Euro (€) Currency Thread

emweaver

I think youve got yourself confused, if the exhange rate is 1.54 then that means you only get approx 0.65 euros to a £

dzug1

emweaver wrote: »

thomson travel agents , the post office rate is 1.995

Are you sure we are talking euros here? That looks like a rate for BUYING back $$US to me.

jammin_2

emweaver wrote: »

I think youve got yourself confused, if the exhange rate is 1.54 then that means you only get approx 0.65 euros to a £

lol.. 0.65 Euros to the Pound?

I think you're confused. Go and check again and come back to us.

CTID_2

the current rate (currency markets) is 0.80664 euros to the pound, around 1.237 to the pound.

goodness knows what currency emweaver is looking at, but it sure isn't Euros :rotfl:

emweaver

The currency rate to buy euros is what im looking at! Mabve you all misread what I meant, but the rate I am talking about is the rates Ive been quoted to buy euros!

emweaver

http://www.postoffice.co.uk/portal/po/foreignexchange?type=buy&pageId=fex_main&catId=19300210&camaignid= check it out for yourself, the post office exchange rate on the post office is around what I said it was (inceased slightly today so will be a slight difference)

emweaver

CTID wrote: »

the current rate (currency markets) is 0.80664 euros to the pound, around 1.237 to the pound.

goodness knows what currency emweaver is looking at, but it sure isn't Euros :rotfl:

Im fully aware of what that rate is I am saying what the travel agents rate is, which is always going to be lower than the market rate.

jammin_2

Right, emweaver.

If Thomson travel agents are going to sell you Euros at a rate of 1.54 to the Pound, then this is what you should do:

Withdraw £1000 from your bank account. Walk to Thomson travel agents and change it to €1540. Then walk to the Post Office and change your €1540 in to Pounds. They'll give you £1135.94, according to www.postoffice.co.uk. Pay £1000 back into your bank account and go shopping with the remaining £135.94 that you just made in 10 minutes.

Sorry to take the p1ss, but can you see now that there is absolutely no way, that in the current market, ANYWHERE is going to sell you Euros at the rate of 1.54 to the Pound?

The mid-market rate is 1 GBP = 1.23850 EUR !

siamese0109

emweaver wrote: »

http://www.postoffice.co.uk/portal/po/foreignexchange?type=buy&pageId=fex_main&catId=19300210&camaignid= check it out for yourself, the post office exchange rate on the post office is around what I said it was (inceased slightly today so will be a slight difference)

Well I've just clicked your link and it's showing the rate as 1.2054
If you used your Nationwide card in a euro atm today the rate is 1.24

emweaver

I apologies I made a typo, I meant 1.154 lol