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Forum: Australia
Aug 9th 2011, 7:55 am
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

I disagree. It's still a very good rate - just a smidge off it's best, that's all. You'll likely get at worst just a few tens of pounds less for your AUD spending money.

...Some people are just...
Forum: Australia
Aug 9th 2011, 7:17 am
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

I'd say that 1.5/1.6 to 1 is about as "there" as it will ever become. But of course it's also about getting everything else to time in with it. :unsure:
Forum: Australia
Aug 9th 2011, 3:29 am
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

So have I! :p
Forum: Australia
Aug 9th 2011, 3:25 am
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

:sneaky:
Forum: Australia
Aug 9th 2011, 3:22 am
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

:rofl::eek: Smug? Not at. It's a lot more than just my holiday spending money that's been affected by the pound's slump. You're worrying about how your luxury spending's going to be affected by a...
Forum: Australia
Aug 9th 2011, 2:01 am
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

Bump! :sneaky::fingerscrossed:
Forum: Australia
Jan 15th 2011, 11:30 pm
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

Hopefully the chickens will soon come to roost big time on the greedy retailers :fingerscrossed:
Forum: Australia
Jan 15th 2011, 10:27 pm
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

Of course! :lol:
Forum: Australia
Jan 15th 2011, 10:23 pm
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

Here's a classic one: Wifey and I went to Civic yesterday to buy ourselves bicycles. We found the ones we liked and asked the shop assistant if there was any discount for buying two together. His...
Forum: Australia
Jan 4th 2011, 10:32 am
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

Hovering around $1.55 right now after a steady climb today :rolleyes:
Forum: Australia
Dec 29th 2010, 9:41 am
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

Looking forward to doing a bit of that to make up for cr@p rates we got bringing the money this way :thumbup:
Forum: Australia
Dec 23rd 2010, 10:16 pm
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

Same here with bringing (or rather not bringing) a chunk of money over at this rate. :eek: Going to try and make what I've already brought over stretch a bit further - hopefully until I can sort out...
Forum: Australia
Dec 22nd 2010, 8:34 pm
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

Could well be. I have noticed some funny looks when at cashdesks/tills I've been asked "Credit card transaction?" and I've responded "No - Savings" :blink:



:thumbsup: Good to hear that, Wendy...
Forum: Australia
Dec 22nd 2010, 6:51 pm
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

But the high costs to salaries remarks don't seem to add up. If you go to any shopping centre here it's bursting with people spending their dosh, and more than anything that I ever saw at this time...
Forum: Australia
Dec 22nd 2010, 8:06 am
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

:thumbdown:

Better to be getting on with making our dreams reality and occasionally lamenting the dire £ -> $ situation while earning Aussie dollars (and I'll be earning them reall soon...
Forum: Australia
Dec 21st 2010, 7:48 pm
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

I know, it's heartbreaking exchanging at these rates
Forum: Australia
Oct 21st 2010, 10:28 pm
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

It's hard to know which way to turn. So frustrating.

...Oh for those heady days back in 2001 :rolleyes:
Forum: Australia
Oct 21st 2010, 4:24 pm
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

Take a look at this (http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=GBP&to=AUD&view=1Y) chart (for one year) and for several of the other compares against the AUD$. Since mid September it comes into sharp...
Forum: Australia
Oct 11th 2010, 11:05 am
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

Looks like that's what we're going to have to do.
Forum: Australia
Oct 11th 2010, 10:50 am
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

It's a tough one. My instincts tell me to wait but then again the 20th is coming and there are new rumours of further QE. Wifey is putting pressure on me to transfer her savings now even at this...
Forum: Australia
Oct 11th 2010, 8:44 am
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

Currently 1.62 :thumbdown:

Where to from here?
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2010, 4:14 am
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

Funny, I was thinking about that yesterday. Property prices are likely to drop further so it might be a compelling option once OH and I are breaking even earning AU$
Forum: Australia
Oct 7th 2010, 12:05 pm
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

Yes it seems to be par for the course right now.



As are a lot of long time Aus residents with $$$ to exchange, no doubt :D
Forum: Australia
Oct 7th 2010, 8:19 am
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

Dunno what to think :blink:. Can it get any worse?
Forum: Australia
Oct 7th 2010, 1:13 am
Replies: 2,577
Views: 335,047
Posted By paulry

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

That makes sense but yikes it's now 1.613 :eek:
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