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Old Mar 12th 2009, 3:35 am
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Want to send some dollers over o UK inside a card, is there anywhere that will exchange for free or really cheaply, its only a minimal amount?
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Old Mar 12th 2009, 3:40 am
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Want to send some dollers over o UK inside a card, is there anywhere that will exchange for free or really cheaply, its only a minimal amount?
I went back to Uk last month and changed a small amount in the post office with no charge
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Usually though, no charge = Crappy exchange rate = hidden charge !!!

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Want to send some dollers over o UK inside a card, is there anywhere that will exchange for free or really cheaply, its only a minimal amount?
Marks and Spencer provide the most competitive rates that I know.
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Thomas Cook can beat M & S nowadays.
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Marks and Spencer provide the most competitive rates that I know.
Marks and Spencers changed my ozze dollars recently in Oxford Street=No charge at all and they were thrilled to get them as well, told me there was a gross shortage of ozzie dollars
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M & S do not charge.....................but did you know its illegal to send money in the post?
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M & S do not charge.....................but did you know its illegal to send money in the post?
The OP said sending in a card, so obviously this is a birthday or easter gift, shouldnt think the OP is sending thousands of dollars in the post lol
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The OP said sending in a card, so obviously this is a birthday or easter gift, shouldnt think the OP is sending thousands of dollars in the post lol
Yeah I know he meant only a small sum, but I was told that any money sent via the post was illegal
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Yeah I know he meant only a small sum, but I was told that any money sent via the post was illegal
I would imagine there are thousands of people practicing illegal activites then, its the easiest and cheapest way of getting a pressie to someone overseas. No one is going to open your mail at this end, we leave that to the uk posties to do
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Yeah I know he meant only a small sum, but I was told that any money sent via the post was illegal
Turns out you're right: http://www.auspost.com.au/internatio...oods/index.asp

The OP shouldn't send an unregistered envelope that's obviously a birthday card through the post - too many sticky fingers that just snatch them on the offchance they have money or something in them. You can put the birthday card envelope in a larger boring brown envelope, for instance.
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Default Re: Where in the UK can you exchange small amounts of dollers with no charge?
Originally Posted by lapin_windstar
Turns out you're right: http://www.auspost.com.au/internatio...oods/index.asp

The OP shouldn't send an unregistered envelope that's obviously a birthday card through the post - too many sticky fingers that just snatch them on the offchance they have money or something in them. You can put the birthday card envelope in a larger boring brown envelope, for instance.
Anything for the UK I send by registered post, I find internal post trustworthy albeit a little slow, but too many things in the past get "lost" in the UK particularly at Christmas time:curse:
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