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Re: A _real_ currency converter!
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Thu, 8 Jun 2000 20:25:10 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Jon D. Hayward writes:
> For those of us who ship LEGO abroad, if we want to look up exchange rates
> for payment, we can go to eBay or Yahoo, and probably plenty of other places
> too. However, those figures don't give you the true amounts that you would
> actually buy and / or sell currency at...
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> Well, at long last, Thomas Cook have their currency converter online at:
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> http://ww2.thomascook.co.uk/currency/index.shtml
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> You need to put British Pounds in the _second_ box, and your buyer's
> currency in the first box, and then put guesstimates into the Amount to
> Convert box... You'll get there eventually!
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> e.g. If you receive $100US, Yahoo says that it's worth £66.18, eBay £66.17,
> whereas Thomas Cook will actually give you £61.89 (not forgetting that they
> will also charge a £5 fee, making £56.89)!
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> ...or to put it another way:
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> If you sell something for £50 with £10 s&h, Yahoo suggests that you want
> $90.65 from your buyer, eBay $90.67 and Thomas Cook $105.03 including that
> extra £5 charge...
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> ...thought it might be of use to some of you ;-)
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> Just Jono .oO
My $.02
http://www.oanda.com/ is a currency site full of converters. It allows you to
convert and currency into any other currency as illustrated in-http://
www.oanda.com/converter/classic?user=compub
It's a very nice site that I've been using for quite awhile now.
I just thought you'd like to know...
-Dave
http://www.jps.net/hardcore/lego/
Home of the M-tron Commandos
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