£1 = US$2

sonicl · 04.17.2007, 05:37 AM

First time in almost 15 years.

So those CDs purchased direct from US shops/labels/artists by UK buyers have just got even cheaper! Wahey!

Pookie · 04.17.2007, 05:58 AM

I thought it was always roughly £1:$2.

sonicl · 04.17.2007, 06:02 AM

Not far from it, but this is the first time it's actually crossed the $2 mark since September 1992.

(Economics was one of my A-levels, and I still find this sort of thing vaguely interesting)

jon boy · 04.17.2007, 06:14 AM

hooray for everything!

i remember when £1 was over 2 deutch marks. what a time i had in the record shops of east germany.

Gulasch Noir · 04.17.2007, 06:34 AM

1 Euro (EUR) = 1.35530 US Dollar (USD)

Good for US-Export and Gulasch Noir's Import from the US.

fishmonkey · 04.17.2007, 06:39 AM

£1 = €900

Gulasch Noir · 04.17.2007, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by fishmonkey

£1 = €900

If you think, that's teh actual conversion ratio, then no wonder, why you keep refusing the EURO.
1 GBP= 1.46783 Euro

Pookie · 04.17.2007, 06:45 AM

Fishmonkey has the Euro, but he's Irish, and they're more intelligent than the British, so Euros must be better.

Iain · 04.17.2007, 07:35 AM

I remember the dark days when the Dollar was stronger...about $1.7 to the pound or even dipping into the $1.6 teritory possibly.

Time to buy stuff!

jon boy · 04.17.2007, 08:24 AM

i am already compiling lists. more so than i already do and thats a lot.

Iain · 04.17.2007, 08:37 AM

I don't usually do lists but, incidentally, I have been this morning. There's a seller on ebay that has a lot of reissue LPs of varying genres and I want to get a bunch. Depending on how much shipping is I might get 5 or 6.

Pookie · 04.17.2007, 08:46 AM

Well, I can honestly say I didn't expect this thread to get so many responses.

sonicl · 04.17.2007, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pookie

Well, I can honestly say I didn't expect this thread to get so many responses.

Well 16.67% of them are yours.

Iain · 04.17.2007, 08:58 AM

Sadly, I quite like looking at exchange rates. "Oooh, 204 yen to the pound" is a phrase not unlikely to be uttered from my lips.

jon boy · 04.17.2007, 08:58 AM

i do a lot of lists at work i have found. usually they are for uselss things and they get put in the bin. when i am at home i do write down general ones of things i want/need and now the £££ is strong i will take advantage and actually use it.

Pookie · 04.17.2007, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sonicl

Well 16.67% of them are yours.

But I had nothing to do with the other 93.33%.

sonicl · 04.17.2007, 09:00 AM

I like to have a rough idea of $ to £ and Euro to £ exchange rates, simply because it saves me having to refer to an exchange rate calculator every times I'm about to buy something from the US or Europe.

Danny Himself · 04.17.2007, 10:08 AM

This is awesome.

king_buzzo · 04.17.2007, 10:10 AM

woo! I dont use the 2.

jon boy · 04.17.2007, 10:11 AM

i tend to know and can calculate it from living abroad.

04.17.2007, 05:37 AM	#1
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	First time in almost 15 years. So those CDs purchased direct from US shops/labels/artists by UK buyers have just got even cheaper! Wahey!
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Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	I thought it was always roughly £1:$2.
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04.17.2007, 06:02 AM	#3
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	Not far from it, but this is the first time it's actually crossed the $2 mark since September 1992. (Economics was one of my A-levels, and I still find this sort of thing vaguely interesting)
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04.17.2007, 06:14 AM	#4
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	hooray for everything! i remember when £1 was over 2 deutch marks. what a time i had in the record shops of east germany. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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04.17.2007, 06:34 AM	#5
Gulasch Noir the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vienna Posts: 862	1 Euro (EUR) = 1.35530 US Dollar (USD) Good for US-Export and Gulasch Noir's Import from the US.
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04.17.2007, 06:39 AM	#6
fishmonkey invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,670	£1 = €900 __________________ "Pescescimmia ha grandi bulbi oculari blu, ognuno attaccato su un lato della sua testa, in modo tale da risucire a guardare indietro senza girare la sua testa pesciosa"
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04.17.2007, 06:45 AM	#8
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	Fishmonkey has the Euro, but he's Irish, and they're more intelligent than the British, so Euros must be better.
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04.17.2007, 07:35 AM	#9
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	I remember the dark days when the Dollar was stronger...about $1.7 to the pound or even dipping into the $1.6 teritory possibly. Time to buy stuff!
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04.17.2007, 08:24 AM	#10
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	i am already compiling lists. more so than i already do and thats a lot. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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04.17.2007, 08:37 AM	#11
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	I don't usually do lists but, incidentally, I have been this morning. There's a seller on ebay that has a lot of reissue LPs of varying genres and I want to get a bunch. Depending on how much shipping is I might get 5 or 6.
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04.17.2007, 08:46 AM	#12
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	Well, I can honestly say I didn't expect this thread to get so many responses.
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04.17.2007, 08:58 AM	#14
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	Sadly, I quite like looking at exchange rates. "Oooh, 204 yen to the pound" is a phrase not unlikely to be uttered from my lips.
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04.17.2007, 09:00 AM	#17
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	I like to have a rough idea of $ to £ and Euro to £ exchange rates, simply because it saves me having to refer to an exchange rate calculator every times I'm about to buy something from the US or Europe.
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04.17.2007, 10:08 AM	#18
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	This is awesome.
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king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	woo! I dont use the 2.
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jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	i tend to know and can calculate it from living abroad. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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