Posts by Drew Reed4

You should open a foreign currency account where you can deposit any currency, and then it just converts into USD or whatever else you pick when you set it up
If you're planning on receiving payments in dollars, I’d suggest going with USD
I believe they charge a $3.50 annual maintenance fee for those accounts, which usually hits on December 31st
I’d recommend looking into Bank of America

How much is that monthly maintenance fee
? I was thinking about opening a foreign currency account at Bank of America for Euros, since the prices on the website where I'll be making deposits are listed in Euros
. Is that monthly service fee charged as a flat rate, like $X per month, or do they just make their money on the exchange rates depending on which currency you're using to buy them???

David Jackson4 said:Opening the account shouldn't cost you a dime. If you're looking to get a debit card to go along with it, you'll just pay the issuance fee at the bank when they hand it to you.
The whole point of the account is to hold various currencies, but the conversion isn't "free" in the way you might be thinking. When you swap one currency for another, they're still going to use the exchange rates—basically selling you one currency at the buy rate and letting you buy the other at the sell rate. Honestly, though, don't sweat it too much because you can just hold multiple currencies in the account at the same time.
I'm not totally sure what you mean by being "obligated to do something." You can only spend what's actually in there; it's not a credit account or anything where you can run a negative balance. So, I guess the short answer is: you can spend exactly what you put in.

How much does that debit card cost?
Is it an extra service or just a standard card?

I’m wondering if there are any fees or obligations involved when I open a foreign currency account.
My understanding is that it functions as a multi-currency account you can use globally, allowing you to hold balances in USD or other currencies like the Euro.
The banks also claim that currency conversion is free of charge.
Anyway, my main question is whether I have any specific requirements to meet, or if I can just deposit funds, spend them, and let the balance sit at zero before depositing again.
Maybe this sounds like a silly question, but I genuinely want to know.
Also, if this thread gets locked, please just send me a private message with an answer.

Can anyone suggest an online casino that doesn't have issues with payouts in the US
that also offers roulette

I have a question regarding online casinos—not sports betting, but specifically online roulette
Generally, when you sign up, they ask for your full name, address, city, and basically everything else
So, I'm wondering, once you fill all that out, what happens next? What am I actually supposed to do (like, do I need to mail physical letters to them or something?

And just so you know, simply booting up Windows 7 demands higher performance, which leaves less headroom for gaming during actual use.
I suppose if you have a high-end rig, everything should be fine.

casualskipper8 said:Who actually pays full price for originals these days?

The days of going to a local video rental shop and paying a few bucks to rent a movie are long gone. Nowadays, for that same amount of change, you can grab a pack of eight blank DVDs and load them up with dozens of movies you grabbed online. 🙂

There is this one company in my town that employs over a thousand people; they do work for the EU and they use pirated Windows software.

It's true, even my high school uses pirated Windows, as do I and all my friends.
like every single tech firm in my city too
you go there and for $33 you get Windows, antivirus, firewalls, and all the other basic programs