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Offline spikeyb

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« on: May 30, 2012, 11:31:03 PM »
Can anyone tell me what the current exchange rate is in san stefanos



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Re: exchange rate
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2012, 12:27:28 PM »
Can anyone tell me what the current exchange rate is in san stefanos
I do not know the present exchange rate in San Stefanos but I can give you the following information.
The rate in San Stefanos is on average 2 points above the best rate you can get in the U.K.
For example 1.20 in UK = 1.22 in San Stefanos.
The thing to remember is in San Stefanos you usually pay 2% commission which makes both options pretty much the same.
The UK rate I have quoted is where you obtain it without paying commission.One way of doing this is using the Post Office Online and using a post office credit card that does not charge commission on foriegn currency exchange.
Do not be fooled by claims in the UK high street saying it is commission free as they reduce the rates to counteract this.
Please note that exchanges in San Stefanos are for cash transactions.I am not sure if the Greek financial problems will effect them.
You can check out the best UK rates on moneysupermarket.com.
I hope this helps.
Yammas
Yiannis
« Last Edit: May 31, 2012, 12:54:47 PM by YIANNIS26 »

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Re: exchange rate
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2012, 04:32:54 PM »
€1.2112 today in the post office
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Re: exchange rate
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2012, 04:39:11 PM »
Thomas Cook phoned yesterday to say they were offering 1.24.
Too late, now, though, we've already got ours.

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Re: exchange rate
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2012, 04:49:01 PM »
Martins Money tips say ice give the best rates, 2 points higher than all the rest today.
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« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2012, 06:39:06 PM »
Ice are usually best. They are also VERY nice to deal with.

I bought £500 last week at 1.2200 - a few hours later it went up to 1.2275  - damnation! Currently 1.2194

Anything over 1.22 is great compared to last year!

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Re: exchange rate
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2012, 07:33:11 PM »
I have £1200 waiting to change to Euros, they seem to have stalled a touch!
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Re: exchange rate
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2012, 09:25:56 PM »
If it goes up to about 1.2250 again I'll get some more - but in general I'll wait until June 16/17 when nerves will be most affecting the Euro.

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Re: exchange rate
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2012, 01:55:29 AM »
With you there Jim, I think it may go up for a day at least.
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« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2012, 02:26:13 AM »
It's mad. Ice is now 1.2230

That's a big difference from this morning. If you want to catch this at the peak you'd need to be checking hourly almost.

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Re: exchange rate
« Reply #10 on: June 02, 2012, 10:38:36 PM »
Well I am going to miss the chance this week.

Off on Monday for a week at Camber Sands with the Grand-children, so We are going to be busy!

Then  - - - - 3 weeks and a bit later - - - - Corfu!!
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Re: exchange rate
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2012, 08:14:36 PM »
we got 1.21 at the post office yesterday £100 = 120 Euros :)

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Re: exchange rate
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2012, 12:05:24 AM »
Ice are good but I found TravelFX much better.
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Re: exchange rate
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2012, 03:53:09 AM »
it seems to be holding around there - so maybe a wobble in mid june!
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Re: exchange rate
« Reply #14 on: June 06, 2012, 11:44:59 PM »
The pound is on the slide this week, Thomas Cook has dropped 2 cents to 1.18 so I changed mine with the Post Office and got exactly 1.20.

O.K. it might go up but I couldnt afford the risk of it dropping further.

1.20 is still good compared to the last few years but if the Euro crises does ease then the rate could nose dive quickly.

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