[Idyllchat] Currency Conversion Lawsuit against credit cardcompanies

[Vance Roy]

 From my perspective here in CH, I see a world of difference between  
USA Lawyers and those here. The adversarial nature of legal  
proceedings is less pronounced here. A good example to me is divorce.  
Divorce rates here are as those in the USA. The "who gets the dog"  
mentality is not tolerated by the courts. There are well defined  
rules that both parties must go by, and the issue of "fault" is not  
addressed. One does not see ads for legal services in any medium.  
Lawyers are very low profile and for the most part do things other  
than trial law. There are laws that cover most torts, and the courts  
rarely change them. This novelty may be one reason why USA lawyer TV  
shows are so popular here.

I agree that currency exchange within the average tourist's range is  
like one driving 20 miles to save two cents a gallon for gasoline.

On 8. Dez 2007, at 15:29, <cstaehr at verizon.net> <cstaehr at verizon.net>  
wrote:

> Unless foreign charges were huge, isn't this kind of a ridiculous  
> discussion? Get outside and enjoy the Christmas season! And I don't  
> agree that "Europeans know better how to deal with lawyers."  They  
> have the same love/hate relationship with them as the rest of the  
> world, depending upon which side of the fence you are on.
>

Vance Roy
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