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FA Last Day English Hammered
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These coins went far too cheaply!! I just saw your post five minutes
ago. I wish I had seen it a bit sooner :-( Ian Scottishmoney wrote: http://tinyurl.com/gvd1 Thanks for looking, bids are still low, so bargains are possible. Dave |
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On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 17:27:12 -0400, "Scottishmoney"
wrote: I think I will continue selling them off outside of eBay, has been far better. I think I only came near to breaking even on the shilling, the rest should be tax right offs. Dave Glad to be of service |
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You are one lucky cookie to pick that one up so cheaply. Its worth at
least double the final bid...and some again. You jammie Geordie ! :-) Ian Darren wrote: On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 17:27:12 -0400, "Scottishmoney" wrote: I think I will continue selling them off outside of eBay, has been far better. I think I only came near to breaking even on the shilling, the rest should be tax right offs. Dave Glad to be of service |
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 01:30:09 +0100, Ian
wrote: You are one lucky cookie to pick that one up so cheaply. Its worth at least double the final bid...and some again. You jammie Geordie ! :-) I did bid on one of the others without success... Of course it gets better - I'll be able to unload some of this Scottish money I picked up on my last trip. I figure the news about the different exchange rate isn't widely known yet. |
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Darren wrote: On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 01:30:09 +0100, Ian wrote: You are one lucky cookie to pick that one up so cheaply. Its worth at least double the final bid...and some again. You jammie Geordie ! :-) I did bid on one of the others without success... Of course it gets better - I'll be able to unload some of this Scottish money I picked up on my last trip. I figure the news about the different exchange rate isn't widely known yet. Strange as it seems i've always been able to get more for Sots £'s overseas than for English ones....That is, excepting in Egypt where the Scots ones were viewed as being no better than soap coupons. They might as well have had a portrait of Donald Duck on them, their banks just wouldn't look at them. Fortunately, I had the foresight to take most of my cash spend in English. Ian |
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 08:55:48 +0100, Ian
wrote: Strange as it seems i've always been able to get more for Sots £'s overseas than for English ones....That is, excepting in Egypt where the Scots ones were viewed as being no better than soap coupons. They might as well have had a portrait of Donald Duck on them, their banks just wouldn't look at them. Fortunately, I had the foresight to take most of my cash spend in English. Well I'll be off to Egypt in November... so if you've got any soup coupons you want me to try out? They still raise a few eyebrows where I live - you don't get problems spending them but they do get looked at in a "what the hell is THIS" way. Darren |
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Darren wrote: On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 08:55:48 +0100, Ian wrote: Strange as it seems i've always been able to get more for Sots £'s overseas than for English ones....That is, excepting in Egypt where the Scots ones were viewed as being no better than soap coupons. They might as well have had a portrait of Donald Duck on them, their banks just wouldn't look at them. Fortunately, I had the foresight to take most of my cash spend in English. Well I'll be off to Egypt in November... so if you've got any soup coupons you want me to try out? No soup coupons or such. Where in Egypt are you heading for? I might be able to pass on a few tips. They still raise a few eyebrows where I live - you don't get problems spending them but they do get looked at in a "what the hell is THIS" way. I can understand that full well, especially since they aren't strictly speaking `legal tender' in your part of the country. Mind you the single £ note usually goes down quite well. There seems to be a general `nostalgia' among people who used to use the £1 note in every day life when they see a Scottish one. Hardest time I had was actually in London I went into a branch of The Royal Bank of Scotland (can't remember which one now but it was in Holborn I think) and asked them to change my cash (actually in Royal Bank of Scotland notes). The bank teller told me she couldn't do that and that I would have to go to the foreign exchange section. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, but what do you do? Create a god almighty fuss and have everyone in the bank look at you as if your Ritilin had not had sufficient time to kick in...or recognise that you are going to get absolutely nowhere by arguing and do as suggested. I did as suggested. It just involved me in more queuing than I would have liked to experience from my own bank. Crazy, but thankfully they didn't go as far as charging me a commission for accepting their own notes. Ian Darren |
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"Ian" wrote in message ... Hardest time I had was actually in London I went into a branch of The Royal Bank of Scotland (can't remember which one now but it was in Holborn I think) and asked them to change my cash (actually in Royal Bank of Scotland notes). The bank teller told me she couldn't do that and that I would have to go to the foreign exchange section. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, but what do you do? Create a god almighty fuss and have everyone in the bank look at you as if your Ritilin had not had sufficient time to kick in...or recognise that you are going to get absolutely nowhere by arguing and do as suggested. I did as suggested. It just involved me in more queuing than I would have liked to experience from my own bank. Crazy, but thankfully they didn't go as far as charging me a commission for accepting their own notes. Ian American Express advertises that their travellers cheques can be cashed just about anywhere, well I found somewhere that wouldn't - the American Express office in Amsterdam, Netherlands. For some reason they would not cash them unless they were in dollars, so I ended up cashing them at a Dutch Bank a block away. Must have been difficult to part with Scots notes and get only HRH in return. Dave |
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Patrick Maloney wrote: Oy Ian! Strange as it seems i've always been able to get more for Sots £'s ^^^^^^ What's this? An accidental slip into honesty??? LOL! ;-) Patrick .....savour the moment my friend... :-) Ian |
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