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Offline sylvia & steve

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Greek Financial Crisis
« on: June 30, 2015, 09:28:30 PM »
Hi anyone in Plakias at the moment - can you advise situation regarding money:
Are any of the cash machines working?
Are the shops accepting payment by credit/debit cards or is it strictly cash only?
We are arriving on Friday night and need to plan our finances!

Many thanks

Sylvia

Offline Steve Jones

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Re: Greek Financial Crisis
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2015, 11:51:34 PM »
I would recommend that you take plenty of cash with you. At present you can't rely on getting any money out of the ATM's and there is a chance that cards might not be accepted at short notice.

Have a great time and please spend your cash with the locals. If there is a time that they need visitors it certainly is now!

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Re: Greek Financial Crisis
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2015, 02:29:26 PM »
Crisis? What crisis?

Offline Barny

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Re: Greek Financial Crisis
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2015, 02:53:23 PM »
I just have to work out the beer money, that's the difficult bit.
Fancy a Mythos?

Offline John R

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Re: Greek Financial Crisis
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2015, 03:11:24 PM »
I read that bars will be shut except on Wednesdays but only to allow pensioners to withdraw stock.

Whoops perhaps bars should read banks :))

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Re: Greek Financial Crisis
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2015, 03:14:48 PM »
Bars? No No
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Re: Greek Financial Crisis
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2015, 05:24:57 PM »
Well John R.....you realise you may just have scared the life out of dozens of loyal Plakias lovers...so pleased that you amended 'bars' to 'banks'. There really would be a crisis if the bars were closed ! There's be (gentle) riots !

Offline Noopsy

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Re: Greek Financial Crisis
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2015, 07:37:20 PM »
Just so long as tavernas are open to enable (us) pensioners to "withdraw from stock".   :D
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