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From: d4g4h4 on 28 May 2007 17:55 Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: > On Mon, 28 May 2007 21:50:48 GMT, "William Black" > <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > > > >"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > >news:1hyuf49.thv1491kgyf3lN%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk... > >> William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >> > >>> "Mister Bartlett" <me2(a)privacy.net> wrote in message > >>> news:1hyufxh.1gnnxop1vaxtg7N%me2(a)privacy.net... > >>> > >>> > >>> > The downside is that you don't have a job, > >>> > >>> I don't have a job anyway. > >>> > >>> I made enough money to retire. > >> > >> Which perhaps explains why you prefer to moan about the cost of getting > >> foreign currency rather than doing some simple research to cut the cost > >> of it. > > > >Why bother when you'll do it for me? > > > >It's what the net is for. > > Care to explain how David's the bank makes money? I think it's quite obvious how they make money. -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient." Pres. Carter on Pres. Blair- May, 2007
From: Geen Uitzending on 29 May 2007 03:27 On 28 May, 22:34, Magda <magda(a)eu> wrote: > On 28 May 2007 13:13:06 -0700, in rec.travel.europe, Geen Uitzending > <michaelnewp...(a)yahoo.com> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: > > ... On 28 May, 22:05, m...(a)privacy.net (Mister Bartlett) wrote: > ... > William Black <william.bl...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > ... > > "Frank F. Matthews" <frankfmatth...(a)houston.rr.com> wrote in message > ... > >news:465afefc$0$3230$4c368faf(a)roadrunner.com... > ... > > ... > > > William Black wrote: > ... > > ... > > >> "Mister Bartlett" <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote in message > ... > > >>news:1hytdjx.8u84u12mnmkaN%me2(a)privacy.net... > ... > > ... > > >>>William Black <william.bl...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > ... > > ... > > >>>>>Yep - fear of being taxed in the UK to pay for financial mismanagement > ... > > >>>>>in, say, Greece. > ... > > ... > > >>>>I'm afraid you're going to have to explain how a common currency will > ... > > >>>>cause > ... > > >>>>that. > ... > > ... > > >>>Because a UK Chancellor can no longer manipulate the UK economy by > ... > > >>>changing interest rates, the impact of (say) inflationary action in > ... > > >>>(say) Greece is felt directly in the UK where it can only be controlled > ... > > >>>by taxation. At present there are 2 levers on the UK economy. In > ... > > >>>Euroland there is only one. > ... > > ... > > >> And in what way, for example, is that making any continental country > ... > > >> worse off than the UK? > ... > > ... > > > The usual situation is high interest rates because the over all euro > ... > > > economy is heating up when the local economy needs a boost. > ... > > I don't see a down-side here for me. > ... > > ... > The downside is that you don't have a job, because the economy is being > ... > run to suit people elsewhere in the Euro-zone, and the UK govt is > ... > powerless to help you because it can't set interest rates. > ... > > ... > B; > ... > > ... > -- > ... > Encrypted e-mail address. Click to mail me: > ... > <http://cerbermail.com/?nKYh3qN4YG> > ... > ... the UK used to be cheaper than Belgium, but now its more expensive. > > When was that? it has been happening for a long time, in the early 80's it was about 100BF to a pound and then it shrunk to 50-60 in the 90's.
From: Miguel Cruz on 29 May 2007 03:29 d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > Miguel Cruz <spam(a)spam.spam> wrote: > > d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > > > I gave you the figures- that's the percentage I get for withdrawing > > > money abroad. I have no need to exchange any money back. > > > > Would it be possible to quote a single foreign transaction from your > > bank statement? The date, currency, and amount deducted from your > > account. I'm genuinely curious about the exact cut imposed by the > > legendary Nationwide and would love a chance to compare it to the > > reference rate for that day. If you don't want to post here, an email > > would be great - traveler @ u , nu > > My last foreign withdrawal (I didn't need to withdraw any money on my > most recent trip) was April 8, for 50 euro at Treviso airport. > > It showed in my account April 9, and I was debited �34.04 Thanks, actual data is refreshing in these discussions! The nominal rate on both days was 1.47030 / 0.68013. �34.04 is exactly 1% more than that, which means Nationwide is passing on the Visa/Mastercard network charge and adding nothing else of its own. miguel -- Hit the road! Photos from around the world: http://travel.u.nu Detailed airport information: http://airport.u.nu
From: jeremyrh.geo on 29 May 2007 04:37 On 29 mei, 10:26, Martin <m...(a)address.invalid> wrote: > On Tue, 29 May 2007 06:13:12 +0200, m...(a)privacy.net (Mister Bartlett) wrote: > >William Black <william.bl...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > >> "Mister Bartlett" <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote in message > >>news:1hyufxh.1gnnxop1vaxtg7N%me2(a)privacy.net... > > >> > The downside is that you don't have a job, > > >> I don't have a job anyway. > > >I think it's clear that I use "you" in a general sense - I don't know > >enough about you to use it in a specific sense. > > >> I made enough money to retire. > > >> >because the economy is being > >> > run to suit people elsewhere in the Euro-zone, and the UK govt is > >> > powerless to help you because it can't set interest rates. > > >> As far as I'm concerned the higher the interest rates the better... > > >Self-evidently, the reverse also applies. The point, as must be obvious, > >is that the UK interest rate would not be set to suit you, or the UK > >population as a whole. > > Is that you William Black or you ...? Yes. HTH. B;
From: jeremyrh.geo on 29 May 2007 04:56
On 29 mei, 10:49, Martin <m...(a)address.invalid> wrote: > On Tue, 29 May 2007 15:29:35 +0800, Miguel Cruz <s...(a)spam.spam> wrote: > >d4g...(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > >> Miguel Cruz <s...(a)spam.spam> wrote: > >> > d4g...(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > >> > > I gave you the figures- that's the percentage I get for withdrawing > >> > > money abroad. I have no need to exchange any money back. > > >> > Would it be possible to quote a single foreign transaction from your > >> > bank statement? The date, currency, and amount deducted from your > >> > account. I'm genuinely curious about the exact cut imposed by the > >> > legendary Nationwide and would love a chance to compare it to the > >> > reference rate for that day. If you don't want to post here, an email > >> > would be great - traveler @ u , nu > > >> My last foreign withdrawal (I didn't need to withdraw any money on my > >> most recent trip) was April 8, for 50 euro at Treviso airport. > > >> It showed in my account April 9, and I was debited £34.04 > > >Thanks, actual data is refreshing in these discussions! > > >The nominal rate on both days was 1.47030 / 0.68013. > > The ECB gave no nominal rate for April 6-9 inclusive, it was a long weekend. > The rate on 5th April was 0.67970 the rate on 10th April was 0.68030 You really have been in Holland too long:-) - the difference on David's transaction was 3p. If he feels strongly about that I invite him to collect the change down the back of my sofa - it will more than compensate. B; |