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Old 27th April 2007, 17:08   #83 (permalink)
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Re: Money money money exchange rates!!!???

xe.com used to be like .5 off, but this is 5 Baht in every Pound? Never been like this before???
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Originally Posted by Nemo.
Normally arbitrage would equalise the price

ie I send 10,000 pounds at 70 baht to my Thai account and get 700,000 Baht

I then send my money back at 65 Baht (market rate) and I get 10,769 pounds
Yeah I understand that but that's now what's happening mate! It's working both ways!
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Originally Posted by Om Bak
Just a guess, maybe the bank you are using has a different chief currency dealer now. I can go to 3 different banks and get a difference of 2-3baht selling NZD to baht.

Another guess, if you change large amounts alot of banks can give you higher than the retail rate.
All the banks I've checked are giving 68-69 Baht to the Pound, all the currency websites are saying 65 or so....wasn't a great deal of cash at all!
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