Why can't I by Euros?

Flyboy152

Gavin83 wrote: »

You still need a form of photo identification to enter Ireland although it doesn't necessarily have to be a passport.

Not always. There is no fence stretching across the southern border of the six counties

gordikin

Gavin83 wrote: »

You still need a form of photo identification to enter Ireland although it doesn't necessarily have to be a passport.

I've been to Ireland numerous times and never been asked to produce photo ID.

Gavin83

I've always been asked to produce ID but then again I've only ever travelled by plane, maybe it's different if you go by boat or go direct from NI.

gordikin

That's the airline requiring photo ID...it's not a requirement by Ireland

paddyrg

Flyboy152 wrote: »

It is nothing to do with money laundering as there is no logical reason why it would prevent money laundering, seeing as I can withdraw cash in front of the counter and pay with that. Or, I can walk in with a thousand pounds in cash and get any foreign curency straightaway, without having to declare the source of the money. All I wanted was seventy-five pounds worth of Euros, hardly Al Capone level of criminality, was it.

It may be more to do with cash/currency advance fees - if you withdraw in EUR it may be treated as a currency advance, so have a different interest and charges position than if you withdraw GBP and exchange the cash.

s_b

is money not covered under the sale of goods act then?
amazed flyboy hasnt got an answer for this one
hes got an answer for every motor trader in england:D

antrobus

Why can't I by Euros?

Dunno really, but M&S appear to have a similar set of rules;

A valid passport, full english language driving licence, EU national identity card or UK Armed Forces ID card is required if you are purchasing Travel Money using a credit/debit card including your M&S Card through the Bureau de Change in M&S stores. We also check ID for some cash payments, so bring something with you, just in case.

It probably is some kind of new-fangled anti-money-laundering rule.

pmduk

gordikin wrote: »

That's the airline requiring photo ID...it's not a requirement by Ireland

some airlines will refuse to allow you to travel on domestic routes without photo ID.

pmduk

The Post Office possibly did you a favour. Many debit cards levy a fee if you buy foreign currency using a debit card

asbokid

Flyboy152 wrote: »

Indeed, I offered this and they had to call head office to check if it was acceptable. All they came back with was that only a driving licence or passport was acceptable. I asked, "what if I don't drive and have no need for a passport." I was then rather smugly told, "you would need a passport to go abroad to spend the money." I responded with, "it is not for me, it is for my son, who has a passport." Silence and staring into space was the reply.

The laws on money laundering are a sick joke. The rules only target the little man who earns a few quid on the side.

Meanwhile, the real rogues - international financiers who salt away their dirty money by the *billions* - are untouchable by the rules.

Look at the activities of George Soros, for example. Look at his control of the trillion dollar Quantum Fund in the highly secretive tax havens of the Antilles and the Cayman Islands. Much, perhaps most, of the money laundered through the Fund is the proceeds of the international drug trade. In the past, Soros has claimed that he doesn't even know the identities of the fund's investors.

Now that is REAL money laundering!!

http://www.questionsquestions.net/docs04/engdahl-soros.html