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Well, fingers crossed. If it's any consolation, there don't seem to be many winners when it comes to changing money.... except the money changers, of course.

It's gone up over 5c this morning alone!

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its pi**ed us off. we thought long and hard about our money when we moved over last week, and decided to bring it all over as it was dropping like fly's, now its gone up :curse::curse:

i wonder if its worth us sending our funds back and trying again :D

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just got a phone call of Hifx asking me if i want to buy at $2, p***ed me off as i changed on the 31st at $1.865:(:curse:

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snap and us really does pee us off, but thats the way it goes :curse:

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2.025 now! i was chuffed yesterday with my purchase at 1.96! nightmare

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It just went above 2.04 - I wish I had some money to change! :curse:

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Everytime i buy some more it goes up further just secured at 2.0

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Keep on buying then :lol:

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You did fine. On it's way down again. If you blinked you'd have missed that 2.04......

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WTF is going on? Back below 2 again but the Aussie dollar which is also based upon minerals/oil is still suffering.

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It just went above 2.04 - I wish I had some money to change

Hey vagas, how do you go about exchanging money at that rate? do i need to get a canadian bank acc first? then transfer via tinternet? i can only see holiday money at trav agents a mear 1.81. Rubbish.....:mad:

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I said I wasn't going to look after getting 1.95 yesterday. But I couldn't help myself. I was gob smacked to see 2. With all this negative talk about the stock market and the UK economy I don't understand why it's going up. Any clues?

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'Cos Canada and the rest of the world is basically in the same situation.

Brown and Darlings bailout is huge, compared to the USA $700 billion for a country of 330 million ppl and a much larger high risk exposure, the UK appears a safer bet.

The UK government's smart moves, £400++ billion ($680+) for a country of 60 million with less exposure than the US to higher risk debt, will, IMO, eventually be copied by many western countries on a pro rata basis.

M.

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Those Brits who are moving to Australia will feel like those Brits at the start of this thread when the rate was £1 = $2.30

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Hmmmm.....

Just like everyone else, we are watching this current rate increase with much interest.

The equity from our house sale is locked away in high interest savings until 22nd October.

Fingers crossed, the current spike will continue for another 13 days but I doubt it...

K