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fellow brits: exchange rate, holy cow!

 
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danieltudor



Joined: 26 Sep 2003

PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 2:51 am    Post subject: fellow brits: exchange rate, holy cow! Reply with quote

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Mr. Pink



Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China

PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 2:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

All the exchange rates are sucking arse. I can't believe the AU dollar is almost as strong as the CDN dollar. Also can't believe how weak the US dollar is lately. It used to be equal with the Euro!!!
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Kiddirts



Joined: 25 Jul 2003

PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 7:02 am    Post subject: euro Reply with quote

used to be ahead of the euro, big time. If we had all known we'd have almost doubled our account.
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ratslash



Joined: 08 May 2003

PostPosted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 3:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sucks big time. sent some money home last week. i had to. i nearly cried when the guy gave me the piece of paper with the exchange rate on it.
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Butterfly



Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: Kuwait

PostPosted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 5:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

When is it going to end?? It's HORRIBLE.
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rapier



Joined: 16 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I first came to korea (march 2002), 1M won translated to almost exactly 500 GBP. I used to send a million a month.
Whats it come to now?
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Mosley



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Sun Jan 11, 2004 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For non-Yanks, 2004 looks grim. It's a presidential election year, of course, & Bush will want a weak greenback to try to hammer away at U. S. trade deficits.
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eamo



Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 3:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

rapier wrote:
When I first came to korea (march 2002), 1M won translated to almost exactly 500 GBP. I used to send a million a month.
Whats it come to now?


When I first arrived in September 2000 it was 1500 won to the GBP. By December 2000 it had bombed to 1800-1GBP. I've been waiting for 3 years for it to get back down to 1500-1GBP. It ain't gonna happen. If it gets back to 1900-1GBP I think that's the best we're going to get. I've haven't sent anything home in 6 months. Holding out like grim death!!!
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rapier



Joined: 16 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

With the current exchange rate, i'm surprised that there seems to be an over- abundance of westerners still willing to come out here and teach....
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dominic



Joined: 10 Mar 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:21 am    Post subject: i agree Reply with quote

I cant believe teachers are coming here either, they are obbviously not checking the exchange rate, I would think twice if i was coming here for the first time.
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Mosley



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:30 am    Post subject: Yep.... Reply with quote

This cowboy won't renew if rates haven't improved in 6 mos.
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wormholes101



Joined: 11 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I predict that things will start to turn six months to one year from now. In five years, you'll all be complaining about how expensive things here are relative to back home... Laughing
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crazylemongirl



Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...

PostPosted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 5:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

wormholes101 wrote:
I predict that things will start to turn six months to one year from now. In five years, you'll all be complaining about how expensive things here are relative to back home... Laughing


depends. I predict that if mad cow makes it to australia and new zealand then us antipodieans are going to find our won gives us a lot more bang for our buck

Of course the fact that our ecnomies will have collaposed may not be such a good thing
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