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The Currency Club

Has anyone used this organisation for holiday currency?

It's not mentioned on TravelMoneyMax, but seems to have comparable rates to most of the London Exchanges (slightly less than the Clarity card, but i don't want to use that) and seems to have good ratings on Trust Pilot

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  • indiasign
    indiasign Posts: 77 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Bump

    Anyone?
  • PeteDoff
    PeteDoff Posts: 428 Forumite
    edited 4 June 2014 at 6:28AM
    But their rates are crap.

    If you're in Europe (See T&C) a Metro Bank account means FREE withdrawals and spending with the full Mastercard rate.

    For spending (not withdrawals) Kalixa Pay (Pre-paid Mastercard) means free debit card loading, no spending fees. Got 1.23 £ to Euro today. Currency club quoting 1GBP = 1.1834 EUR for same amount. Why would I want to pay more to your people? I'm not a d**n charity!

    PS. Kalixa Masterxcard free with this link. http://affiliate.kalixa.com/uk/moneysupermarket/prepaid

    (Other cards are available)
    Turning left avoids some of the idiots (only some)
  • Have you had a look on Google Street view at their registered address?

    Barge pole comes to mind?
  • DTDfanBoy
    DTDfanBoy Posts: 1,704 Forumite
    edited 4 June 2014 at 12:39PM
    Here's a link to an older MSE thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2953624


    I generally try to avoid doing business with any company who creates fictional characters in order to defend/promote their company on MSE
  • indiasign
    indiasign Posts: 77 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Thanks for the replies -

    PeteDoff, on the day I checked their site, their rates were comparable to the other foreign exchanges recommended on Travel Money Maximiser - I haven't looked since. As i said in my OP, I don't want to use a card as i prefer to use cash - just a personal thing

    OTB - Never occurred to me to Street View their address, so thanks for that

    DTD - thanks for the link to the previous thread - I agree the glowing posts do look a little suspect to say the least, so i think I'll steer clear
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