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  • bb69
    bb69 Posts: 1,748 Forumite
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    dazbowski wrote: »
    You and me both! :)

    Ohhhhhh Moneychecker says 1.59.....!!

    I'm waiting for the Best Foreign Exchange...
  • dazbowski
    dazbowski Posts: 12 Forumite
    bb69 wrote: »
    Ohhhhhh Moneychecker says 1.59.....!!

    I'm waiting for the Best Foreign Exchange...

    dollars2pounds

    add www. before and .com after

    this is an up to the minute one!
  • sabretoothtigger
    sabretoothtigger Posts: 10,036 Forumite
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    Sterling Index At 1500 GMT
 
      (JAN 2005=100)     INDEX      GBP/USD     EUR/GBP 
     PREVIOUS CLOSE      79.2       1.6011      0.8810 
               OPEN      79.2       1.6023      0.8812 
              10 AM      79.1       1.6029      0.8825 
               NOON      79.2       1.5985      0.8810 
               2 PM      79.1       1.5965      0.8812 
               4 PM      79.2       1.5973      0.8807 
 
March 29, 2011 11:00 ET (15:00 GMT)
  • dazbowski
    dazbowski Posts: 12 Forumite
    Is there a reason why the pound is flying right now? It's just gone up nearly 2c to the Dollar in the last few hours! Is thi likely to continue?
  • jackieblack
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    We have observed this many times before.... we call it 'the Friday spurt'! :D
    Everything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the end
    Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur
  • bb69
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    dazbowski wrote: »
    You and me both! :)


    Hi there did you buy any yet? I haven't even though I said I would at 1.6 and now its gone down now... lol
  • dazbowski
    dazbowski Posts: 12 Forumite
    bb69 wrote: »
    Hi there did you buy any yet? I haven't even though I said I would at 1.6 and now its gone down now... lol

    Not yet, I've manage to get a credit card that give me the bank interest rate when i'm over there. I'll be using that and taking $500 in cah, just waiting for it to get a bit higher.
  • bb69
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    dazbowski wrote: »
    Not yet, I've manage to get a credit card that give me the bank interest rate when i'm over there. I'll be using that and taking $500 in cah, just waiting for it to get a bit higher.

    Oh thats good. what card is it? Halifax?
  • dazbowski
    dazbowski Posts: 12 Forumite
    bb69 wrote: »
    Oh thats good. what card is it? Halifax?

    Sainsbury's Gold, free travel insurance as well!
  • bb69
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    dazbowski wrote: »
    Sainsbury's Gold, free travel insurance as well!


    Thats really good!
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