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Sterling falls to new low against the Euro

Our man in Havana · 2008-11-13 20:30:21

The Euro is now over 85p Sterling. Excellent time to be hitting sites like Amazon.co.uk for all the blu ray bargains.

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#62 16-11-2008 8:33pm
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Why is everyone quoting the spot rate with doing conversion comparisions?

You will NEVER get the spot rate.

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#63 16-11-2008 8:35pm
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MooseJam wrote: »

why are magazines so expensive so, I just bought one for 8.90 and it says 5.50 pounds on the cover

Have you ever looked at the minimum wage etc.., in relation to the UK and Ireland?

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#64 16-11-2008 9:13pm
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What UK websites can you buy from in stg? I know game.co.uk is one, but they don't ship items over 1kg outside UK.

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#65 16-11-2008 9:14pm
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Bluetonic wrote: »

Why is everyone quoting the spot rate with doing conversion comparisions?

You will NEVER get the spot rate.

Because the spot rates is a definate one and one from which you can estimate the rate that you will get. It is surely more satisfactory than saying "I think you will get 81 pence for the €uro" and not providing any objective basis for your thinking.

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#66 16-11-2008 9:15pm
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Dr. Nick wrote: »

What UK websites can you buy from in stg? I know game.co.uk is one, but they don't ship items over 1kg outside UK.

www.thehut.com
www.sendit.com
www.thebookdepository.com
www.amazon.co.uk

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#67 17-11-2008 2:22pm
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Thanks jaytee

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#68 17-11-2008 2:31pm
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It might be a good idea to compile a list of all sites that accept sterling and deliver to Ireland.

Can anybody recommend a jewelery site in the UK that delivers here?

I've come across the following:
http://www.love2have.co.uk
http://www.jewellery.tv/
http://www.thediamondstore.co.uk/
http://www.madaboutjewellery.com
http://www.ampalian.com
http://www.treasurebox.co.uk

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#69 17-11-2008 2:39pm
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masterK wrote: »

It might be a good idea to compile a list of all sites that accept sterling and deliver to Ireland.

You'd be there all day.

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#70 17-11-2008 2:45pm
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masterK wrote: »

It might be a good idea to compile a list of all sites that accept sterling and deliver to Ireland.

Can anybody recommend a jewelery site in the UK that delivers here?

I've come across the following:
http://www.love2have.co.uk
http://www.jewellery.tv/
http://www.thediamondstore.co.uk/
http://www.madaboutjewellery.com
http://www.ampalian.com
http://www.treasurebox.co.uk

probably better updating the list here

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#71 18-11-2008 11:25am
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Bought something for 31 pounds last Friday and appeared on my Mastercard statement today for 36.56 euro. Rate was 0.847921 which was only about 1.5% off the spot rate.

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#72 18-11-2008 2:11pm
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We stocked up on the baby food's, nappies and 30% off Gap on Sat in Banbridge and went through on my card at approx .84

Someone said earlier in this thread that it takes a few days for the saving to come through - this is not true; as has been seen here and also in johnfas's posting above.

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#73 18-11-2008 2:56pm
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remember visa charges 1.5% conversion fee no matter what the transation etc is (pos, money out etc) so basically you are getting the spot rate plus their cut!

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#74 18-11-2008 3:05pm
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Sterling is gaining back some ground today.

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#75 18-11-2008 3:36pm
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Bought something on amazon.co.uk on Saturday that came to £39.88. I was charged €48.17.

Conversion rate of £1 = €1.21. was printed on the invoice.

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#76 18-11-2008 3:44pm
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Bluetonic wrote: »

Have you ever looked at the minimum wage etc.., in relation to the UK and Ireland?

Minimum wage has nothing to do with it. This price difference has been around for years.

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#77 18-11-2008 7:12pm
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podge018 wrote: »

Bought something on amazon.co.uk on Saturday that came to £39.88. I was charged €48.17.

Conversion rate of £1 = €1.21. was printed on the invoice.

That is for illustration only.

Amazon.co.uk charge in Sterling. The euro price they quote is merely a guide. They don't ever charge you in euro.

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#78 20-11-2008 4:28pm
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thund3rbird_ wrote: »

pixmania the same ..

this is £289 on the uk site,
€338.61 using xe.com/ucc @ 1 EUR = 0.853479 GBP

the SAME ITEM on pixmania.ie is €378, €40 dearer

I reported something similar ro Pixmania using their pricematching reporting address. I asked the Irish site to pricematch the UK one. Funny enough no reponse so far.

The gaps are getting very big now so local retailers who seem to be relecting the exchange rates in some cases at least are getting very competitive when you factor everthing in.

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#79 20-11-2008 4:35pm
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podge018 wrote: »

Bought something on amazon.co.uk on Saturday that came to £39.88. I was charged €48.17.

Conversion rate of £1 = €1.21. was printed on the invoice.

is there a company in the uk who will forward electrical stuff to you when you buy from amazon? (they don't deliver to Ireland)

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#80 20-11-2008 5:09pm
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dont know if this has been mentioned but play.com are still using a rate of around .70 and they will not allow you to buy goods in stg and have them delivered to Ireland. Anyone know anyway around this, seems a bit scandalous

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#81 20-11-2008 5:12pm
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sweetie wrote: »

is there a company in the uk who will forward electrical stuff to you when you buy from amazon? (they don't deliver to Ireland)

I wish. That would be very useful altogether!

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#82 20-11-2008 5:19pm
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derek2222_ie wrote: »

dont know if this has been mentioned but play.com are still using a rate of around .70 and they will not allow you to buy goods in stg and have them delivered to Ireland. Anyone know anyway around this, seems a bit scandalous

No way round it .. shop elsewhere if possible to find your item cheaper.
I like play.com but tend to avoid them now over ther scandalous exchange rate on offer.

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