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Forum: Australia
Jul 24th 2005, 6:05 pm
Replies: 52
Views: 4,517
Posted By SnapOff

Re: transferring money to oz... exchange rate being very poor

I had a chat with a currency dealer today, basically sterling is under pressure for a number if reasons;
Poor GDP
Consumer Spending down
Likely interest rate cut.
Basically all indicators of a...
Forum: Australia
Jul 20th 2005, 9:02 am
Replies: 44
Views: 4,005
Posted By SnapOff

Re: exchange rate = lead balloon

And it could get worse. Alan Greenspan (US Fed Sec) said last night that US rates will have to go up soon. The Oz$ is linked to the US$ so any moves there will also strengthen the Oz$.
Good timing,...
Forum: Australia
Jul 18th 2005, 10:49 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,240
Posted By SnapOff

Exchange Rate poor.

Just checked out the exchange rate as we need to transfer some money from our house sale, closed last night at approx 2.31 on the interbank rate, so might be able to get 2.29 on a deal. Looking at...
Forum: Australia
Jul 17th 2005, 7:55 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 863
Posted By SnapOff

Re: First home buyers flock back into market

Sydney (hopefully) is still in decline. Auction clear up rate is in the low 40%'s and chatting to an agent at the weekend he thinks prices will drop another 1-2%, (so read 5% into that). Having...
Forum: Australia
Jul 14th 2005, 7:27 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,553
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Pension crisis

You can continue NI payments once you leave the UK to maintain your UK state pension, it works out about GBP7 a week. However once you claim it at 65 it is not index linked so will not increase every...
Forum: Australia
Jul 14th 2005, 7:13 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,720
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Transferring Money

HiFx do NOT charge, they make there money by dropping the rate a couple of cents below the interbank rate, ie the rate they do the deal at is better than the one you get and they keep the difference....
Forum: Australia
Jul 12th 2005, 8:36 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 2,515
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Howards latest message, work for the love of your country.

All this does remind me of the eighties in the UK when Mrs T & co took the power away from the unions. I think JH has the same plan in mind. Did it work for the UK.....that is up to your own opinion....
Forum: Australia
Jul 11th 2005, 12:23 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,084
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Sydney House Prices

Anastasia,
Exactly what we are finding at the momment, do not want to go from a 3 bed detached in the UK to a rundown fibro or small place in Sydney for roughly exactly the UK price. As for finding...
Forum: Australia
Jul 10th 2005, 6:49 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,084
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Sydney House Prices

Bondipom,
It is the "Shire" that we have been looking in, Gymea, Sylvania, Como etc and over the river in Oatley and Lugarno etc.
We will have our house sale in the UK completed this week so will...
Forum: Australia
Jul 10th 2005, 11:06 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,084
Posted By SnapOff

Sydney House Prices

We have been househunting for a while now in south Sydney and overall we find the advertised prices way over the top. We moved from the SE of the UK so have a reasonable (60%) deposit and we are both...
Forum: Australia
Jun 21st 2005, 5:20 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 5,467
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Flights to Oz - Stopover Options

Virgin Atlantic now fly from LHR to Sydney via Hong Kong and you can book a stopover. They also can arrange other Oz main cities as they code share with Virgin Blue, so if check your baggage in LHR...
Forum: Australia
Jun 16th 2005, 4:24 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 3,389
Posted By SnapOff

Re: How to get a free flight upgrade

The days of upgrading by asking are gone as all airlines are now cost aware, and in accountant speak everything has a price. If you do get an upgrade the airline has to pay for an extra 1st class...
Forum: Australia
Jun 16th 2005, 4:06 pm
Replies: 97
Views: 6,513
Posted By SnapOff

Re: What Shops Are You Missing????

Next....along with everyone else it seems. Gap, best jeans around. Sainsburys for the range of foods. Any Pub with Marstons Pedigree.
Forum: Australia
May 23rd 2005, 6:28 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 746
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Seviced Apartments

Try an internet search for Quest Apartments in Australia. We stayed at Quest St Kilda a few years back and they are very good. They have branches all over Oz.
Forum: Australia
May 23rd 2005, 6:22 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 2,312
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Pink Slips, Blue Slips, Green Slips.........help?

Hi
I've just waded through all this myself as a first time buyer. This is my take on it;
Green Slip; Paid yearly with the rego, and transfers with the rego. So if your car has rego until Oct, the...
Forum: Australia
May 22nd 2005, 8:05 pm
Replies: 55
Views: 4,927
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Have you made a t*t of yourself?

First time I used EFTPOS down here in Coles, the check out guy said "cash out". Me thinking what he meant was is that all and shall I tell you the total, said yes please. Whereupon we looked at each...
Forum: Australia
May 22nd 2005, 12:24 am
Replies: 52
Views: 4,078
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Who has better flight attendents, BA, Virgin or Qantas

Airlines that use terminal 3 do not have to cross an active runway. BA / QANTAS mainly use terminal 4 which means crossing the southerly runway and LHR usually has both runways in use with an...
Forum: Australia
May 21st 2005, 10:43 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,867
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Shipping Booze - turns to vinegar!!?

Probably meant the drink would taste sour after you have paid all that loveley import duty!!!!
Forum: Australia
May 21st 2005, 10:35 am
Replies: 52
Views: 4,078
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Who has better flight attendents, BA, Virgin or Qantas

Flying Banana,
Virgin have now changed the Upper Class seats, the new one is the Upper Class Suite and is fully flat bed that is the biggest / widest in its class. Take at look at the website...
Forum: Australia
May 20th 2005, 7:55 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,610
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Emirates

Just a bit of inside info so you know what your missing, Virgin Atlantic has 50+ channels, about 7 of which are games. The others are films and TV programmes which are on demand, ie you can stop,...
Forum: Australia
May 16th 2005, 10:39 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 720
Posted By SnapOff

Re: cheap flights to uk

Check with Virgin Atlantic, you may be able to book all the way through to London with Virgin. That is using Virgin Blue to Sydney and then Virgin Atlantic via Hong Kong to Heathrow. It will could be...
Forum: Australia
Apr 26th 2005, 7:51 pm
Replies: 278
Views: 23,454
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Where from......where to.

This week; Aylesbury Buckinghamshire
Next week; Sylvania, Sydney
Forum: Australia
Apr 18th 2005, 7:06 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 813
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Getting Uk adsl modem to work in Oz?

Bondipom - thanks, just the kind of info required. Hopefully when we arrive settle in etc it will be one less thing to keep us from the beach. I'd already done a search on Whirlpool , but looking for...
Forum: Australia
Apr 18th 2005, 12:53 am
Replies: 13
Views: 813
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Getting Uk adsl modem to work in Oz?

Sure it's not the Correiollous(??) effect, that same one that makes water spin down the plug hole the opposite way!!! ;)
Forum: Australia
Apr 17th 2005, 2:27 am
Replies: 13
Views: 813
Posted By SnapOff

Re: Getting Uk adsl modem to work in Oz?

Interesting this, I've got a Speedtouch 330 as well. We move out next month so I got in touch with Thomson who make it and they replied that it should work fine with no adjustments. Maybe they do not...
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