Have a great time! Careful about your money.

Post #308,917 by Another Scott 5/19/09 1:14:12 PM Reply	Have a great time! Careful about your money. J and her sister just got back from a trip there. They had a good time, but there were a few problems that tried to spoil it. One example: They got some Euros from an ATM after arriving. (It took a while to find one that worked, but that's another story.) The machine only spit out 50E notes. They went to a restaurant and got a pizza. The bill was less than 20E. They paid with a 50E. The waitress only brought back change for a 20E. They argued, but nothing could be done to change things. So, their pizza dinner cost about $50 more than it should have. :-( Pick-pockets are bad, too. My dad had his wallet lifted from his front pants pocket on a bus to the Vatican... So, keep your wits about you and have a great time! Cheers, Scott.
Post #308,947 by rcareaga 5/19/09 9:46:01 PM Reply	the eurochange scam That is, unfortunately, a common game played upon obvious (or oblivious) Americans. Anecdotes and testimonies are plentiful, and go back years. It probably helps, when paying with a large denomination bill, to make a point of identifying this when it first changes hands. A particularly brazen or contemptuous waitron will likely deny to your face, upon returning with change, that you ever pointed to the "50," but I would guess that the average petty criminal in the serving class will prefer to prey upon the inattentive, as requiring less effort to lie to. cordially,
Post #308,955 by boxley 5/20/09 8:01:01 AM Reply	Yeah, I remember that made my own change on the establishment, quite the ugly american I was too

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