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EXCHANGE RATES !!!

Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 7:39 am
by EMM
Keep your fingers crossed, on this mornings financial news talk was of the Euro falling from 88p to as low a 75p.

Feeling almost lightheaded at the thought.

Re: EXCHANGE RATES !!!

Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 1:08 pm
by john
I am feeling depressed as it is after last nights result - this is just taking me down even further. What with being made redundant last month i don't think i can take much more doom and gloom. Roll on 4th September and i am back in my favourite holiday haunt!!


Regards,

Depressed Red Julie

Manchester

Re: EXCHANGE RATES !!!

Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 2:15 pm
by Lesley Jean
Problem is that the best quote I can find online for free next day delivery is 1.1103 a bit different to the 1.148 being quoted on my home page....... :?

Re: EXCHANGE RATES !!!

Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 2:37 pm
by cereza
1-1103 is the best tourist rate today LJ - you never get the business rate and anyway that has dropped a bit now so I would take that if you are flying soon

Re: EXCHANGE RATES !!!

Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 2:39 pm
by destroyer
The Fairfx card top up rate was 1.14 a few minutes ago. Card still available free through the Matalan site.

Re: EXCHANGE RATES !!!

Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 4:18 pm
by HampshireRich
john wrote:I am feeling depressed as it is after last nights result - this is just taking me down even further. What with being made redundant last month i don't think i can take much more doom and gloom. Roll on 4th September and i am back in my favourite holiday haunt!!


Regards,

Depressed Red Julie

Manchester
Could be worse - you could be a Southampton fan! :cry:

Re: EXCHANGE RATES !!!

Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 5:49 pm
by Gary/Gaynor
Hey Rich feeling good as a Pompey fan :D :D :D wonder why :D :D

You get around 1.10 today just to keep things on topic dont want to be shot down in flames :P :P

Gary

Re: EXCHANGE RATES !!!

Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 6:08 pm
by dodger
big difference between the tourist rate and the trading rate....best I have seen is the equivalent of 89p hardly great news EMM.

Re: EXCHANGE RATES !!!

Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 7:20 pm
by Mike,Chislehurst
Get a current account with Nationwide and credit card 1.145 today

Re: EXCHANGE RATES !!!

Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 10:26 pm
by Farol

Re: EXCHANGE RATES !!!

Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 11:31 am
by SAM SPARKLE
destroyer wrote:The Fairfx card top up rate was 1.14 a few minutes ago. Card still available free through the Matalan site.
I have been using the Fairfx cards (Euro and USD) for quite a while now and find that they consistently offer the best exchange rates around, the rate is slightly less if ordering cash and is free delivery for orders over GBP 500.00 8)

http://www.fairfx.com

Re: EXCHANGE RATES !!!

Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 6:03 pm
by Graham
Agreed Sam - the other bonus of the FairFX is that since it is prepaid if it is nicked (or borrowed by the missus!) then you can only lose what you had on it - sneaky, but really handy for car hire deposits since they cannot then just take whatever they feel if they think there has been some damage 8)

Re: EXCHANGE RATES !!!

Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 9:40 pm
by MaisieK
M and S were offering an exchange rate of 1.10 this morning, the best it has been for a long
time. We tend to use our Saga card and get a very good rate with that.

Maisie

Re: EXCHANGE RATES !!!

Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 10:13 pm
by Bristle Si
Got 1.12 with the Post Office online yesterday. Today travelex online, ICE online were 1.11

Re: EXCHANGE RATES !!!

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 7:25 pm
by emilser
We were in CVO earlier this month. Withdrew all our cash from cashtills in the village as we neded it using Nationwide card. On our bank statement the exchange we got ranged from 1.11-1.14 depending on the day.