ATM Fees?

[Olman889]

That would be pretty surprising, unless your bank charges you unusually high fees. I assume you paid an ATM fee to get the USD, then you got about 3% less than the official exchange rate at the cambio. My experience is that I get charged a fee on the order of $3. per transaction, and then get within 1% of the official rate on the withdrawal.

Of course, if you're bank is Scotia, they may not charge you the ATM fee. But I've always gotten a better exchange rate from ATMs than from cambios. Not enough to make a big deal out of it certainly.

I have a credit union and didn't receive a fee.
The arm gave me the option of Ja or usd when I withdrew.
I was told by someone there that the cambio pay better.who knows...so thats what I did...