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#1 Post at 2-7-2009 10:04  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L currency converter bros, not sure if you guys use this already or know about this already, but i find this to be quite useful when i read about the different currencies stated in this forum... http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter hope it's useful for you guys too!

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#2 Post at 2-7-2009 12:32  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L Reply #1 grantbone's post    yes been using this for sometime ... works great !

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#3 Post at 3-7-2009 18:08  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L Theres much better ones around with more functionality. 1st link on google; keyword currency converter

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#4 Post at 3-7-2009 18:18  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L yeah....google search does a whole bunch of things including currency and unit conversion To get an idea of how this works try putting the following into the google search field... For currencies: 1 usd in baht 345.32 pound in euro For simple unit conversion 23 meters in feet 234 liters in gallons 32 F in C For more complicated unit conversions 92 pounds per sq inch in kg per sq meter 100 inches per minute in cm per hour 232 liters per second in pints per year ......there's a whole bunch of other nice little secrets hidden away in google seach... try putting this in the search field: define: SCUBA define: 141 define: prostitution he he he.... have fun!

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#5 Post at 4-7-2009 21:52  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L the google search one is pretty good as well...both are good.  thanks for sharing the other one.

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#6 Post at 4-7-2009 23:10  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L I've always used xe.com - found it very up to the minute for rates, and simple.

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#7 Post at 4-7-2009 23:50  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L dboy, this is a pretty good site as well...just added it to my bookmarks... thanks for the tip!

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#8 Post at 5-7-2009 06:20  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L Reply #6 dboy721's post Agreed. xe.com rates are a pretty useful guage. Sometimes, you find the currency rates online, and then you go to the moneychangers and the difference between the real rate offered by them and the online rate is quite big. For me, at least, the rates on xe.com are more useful compared to other sites. But other than websites, sometimes its useful to find out more on the financial news, cos it tells you the monetary policies of countries, and what the governments are doing to keep their currency rates up or down to help their economies. Tells you more on when is a good time to change currency notes. Timing is everything.

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#9 Post at 5-7-2009 10:42  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L Reply #1 grantbone's post yeah it's a good guide but the banks always seem to take bigger margins when I buy/convert curency. The last time I was in HK I went to change some US$ near the bottom of Nathan Road and went up to a currency exchange on the street but noticed more inside the arcade (may be the "Imperial"?) and the further I walked in the better the rates, ain't the free market great.

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#10 Post at 5-7-2009 13:53  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L froddo, you're right on the margins that these people charge...i use the converter first to get an idea what the real rate is...and look for someone that comes closest before exchanging...also, the more amount you want to exchange the better the rate you get... if you have an atm card, the ex rate you get is usually pretty good as well..

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#11 Post at 5-7-2009 18:52  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L Reply #7 grantbone's post No problem grantbone - happy to help! If you're spending abroad, it's also worth researching credit cards - some give you a much better rate, closer to the rate quoted on xe.com, rather than taking a massive buy/sell margin themselves for their troubles. E.g. in the UK, Nationwide do some good offerings.

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#12 Post at 25-10-2009 11:14  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L i use http://www.ozforex.com.au/ it has all currencies not just oz so everyone can use it the reason i prefer it to xe is that it has a long term graph. that way you get an idea of currencies over time. the gfc has really messed things up but the aus dollar is strong again after dropping to 60 or 70cents

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#13 Post at 25-10-2009 13:07  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L Any one knows where is the best place to convert US$ to HK$ in Hong Kong? I heard ChungKing Mansion might be a good place, any other places?

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#14 Post at 25-10-2009 13:18  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L Reply #13 moming's post The whole stretch of Nathan Road in TST is littered with many money changers. Most offer very similiar and competitive rates for the USD. ChungKing Mansions and the area around Mirador Mansion are good bets. On HK Island, most of the money changers are located around the Central/Wan Chai/Causeway Bay area as it is the most heavily tourist populated. You may get marginally better rates at TST but this is really quite insignicant unless you are changing large amounts of USD. As the USD is widely accepted for exchange, the moneychangers are compelled to keep their rates really competitive. Just don't change at the Airport - possibly the worse rates in HK.    whileyouarere adingthisiamst aringatyourtits

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#15 Post at 25-10-2009 13:30  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L as dutchdouble says, avoid the airport exchangers like the plague..i did it one time, it was just horrible.  it wasnt much but the rate was even worse then the exchange i got in china...that tells you how big of a rip off it is.. tst is the most competitve place.  just shop around as it changes daily...

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#16 Post at 25-10-2009 14:20  Profile Site P.M.  Font size: S M L I prefer google. just type usd hkd, usd cny or usd mop, etc.... fast and simple

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#17 Post at 26-10-2009 16:39  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L just to use the yahoo one but www.xe.com is way faster and easier just an option

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#18 Post at 30-10-2009 09:54  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L I think www.xe.com is reliable because currency traders use it too...that's gotta account for something! Moreover, how come no one here has suggested exchanging at the banks? HSBC and the others give you a much better rate by far compared to the currency peeps in TST/HK Island... I know this thread was probably started by a non-HK resident, but if you live here, there's really no reason not to take advantage of your bank.

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#19 Post at 30-10-2009 14:45  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L QUOTE: Originally posted by 56kicks at 30-10-2009 09:54 I think www.xe.com is reliable because currency traders use it too...that's gotta account for something! Online FX tools like Xe.com and Yahoo Finance are used by FX traders because the rate reflected is the up to date market rate and that would also be the rate that they would trade in. Whereas for us who do FX not for investment or trading, the rates given by these online websites do not indicate the commission fees that each bank/money changer would charge for changing your money. So these tools would be useful to give you a good idea of what the base rate should be and when you go out to change your money, you can tell how much a moneychanger is charging for commission just by checking out the rate that the shop is offering.    whileyouarere adingthisiamst aringatyourtits

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#20 Post at 1-11-2009 02:36  Profile P.M.  Font size: S M L Be careful with foreign credit cards I have had a problem recently at some hotels and restaurants. They see my foreign card and try to charge me in USD at a punitive exchange rate.  It is almost always better to pay in local currency and have the credit card convert the money for you.

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