[Idyllchat] Deruta ceramics

[Russell Crum]

Frank,

We were in Deruta but I cannot comment on the best place or way to  
purchase Majorica ceramics. The whole place seemed to be crawling  
with ceramics places so someone more knowledgeable will have to  
address that question.

On the ATM use, I can comment. In general, I have found that I could  
withdraw my 24 hour limit from an ATM machine in Europe. As I recall,  
my limit is $500 or $600 per 24 hours. I have encountered ATMs that  
had a lower limit. I recall one instance where the limit was about  
$200 USD equivalent. I simply made two consecutive withdrawals and  
that worked. Since I do not have any ATM fee use on my card, that was  
no problem for me to do. You will have to query the financial  
institution that issued your ATM card as to their fees on  
international use. I have never been charged a fee by a local bank  
either in Europe. BTW, don't forget to inform your bank when you will  
be out of the country and where. Otherwise, you could find your card  
not working because of "suspicious" activity on it.

Every time I have observed the exchange rate at any of the currency  
exchange places their exchange rates were not nearly as favorable as  
I got using ATMs. When we were on our Untour in Umbria two years ago,  
ATMs were easy to find. As I recall, the shopping center where you  
will likely end up buying a lot of your groceries has an ATM machine.


Russ Crum


On Apr 23, 2008, at 19:06 , Frank wrote:

> We will be going to Umbria in May.  We will be visiting Deruta to  
> buy some pottery and would like some recommendations where to  
> purchase authentic majorlica
>
> Ceramics.  Do we go to the larger factories or the smaller shops?   
> If we pay cash, can we trust that they will indeed mail the  
> products to us?
>
> Also, speaking again about bancomats in Europe.  If I increase my  
> ATM debit card cash withdrawal limit here in the U.S., will  
> European machines honor this limit?
>
> I’ve been told that they may only allow me to withdraw up to 250  
> Euros per transaction or per day regardless of my limit here.  Is  
> this true or not?
>
> What is the average ATM service fee in Europe?  Am I correct in  
> assuming that a cambio won’t give me a favorable exchange rate?   
> Any suggestions would be
>
> Greatly appreciated.
>
>                              Thanks,
>
>                                Frank
>
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