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call_the_shots
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Dukey77777
Joined: 28 Jun 2007
Location: Chungcheongbuk-do
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Imrahil
Joined: 04 Feb 2008
Location: On the other side of the world.
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| I have always found it to be fairly accurate, but when I go to KEB the total has always been about 10 dollars lower then on the website. |
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Paddycakes
Joined: 05 May 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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I think XE gives a bank to bank rate.
You're not going to get as good a rate. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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yeah, that's a currency trader's site - or for other big bucks usage
you can still use it to get a general idea but if you have to buy/sell in a bank like the rest of us peasants, just be prepared for the amounts to vary - in the bank's favor, of course |
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Yesterday
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:50 am Post subject: |
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I just checked this one and it is about 8.5% off the posted rates in the bank downstairs.
Buying dollars and paying in won:
Website $1-1237 won.
Posted rate in the bank $1=1350 won. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:57 am Post subject: |
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| Every company I've ever worked at uses the XE quote to calculate how to refund expenses for trips to the USA. |
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Yesterday
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:08 am Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
I just checked this one and it is about 8.5% off the posted rates in the bank downstairs.
Buying dollars and paying in won:
Website $1-1237 won.
Posted rate in the bank $1=1350 won. |
Thats strange - I checked x-rates Monday morning -
How much Australia cash will I get for 3,700,000won?
X-rates said AUD$4,300.00
I went immediately to the bank -
I sent AUD$4,300.00 the bank charged me 3,680,284won
The next morning the $4,300.00 was in my Australian bank account.
that was almost the same....
(*ps - I am happy with the current global economic situation - If I had sent 3,700,000won 3 weeks ago - I would have only got AUD$3,800.00) - so I already made an extra AUD$500.00 of this situation |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:55 am Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| Every company I've ever worked at uses the XE quote to calculate how to refund expenses for trips to the USA. |
In a relatively stable market, xe.com is accurate. In a market like the won is in, with 5% daily swings, it is often out of sync. Best to check the KEB site.
Just an addendum, sometimes the board at the bank is wrong. When I was at KEB on Monday they gave me a different rate than what the board showed. I asked about it, and they showed me the time and sales on their computer. So make sure you ask first! |
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bogey666
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
Location: Korea, the ass free zone
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:50 pm Post subject: Re: How accurate is www.xe.com? |
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yup.. during some down time yesterday I was surfing around knowing the US stock market had gone down BIG, which I knew spelled big trouble for the won.
at like 10 am, xe was showing 1230,or so.. which defied belief.
so was bloomberg..
when I came back from my class, bloomberg had updated their quote and put up a story about the won suffering a monster near 10% fall.
xe was definitely quite late.
I'd say just check keb, they will be current and use the middle between their bid/ask to see where it is.
besides.. 20 won one way or the other means nothing these days. |
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seosan08
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject: The Whole Shebang on One Page |
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World Markets
http://www.indexq.org/ |
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bobbyhanlon
Joined: 09 Nov 2003
Location: 서울
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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| i think it doesn't update during daytime in asia because of the time difference (thats my guess anyway). go to http://stock.naver.com if you can read korean. theres a line on this page which says '원달라' and that will tell you the exchange rate now. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't notice XE.COM fluctuating as much as I'd think it should. |
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Easter Clark
Joined: 18 Nov 2007
Location: Hiding from Yie Eun-woong
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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| bobbyhanlon wrote: |
| i think it doesn't update during daytime in asia because of the time difference (thats my guess anyway). go to http://stock.naver.com if you can read korean. theres a line on this page which says '원달라' and that will tell you the exchange rate now. |
A direct link:
http://stock.naver.com/world/sise.nhn?symbol=USDKRWSMBS
This time last year it was at 907. Today it's at 1,424.  |
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