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Old 6th May 2007, 11:34   #91 (permalink)
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Re: Money money money exchange rates!!!???

Do you guys ever read the news or what ? even heard of the offshore rate and onshore rate ?
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Re: Money money money exchange rates!!!???

^ No never! And also xe.com has never been different from what you actually get in Thailand (like it is now) so read the fucking thread you stupid fucking cow!!!

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Yeah that's the case....don't know why though!!!
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Old 7th May 2007, 12:21   #93 (permalink)
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Re: Money money money exchange rates!!!???

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And also xe.com has never been different from what you actually get in Thailand (like it is now) so read the fucking thread you stupid fucking cow!!!
Are you that thick (I have been told you were) ?
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Re: Money money money exchange rates!!!???

try

http://www.digitallook.com/cgi-bin/dlmedia/currencies

press the tourist rate and look at the ask rate! the spread is massive ie

Date Base CCY Target CCY Mid Rate Bid Rate Ask Rate
04-May-07 GBP THB 67.44 61.75 73.13

We are now living in a BANANA REPUBLIC WITH AN INCOMPETENT MILIATARY JUNTA (a.k.a. as monkey brained twats) who have screwed up the economy for the next 10 years!


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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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Yeah I understand that but that's now what's happening mate! It's working both ways!
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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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Are you that thick (I have been told you were) ?
Yes, I'm so thick I noticed xe.com is well wrong and different from before whereas you didn't! You got me good!!!
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Yes, I'm so thick I noticed xe.com is well wrong and different from before whereas you didn't! You got me good!!!
its not "wrong" but when dealing with banana republic joke currencies these sort of websites go wrong as the spreads and different market rates are hard to show. We now earn monopoly money
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Re: Money money money exchange rates!!!???

^ Wrong in the sense it's not what you get in Thailand....which is what I wanted/needed to know.

Wrong in the sense it's never been that off before either.

Wrong in my usage of the word wrong mate!!!
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Re: Money money money exchange rates!!!???

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We now earn monopoly money
You have an extremely strange logic Nemo. The outside world puts a greater value on the baht than the banks in-country so you come to the conclusion it is monopoly money??

This Butterfly character seems extremely rude too. We are not all stupid and realise there may be minor differences between rates in Thailand and those outside of Thailand. They are not however, usually as large as this or, as Nemo mentioned earlier, people would take advantage of the difference and the gap would quickly close.

KK, if you can get your money over here in Sterling then you are going to get a reasonable rate for it when you exchange it at a local bank (67-68), as I think you know already. If you have to do what I do (withdraw over here from a UK bank account) then you will get the 65 baht to the pound rate that the rest of the world thinks the currency is worth.

It has been fairly steady for the last month maybe, so I don't see much point in worrying too much about the timing. I don't think the economy here is on the point of collapse - if I am wrong then maybe you can ridicule me on here to ease the pain of making a loss.
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If you have to do what I do (withdraw over here from a UK bank account) then you will get the 65 baht to the pound rate that the rest of the world thinks the currency is worth.
Think I get better than that from Natwest mate. I'll check.
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Think I get better than that from Natwest mate. I'll check.
Over the years I always seem to get almost exactly the mid-market rate quoted on xe.com and I think I still am. I don't have to pay any withdrawal fees, which helps.
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Re: Money money money exchange rates!!!???

My Mummy sends it in Sterling...luckily!!! I can also do credit card online and get the cash equivalent (would that help you at all?).

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hehe, forgot your meds this morning ?
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Yes, I'm so thick I noticed xe.com is well wrong and different from before whereas you didn't! You got me good!!!
Someone in this thread provided a link with the news explaining why ? can you read ?

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hehe, forgot your meds this morning ?
Actually on them today....Capirox...two a day but I boshed 2 right away...feel a lot better for it.


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Someone in this thread provided a link with the news explaining why ?
So why are xe.com doing it then? And why wasn't it like this two or three months ago???

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Well if I can't that's a well stupid question ain't it? Kind of like 'are you awake?'!!!
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Re: Money money money exchange rates!!!???

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So why are xe.com doing it then? And why wasn't it like this two or three months ago???
Jesus, read above, it's explained in the news. There is a shortage of THB in the offshore market because of the 30% tax as it's no longer possible to "draw" THB from the local market. Hence the excess demand "offshore" is putting upward pressure on the THB, hence trading higher than the local rate. It's all about speculation on the offshore market. The 30% tax has cut all the local THB speculation hence the THB being 35, and not 32

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^ Why is xe.com wrong though ^ I understand the above, but that's not what I asked...why so different and wrong on xe.com???

It's a very simple question

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