GB pound weakening
Jan 5th 2009, 11:30 pm
#196
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Re: GB pound weakening
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Jan 6th 2009, 8:35 am
#197
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Re: GB pound weakening
Bit better today euro also weakens against the green back 
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/f...elve_month.stm
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/f...elve_month.stm
Jan 7th 2009, 1:19 pm
#198
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Re: GB pound weakening
Got less than 1 euro to 1 pound today with Currencies Direct. Has anyone had a bank transfer in the last few days with a better rate as am thinking of changing.
Jan 7th 2009, 1:21 pm
#199
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Re: GB pound weakening
I find the fruit and veggies in spain to be absolute crap, tomatoes are almost unedible, and my local carrefour is the worst offender, when I have time I buy my tomatoes from the local market, imported from Holland of all things!
The bread and beer is crap as well, but that's only becuase I lived in Germany for 8 years before moving here.
As to the pound I'm paid in Euros and going home means going to Canada so that part of it doens't bother me.
The bread and beer is crap as well, but that's only becuase I lived in Germany for 8 years before moving here.
As to the pound I'm paid in Euros and going home means going to Canada so that part of it doens't bother me.
Jan 7th 2009, 2:48 pm
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Re: GB pound weakening
just dealt with rationalfx and got 1.10 on the nose for largish sum i sent back to spain...seems like you got ripped off, been looking at the rates all day and the lowest it got to was1.089 interbank rate...basically means that for every quid you sent, currencies direct earnt almost 9 cents... they have a show they are sponsoring this weekend so maybe that has affected their rates...
Jan 7th 2009, 2:57 pm
#202
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Re: GB pound weakening
and now its gone up more...sods law...
Jan 7th 2009, 4:21 pm
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Re: GB pound weakening
I find that although my pension day is the 18th of the month the exchange is done 1 or 2 days before the due date. I uncovered this because although the rate had always seemrd pretty good one month it was 1 cent above the exchange rate on the day and I phoned to ask if they could do that every month. They then explained their system. So your bad rate may have been last Friday when the rate was not as good as today.
Jan 7th 2009, 5:36 pm
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Re: GB pound weakening
If the tories get in, they will screw up even worse. None of them has any real hope of controlling what's going on.
Jan 7th 2009, 5:40 pm
#205
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Re: GB pound weakening
"Oh I sold them for scrap...I didn't think they were worth much...ah"
Maybe the Looney party have some safe policies?
Jan 7th 2009, 6:09 pm
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Re: GB pound weakening
The other day I checked my last regular transfer which was 29/12 I only got0.96. I have since put in motion a change as when I asked another co they said they had not paid less than 1 to 1. Made sense to me as that is at least 40 euro a month if not a bit more.
Jan 7th 2009, 7:13 pm
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Re: GB pound weakening
If you use one of the big specialist currency brokers (HiFx, Voltrex, et al) you can book a regular monthly payment and you should be only a few pips short of the interbank rate.
Failing that, open a Nationwide flex account for your UK currency and when you draw the cash out in Euros you will get the visa wholesale exchange rate and no comission.
Today for example that would be 1.10 €/GBP. (Rates here http://corporate.visa.com/pd/consume...r_ex_rates.jsp)
Don't throw your money to the sharks!
Failing that, open a Nationwide flex account for your UK currency and when you draw the cash out in Euros you will get the visa wholesale exchange rate and no comission.
Today for example that would be 1.10 €/GBP. (Rates here http://corporate.visa.com/pd/consume...r_ex_rates.jsp)
Don't throw your money to the sharks!
Jan 8th 2009, 10:20 am
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Re: GB pound weakening
If you use one of the big specialist currency brokers (HiFx, Voltrex, et al) you can book a regular monthly payment and you should be only a few pips short of the interbank rate.
Failing that, open a Nationwide flex account for your UK currency and when you draw the cash out in Euros you will get the visa wholesale exchange rate and no comission.
Today for example that would be 1.10 €/GBP. (Rates here http://corporate.visa.com/pd/consume...r_ex_rates.jsp)
Don't throw your money to the sharks!
Failing that, open a Nationwide flex account for your UK currency and when you draw the cash out in Euros you will get the visa wholesale exchange rate and no comission.
Today for example that would be 1.10 €/GBP. (Rates here http://corporate.visa.com/pd/consume...r_ex_rates.jsp)
Don't throw your money to the sharks!
Jan 8th 2009, 11:19 am
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Re: GB pound weakening
The pound has gone vertical after the announcement
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/f...3/intraday.stm
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/f...3/intraday.stm
Jan 8th 2009, 1:32 pm
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Re: GB pound weakening
i'd hardly say its gone "vertical", yes it has moved, but only by about .5 cent...but hey, still better than going down that much, can only hope that next weeks eurozone rate cuts strengthen the pound even more!