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Just had a heated phonecall with the mrs that went along these lines....

 

Her: "My mum and dad are really pi**ed off"

Me: "Odear, why?"

Her: "You remember I told u they inherited some money in an Irish bank account?"

Me: "Yeah vaguely, why?"

Her: "They were really worried about the whole Ireland situation and decided transfer it over here, but they lost £15,000 doing it"

Me: "How do you mean?"

Her: "They had 100k, now its only 85k"

Me: "Yes, but over there it was in Euros, now its in pounds and you have to account for the exchange rate"

Her: "£15k is still a HELL of a lot to lose"

Me: "They haven't lost 15k. They haven't lost anything. They had 100k euros, now they have 85k pounds, both of which are worth about the same in todays market"

Her (getting livid) : THEY HAVE FIFTEEN THOUSAND LESS. How is that the same thing!

Me: If I took a hundered dollar bill and exchanged it at the post office for £60, have I lost £40?

Her: Yes but £40 is a hell of a lot less than £15,000

Me: Laugh

Her: Hangup!!

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£50 gets her 3,400 philippines peso

 

Used to get 4,600 but the exchange rate to the dollar has really screwed that up in the last 3 years :thumbdown:

 

 

So £250 at that exchange rate she can give her mum and dad the 15k back and still have 2k for herself - sorted.

:thumbs:

:D will suggest this if the topic comes up again!

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