On Sun, 25 Jul 2010, Mizter T wrote:

On Jul 25, 3:55*pm, Paul Terry wrote:

Mizter T writes

A friend has been given quite a lot of Euro coinage that all adds up
to a fair amount whack (n.b. this is not a result of either money
laundering nor theft!), and was pondering on how he might be able to
spend it in London

(Drafting error - it's either a fair amount or a fair whack, not a fair
amount whack - and as I said, this wasn't a result of theft so nobody
got in any way whacked as a result!)

I note that you don't state that nobody got mounted.

tom

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On Jul 25, 5:22*pm, Tom Anderson wrote:

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010, Mizter T wrote:

On Jul 25, 3:55*pm, Paul Terry wrote:

Mizter T writes

A friend has been given quite a lot of Euro coinage that all adds up
to a fair amount whack (n.b. this is not a result of either money
laundering nor theft!), and was pondering on how he might be able to
spend it in London

(Drafting error - it's either a fair amount or a fair whack, not a fair
amount whack - and as I said, this wasn't a result of theft so nobody
got in any way whacked as a result!)

I note that you don't state that nobody got mounted.

Ssshhh... you said you'd keep it quiet.

On 25/07/2010 15:55, Paul Terry wrote:

It's possible that some of the shops in the Eurostar terminal at St
Pancras will accept euros - certainly when Eurostar was at Waterloo, the
branch of Boots in the station would take them. It might also be worth
checking if the KX/St Pancras ticket office would accept euros for the
same reason.

When I worked in the Ticket Office at St Pancras we accepted a number of
foreign currencies, but it was:

a) Notes ONLT
b) A not very good exchange rate, with different rates for each
denomination of note
c) We charged a £3.00 admin fee for the privilege

Cheers,

Barry

On 26/07/2010 01:45, Barry Salter wrote:
On 25/07/2010 15:55, Paul Terry wrote:

It's possible that some of the shops in the Eurostar terminal at St
Pancras will accept euros - certainly when Eurostar was at Waterloo, the
branch of Boots in the station would take them. It might also be worth
checking if the KX/St Pancras ticket office would accept euros for the
same reason.

When I worked in the Ticket Office at St Pancras we accepted a number of
foreign currencies, but it was:

a) Notes ONLT
b) A not very good exchange rate, with different rates for each
denomination of note
c) We charged a £3.00 admin fee for the privilege

Cheers,

Barry
When was that and what sort of notes did you accept?

On 26/07/2010 23:04, wrote:

When was that and what sort of notes did you accept?

Early 00s, and ISTR we accepted 5, 10, 20, 50 and possibly 100 Euro
notes; also US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Dollars, Danish
Krone, Swedish Krona and Japanese Yen.

But as I say, the exchange rate was (usually) not very good, and only
updated every four weeks, and with the admin fee on top we tried to
encourage people to use credit cards or sterling, for obvious reasons.

Cheers,

Barry

On 27/07/2010 00:13, Barry Salter wrote:
On 26/07/2010 23:04, wrote:

When was that and what sort of notes did you accept?

Early 00s, and ISTR we accepted 5, 10, 20, 50 and possibly 100 Euro
notes; also US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Dollars, Danish
Krone, Swedish Krona and Japanese Yen.

But as I say, the exchange rate was (usually) not very good, and only
updated every four weeks, and with the admin fee on top we tried to
encourage people to use credit cards or sterling, for obvious reasons.

Cheers,

Barry
I wonder why they did that, considering that they are in the UK.

On 26 July, 01:45, Barry Salter wrote:

When I worked in the Ticket Office at St Pancras we accepted a number of
foreign currencies, but it was:

* a) Notes ONLT
* b) A not very good exchange rate, with different rates for each
denomination of note
* c) We charged a £3.00 admin fee for the privilege

Cheers,

Barry

At Kings Cross (BR) in the mid 80s we accpted a number of currenices
with a dialy list produced with the (appalling) rates. There was also
a nominal admin charge as well (£ ?).

Because of the hassle and the fact that many did not want to rip
people off, intending passengers were normally referred to the Bureaux
de change where even in the days of ****e station rates at Bureaux and
comission (remember that !) the punter was always much better off.

As a result of the referals, staff got commission free exchange.

American tourists were not normally interested in making the hike of
30 yards and would just thrust large denomination travellers cheques
(remember those) at us. The more entrapaneurial (spelling?) old hands
may have made some beer money by not paying in the foreign currency
IYSWIM.



Richard

Is there some sort of pass that I can buy for the London underground? I will be in the city for about 20 days and will have to travel quite a lot within the city hence was thinking of getting a pass or smart card I can use in daily transport.

On Jul 30, 9:34*pm, achengms
wrote:
Is there some sort of pass that I can buy for the London underground? I
will be in the city for about 20 days and will have to travel quite a
lot within the city hence was thinking of getting a pass or smart card I
can use in daily transport.

Yes. You've basically got two options, buy three weekly Travelcards or
otherwise use Oyster Pay-as-you-go (Oyster is a smartcard).

You can also load weekly Travelcard on to an Oyster card which would
allow you to travel outside the zones covered by your Travelcard - for
example to go to and from destinations in outer London such as
Heathrow airport or Hampton Court (if your weekly Travelcard just
covered the central zones 1&2). To do this you would need to add some
extra credit to the card for these journeys.

Note that the "Travelcard" name can cause some confusion - it's a
ticketing product that can be issued either on a physical (paper/card)
ticket or otherwise 'virtually' by being loaded onto an Oyster smart
card. Both the Travelcard and Oyster Pay-as-you-go are valid on the
Underground, buses and the suburban rail network in London.

Which one to go for kinda depends on how much travelling around London
you expect to be doing, where in London you expect to want to go to,
and how many days if any you might be away from London. That said, the
three weekly Travelcards might be your best bet.

On 28/07/2010 19:07, Fat richard wrote:
On 26 July, 01:45, Barry wrote:

When I worked in the Ticket Office at St Pancras we accepted a number of
foreign currencies, but it was:

a) Notes ONLT
b) A not very good exchange rate, with different rates for each
denomination of note
c) We charged a £3.00 admin fee for the privilege

Cheers,

Barry

At Kings Cross (BR) in the mid 80s we accpted a number of currenices
with a dialy list produced with the (appalling) rates. There was also
a nominal admin charge as well (£ ?).

Because of the hassle and the fact that many did not want to rip
people off, intending passengers were normally referred to the Bureaux
de change where even in the days of ****e station rates at Bureaux and
comission (remember that !) the punter was always much better off.

As a result of the referals, staff got commission free exchange.

American tourists were not normally interested in making the hike of
30 yards and would just thrust large denomination travellers cheques
(remember those) at us. The more entrapaneurial (spelling?) old hands
may have made some beer money by not paying in the foreign currency
IYSWIM.



Richard

How about notes from St. Helena, did you ever accept any of them?