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Old Jun 5th, 2003 | 09:20 AM
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What is the current rate of exchange in Scotland for the US Dollar?
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Old Jun 5th, 2003 | 09:27 AM
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Old Jun 5th, 2003 | 11:23 AM
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http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll...840920486&

(Expedia currency converter)
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Old Jun 5th, 2003 | 12:33 PM
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Bumper:

I like oanda.com. You can print out what they call "cheat sheets" which are wallet size and very easy to carry and refer to. You can do US to whatever on one side and whatever to US on the other.

I printed one for each of the three countries we just visited last month and they were very helpful.
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Old Jun 5th, 2003 | 01:50 PM
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I bought a pocket currency converter before my trip to Japan last year (too many 000's). Used it in Scotland 2 weeks ago.
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Old Jun 5th, 2003 | 01:54 PM
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1 pound = $1.63
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Old Jun 5th, 2003 | 02:06 PM
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I was in Edinburgh last week and used my credit and debit cards. Exchange was around $1.72 for both of them

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Old Jun 5th, 2003 | 02:24 PM
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Unless you are looking for a very precise answer I'd use $1.70 for the pound (Scottish or British). The current value according to Bloomberg at 18:08 NY time is $1.6609. Add 2 1/2% for conversion and you are pretty close to $1.70.

The price is changing in the currency markets 24 hours a day.
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Old Jun 5th, 2003 | 02:25 PM
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Whereas those net-base "currency converters" are very good for giving a "general" idea of the conversion rates you'll never gat that rate usually since those figures are based on current bank-to-bank conversion rates...but again, a good general idea.e
 
Old Jun 7th, 2003 | 08:17 PM
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If you go to Oanda.com and use their converter you can plug in the extra 2-3% that your Bankcard/ATM card add on.
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Old Jun 9th, 2003 | 04:54 AM
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Lovejoy brings up another point--check with your credit card and ATM card issuers to see if they add on an extra 2-3%. We found out that one of our credit cards did and one didn't--so we just used the card that didn't.
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