Meeting Spending thresholds in Israel

[yuneeq]

Isnt square fees equal to almost same as foreign transaction fees?

Pretty much

[shimino1]

The Israeli post office advertises a service on their website that you can swipe your cc and get dollers in cash.
has anyone heard of this or done it? would it go down as a charge or cash transfer? I tried asking on the phone twice and they had no idea what I was talking about

[yuneeq]

Try it with a small amount and let us know what happens.

[shimino1]

Try it with a small amount and let us know what happens.

Right now I don't have any card of my own that I can use for that and I'm reluctent to use a family members

[Drago]

The Israeli post office advertises a service on their website that you can swipe your cc and get dollers in cash.
has anyone heard of this or done it? would it go down as a charge or cash transfer? I tried asking on the phone twice and they had no idea what I was talking about

I assume the FOREX will be steep

[rots5]

I assume the FOREX will be steep

It will prob be a horrible rate too

[shimino1]

It will prob be a horrible rate too

Im not so sure that there would be a forex charge as your card is charged for dollers and the guy on the phone dident think so either, but then again he really dident know what he was talking about

[shimino1]

It will prob be a horrible rate too

Sorry my prev post was about forex.
actually the rate isent that bad if your doing it to meet threshold only like 4-6 agourot of yatzig. most change places take 3-4

[yhakak]

Sorry my prev post was about forex.
actually the rate isent that bad if your doing it to meet threshold only like 4-6 agourot of yatzig. most change places take 3-4

which post office did you go to? that's not bad at all, an extra 2 ag' per dollar...and you're sure the charge is a dollar charge? you won't get hit with another charge by your cc issuer?

[shimino1]

which post office did you go to? that's not bad at all, an extra 2 ag' per dollar...and you're sure the charge is a dollar charge? you won't get hit with another charge by your cc issuer?

I dont know anything yet. im looking for new ways to meet spend thresholds in israel and this service which is addvertized on their website is one idea. Im quite sure that besides for the yatzig decrease there is also some fee for processing this and i dont know yet if it is considerd a charge or a cash fowerd or somthing else. But if this works out it can really be great.

[ItzikJones]

This would be trickier, but if you have any EXTREMELY TRUSTED relatives/friends in the states, you could perhaps add them as an authorized user to your accounts and have them do things here that you can't do in Israel. You'd probably have to give a cut of your points to them because the game can be time consuming, but it'd make it a lot easier to reach spending thresholds.

[shimino1]

This would be trickier, but if you have any EXTREMELY TRUSTED relatives/friends in the states, you could perhaps add them as an authorized user to your accounts and have them do things here that you can't do in Israel. You'd probably have to give a cut of your points to them because the game can be time consuming, but it'd make it a lot easier to reach spending thresholds.

true or if your freind is nice maybe he can do it for free
Or you can trade a card with forex with him for card without forex, this way u spend on each others cards, pay each others stetments and both meet thershold and get points.
make sure u really trust this freind. maybe family member is better.

[yhakak]

I dont know anything yet. im looking for new ways to meet spend thresholds in israel and this service which is addvertized on their website is one idea. Im quite sure that besides for the yatzig decrease there is also some fee for processing this and i dont know yet if it is considerd a charge or a cash fowerd or somthing else. But if this works out it can really be great.

do you have a link to the description of the service?

[rabshi]

The Israeli post office advertises a service on their website that you can swipe your cc and get dollers in cash.
has anyone heard of this or done it? would it go down as a charge or cash transfer? I tried asking on the phone twice and they had no idea what I was talking about

They also advertise that you can buy a reloadable Visa CC in USD.

Did anyone try to load it with a US CC?

[AharonInIsrael]

They also advertise that you can buy a reloadable Visa CC in USD.

Did anyone try to load it with a US CC?

My post office told me no CC