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cphilip
08-23-2004, 07:33 PM
Ok how much is 8.40 pounds in real money? And has anyone paid through pay pal doing money from US to pounds? Never noticed if it's done in there or not....

I know or estimate thats around 15 bucks but... Gotta pay some dude for some scooter parts off of eBay.

Muzikman
08-23-2004, 07:36 PM
http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html

$15.2401

cphilip
08-23-2004, 07:46 PM
Dam thing does it for you. Kinda neat.

Not as good as your rate Muz but close. Clipped me for $15.63 it seems.

jdev
08-23-2004, 08:24 PM
phil, you can also check ozforex.com for exchange rates too.

i think that the exchange rate goes onto what the local exchange rate (for the person recieving the money, their local exchange rates), so, it may actually differ more than what me or jason sent you on a daily basis. from ozforex, I got 15.18.

Deltree
08-23-2004, 09:14 PM
Ok how much is 8.40 pounds in real money?
lol
i think pounds are a real form of currency

cphilip
08-23-2004, 09:26 PM
:tard: :D ;)

1stdeadeye
08-24-2004, 05:29 AM
lol
i think pounds are a real form of currency

Nah. When it looks like it came from a monopoly game, it's not real! :p

Bolter
08-24-2004, 07:56 AM
you Sir have not seen the Euro have you? Now thats monopoly money.

chairman_mao
08-24-2004, 08:05 AM
I have paid people in England with PayPal it was easy. If I remeber correctly I just entered the payment amount in dollars. There was no complaint and I got the goods so I wouldn't worry too much.

TheTramp
08-24-2004, 09:28 AM
Unfortunatly it's not a good time to buy things from England or any country that uses the Euro.

The US dollar is in horrible shape. I just came back from Scottland and Ireland and the exchange rates are nuts.

It used to be $1.50 per british pound and now it around $1.85. Ouch!

The US dollar against the Euro has done even worse. 2 years ago: $.75 per Euro 2 weeks ago: $1.25 per Euro

Deltree
08-24-2004, 09:41 AM
i went to england at the end of june/start of july and in the airports it was like 1.995 pounds to the dollar :tard:

TheTramp
08-24-2004, 09:47 AM
i went to england at the end of june/start of july and in the airports it was like 1.995 pounds to the dollar :tard:

Yah, the exchange places really stick it to you. They sell at $1.99 and buy at $1.70. :rolleyes:

I always use big bank cash machines because they give you the real going rate.

cphilip
08-24-2004, 10:57 AM
Unfortunatly it's not a good time to buy things from England or any country that uses the Euro.

The US dollar is in horrible shape. I just came back from Scottland and Ireland and the exchange rates are nuts.

It used to be $1.50 per british pound and now it around $1.85. Ouch!

The US dollar against the Euro has done even worse. 2 years ago: $.75 per Euro 2 weeks ago: $1.25 per Euro


Well depends... the stuff I am buying is rather expensive little bits here in the US. None of its made here and often out of stock. There is tons of it in England so its not so expensive to get there. So what I do it look for something that I can do better on even with the exchange rate. In this case I got about $25 worth of stuff (what it would cost me here in US) for just under $16 shipped to me from England. So small gain and I know the guy has em... Rarely works out that way but with Vespa and Lambretta parts it can sometimes.

MarkM
08-25-2004, 06:55 AM
This is why I tend to buy more than one or two things whenever I fly over :D
Got to love the exchange rate right now...only very occaisionally is something the same price or more. A strange one is Lithium batterys (AA) they are more or less $5.99 most places but those same batterys here are £5.99 ($11 ish)

For the few Americans who think our stuff is like Monopoly money well at least I can never lay down a 20 when I meant to use a 10 (or worse) ours are different colours and different sizes ;)

Oh and I think there is only one currency where £1 buys less than 1 of the currency you want all the other cases it is £1 buys 1.something at the very least