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26 Aug 2006 Sat 05:20 pm |
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Quoting erdinc:
In the UK when I wanted to open a bank account and the bank has given me an appontment to next week and I should come with a few papers and I should see a certain person in a certain branch. I was in shock when I heard this.
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erdinc, sometimes some branches of banks make appointments for things like opening accounts, mortgage advice, loan advice etc but other branches have advisors who can help you there and then. i have walked into one branch of my bank and asked about opening a student account (bearing in mind i already have a normal account with them) and was told i had to make an appointment for the following week but when i walked into a bigger branch of the same bank somewhere else on the same day, i was seen straight away!
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26 Aug 2006 Sat 06:33 pm |
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If you are in the UK and have a phone with inclusive minutes you can use a company called Your Call (www.yourcallworld.com) to phone Turkey for free. The access number is a UK mobile number and then you dial the Turkish number. It works with Orange, T-mobile and Virgin to landlines and mobiles and O2 to landlines. I think vodafone charge. Also my Turkish friend has an English simcard in another phone. I can send free sms to him as part of my inclusive texts but he would be charged if I call him on it.
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26 Aug 2006 Sat 09:03 pm |
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If talking about bank accounts: is it possible for a student like me, goint to Turkey for 5 months with a student visa, to open an USD or EURO account in a bank in Turkey? I need it to get money from Poland without wasting a part of it by changing from USD or EUR into YTL in a bank...
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26 Aug 2006 Sat 09:17 pm |
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Quoting Seticio: If talking about bank accounts: is it possible for a student like me, goint to Turkey for 5 months with a student visa, to open an USD or EURO account in a bank in Turkey? I need it to get money from Poland without wasting a part of it by changing from USD or EUR into YTL in a bank... |
Do you have a bank account with a debit card in Poland? If so, wouldn't it be easier for you to just keep your money in that account, and use the bankamatik in Turkey with your Polish debit card?
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26 Aug 2006 Sat 09:26 pm |
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Maybe easier, but the bank in Turkey will take a charge for every operation of taking out the money, and the USD or EUR courses in banks anre generally lower than in exchange offices. I won't have much money so every euro will be precious for me...
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26 Aug 2006 Sat 09:34 pm |
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Quoting Seticio: Maybe easier, but the bank in Turkey will take a charge for every operation of taking out the money, and the USD or EUR courses in banks anre generally lower than in exchange offices. I won't have much money so every euro will be precious for me... |
I can't advise on this, but you definitely have to find out with your bank. When I used my debit card abroad, my bank charged money for conversions and stuff. Not too much, but you are right, every euro counts.
But it is so different for every country. Just go to your bank and ask them what would be the best thing for you.
And surely there must be Turkish people here who can advise you on this as well.
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26 Aug 2006 Sat 09:38 pm |
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Quote: And surely there must be Turkish people here who can advise you on this as well. |
I hope there are.
Anyway, thank you for advice, Elisa
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26 Aug 2006 Sat 09:49 pm |
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Well, in my case, keeping my Dutch bankaccount will be cheaper than opening a Turkish one: even if you have a Turkish bankaccount that accepts euros/dollars, your parents will have to pay for sending you the money anyway.
If you take out ALL your money at once in the bankomatik, it's cheaper then having your parents to pay for sending the money to your turkish bankaccount plús paying the exchange rates in an office or bank.
I don't know about Poland, but this is how it is for me. Ithink for each country it counts that you have to pay for sending money to an account in a different country.
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26 Aug 2006 Sat 10:26 pm |
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Quoting Deli_kizin:
I don't know about Poland, but this is how it is for me. Ithink for each country it counts that you have to pay for sending money to an account in a different country. |
Within the EU money transfers are free of charge for a while now. But outside the EU those transfers can be very expensive.
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26 Aug 2006 Sat 10:30 pm |
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Quoting Elisa: Quoting Deli_kizin:
I don't know about Poland, but this is how it is for me. Ithink for each country it counts that you have to pay for sending money to an account in a different country. |
Within the EU money transfers are free of charge for a while now. But outside the EU those transfers can be very expensive. |
Ohh, well the last time we sent it via a bank-account to Turkey, we had to pay. And it took long. Now we always use Western Union. but that's not a good idea for Seticio and me, as it's expensive and you can't have such amounts of money (we paid 40 euros to send kadir 750 euros) just to send money each month!
But I guess Turkey is not in the zone of EU transfers yet, right?
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26 Aug 2006 Sat 10:42 pm |
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Quoting Deli_kizin: But I guess Turkey is not in the zone of EU transfers yet, right? |
No..
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