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Re: The strengthening Euro
Posted: Tue 12th Apr 2011 09:13 pm
by Dave near London
Inflation down to 4% today (unexpected) , and exports well up , so there may be a slight tip in the UK / Euro favour.
Must try and get ove there sometime in the next few months, - still a good deal all round.
Re: The strengthening Euro
Posted: Tue 12th Apr 2011 11:47 pm
by davex4
Dave near London wrote:Inflation down to 4% today (unexpected) , and exports well up , so there may be a slight tip in the UK / Euro favour.
Must try and get ove there sometime in the next few months, - still a good deal all round.
Thanks for that Dave near London. That's where I am from originally btw. West side. Origins. Eastend. Will start watching the £ euro again now and maybe buy soon, before Thread Needle Street put the brakes on to keep exports going. But maybe they have had enough so their pound gets more euros to bring down the loan/cost for the Portugal bail out. UK are being hit for a few billion. Cant remember the exact figure just now. Be worth knowing the date the deal will be signed off and buy just before. Mind you, if I knew such things for sure, a cute 20 something would be typing this for me, whilst I got on wiv over stuff. mmmm Think on John
PS. Some high rollers may be stuck in the mud, as you would think that Cameron wants to keep the employment opportunities going and keep the £ artificially low to help exports for a while. Some 40% of our GDP goes to Europe. ( and some ships come back with a bit of weed on board. Then they have a game of hide and seek with a few geezers in blue uniforms. Quite often, majority rules and the weed ends up on your door step)

Re: The strengthening Euro
Posted: Wed 13th Apr 2011 12:01 am
by davex4
its going up. Rate now this minute GBP 1 = EUR 1.12 (Tourist Rate)
http://www.eburypartners.co.uk/ebp/euro ... oCurrency2
Just moved up again to GBP 1 = EUR 1.1231
Diff to buy from them, but an indicator to what the post office etc may do tomorrow and on
Re: The strengthening Euro
Posted: Wed 13th Apr 2011 10:24 am
by Dave J
The post office is now offering a lower than yesterday rate of €1.0921. Thats quite a serious drip by the looks of things. I wander if they do these drops to cover a rise that i'd have expected by now to offset trading in billions at a different rate and thus loose millions of they gave up a more truer rate of €1.12?.
Re: The strengthening Euro
Posted: Thu 14th Apr 2011 01:14 am
by Taylor
Not looking nice this evening down from the 1.12 last night to 1.101 now. Let's hope it picks up again soon
Re: The strengthening Euro
Posted: Thu 14th Apr 2011 01:26 pm
by davex4
Bloody euro is bouncingf arround like a yo yo at the mo. Bring back the Guilder man!
Re: The strengthening Euro
Posted: Thu 14th Apr 2011 01:44 pm
by Taylor
Hottest exchange rate today!!
£100 = 112eur 50cents
Re: The strengthening Euro
Posted: Thu 14th Apr 2011 05:25 pm
by Twichaldinho
Just accept the fact that the pound is shite....and is gonna be shite for the foreseeable. Save extra hard.

Re: The strengthening Euro
Posted: Thu 14th Apr 2011 10:51 pm
by DrDiesel
tpelling wrote:Hottest exchange rate today!!
£100 = 112eur 50cents
Where did tou find that mate? Travelex are 109 and post office same.
you need to share the love

Re: The strengthening Euro
Posted: Fri 15th Apr 2011 12:31 am
by Taylor
DrDiesel wrote:tpelling wrote:Hottest exchange rate today!!
£100 = 112eur 50cents
Where did tou find that mate? Travelex are 109 and post office same.
you need to share the love

http://travelmoney.moneysavingexpert.co ... y/#results
100 pounds to euros click collection then London 'Yes' as im in London. Wont be too long before it changes again tho.
Re: The strengthening Euro
Posted: Fri 15th Apr 2011 05:39 pm
by steven
It's shite in my home town today.. £100 gets €108
Was told it's been getting lower each day this week, so I had to grab the bull by the horns and do the exchange today
But at least It's done

Re: The strengthening Euro
Posted: Fri 15th Apr 2011 10:00 pm
by Taylor
steven wrote:Had to grab the bull by the horns and do the exchange today
But at least It's done

Yeah that is the best option in my opinion. And then don't look any more at exchange rates because if it changes or the Euro falls through you would not be a happy bunny :S
Re: The strengthening Euro
Posted: Sat 16th Apr 2011 01:14 am
by ftcarer
I got my last E200 today for £190.04 (4 f'ing p

)@ the PO
Re: The strengthening Euro
Posted: Sat 16th Apr 2011 08:43 pm
by Dave J
Been away visiting to kill time this week so not been on the net. But checking today the post office was like €1.10??. So there has been a change for the better since wednesday by 1 cent.
My money was at home and I was away so could'nt have exchanged anyways. So for me I'm going to have to wait till either first thing monday to change or just wait till I get there. Seeing as things are getting better might pay to wait till later on monday as I'm thinking the rate may get that half a cent rise per day for the week. Then again I thought the same last week lol.
Re: The strengthening Euro
Posted: Sat 16th Apr 2011 08:57 pm
by sylersky
There is also sizeable local variation.
I saw anything between £1 = € 1.07 to € 1.15.
I took the latter, £300 worth.
Have more to change - may wait to see if it improves even more.
-S...