it's the cat'o'nine tail for you!".

You wish...

Damn you...

Anything you need from the West Island?

what's my likelihood of finding HSBC ATMs in Tokyo?

any of these places close to you, nick?

http://www.hsbc.co.jp/1/2/hsbc-premier/useful_information

Marunouchi and Ginza are close-ish. Maybe 30 mins by walk and train.

Of course if everyone showed up with an ATM card then that gets multiplied by 6 people + coffee breaks

I'm trying to plan for best, moderate, and worst cases here.

Worst case scenario you'll be able to get money out or borrow some from me. No worries

Worst case scenario you'll be able to get money out or borrow some from me. No worries

worst case scenario is that I somehow get separated from you and everyone else, and then run into a gang of yakuza who demand money from me to show me back to my hotel.

Actually, I do; oddly enough ...

I went to see Dead Prez the other night and I called a bunch of black faggy hipsters Negrodamous's.  Then they said they were royalty and I said, "but purple is the color of royalty, and you're wearing pink."  Fags.

^5

Bank in Austin suck cock. I woke up early today to get started on finding a branch who has foreign currency exchange. I have called Bank of America and Chase locations and they said they do not have the currency on hand - it has to be ordered.

ARGH.

See if they have pesos.

They'll take pesos in Japan, right Nick?

Bank in Austin suck cock. I woke up early today to get started on finding a branch who has foreign currency exchange. I have called Bank of America and Chase locations and they said they do not have the currency on hand - it has to be ordered.

ARGH.

Awesome.  Is there a place in the airport that has currency exchange?  I'll find a place Monday if I can't find a bank that has it.

Yeah, apparently there is a United Heritage Credit Union at the airport that exchanges currency, but I don't like the idea of at the last minute having to hope that they have enough yen on hand. Maybe I will just order some if they can get it to the bank in a couple of days.

Link to United Heritage Credit Union @ Bergstrom. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/austinairport/personal_svcs.htm

I also called the Four Seasons because I heard they have one, and since it's right next door to where I work that would be easy, but they only provide hotel guests with the service.

Check the rate that airports exchange at, normally it's worse than anywhere else