From: Peter H. Coffin (hellsop_at_ninehells.com)
Date: Tue Aug 26 2003 - 10:51:22 PDT
On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 11:25:23AM -0600, Andrei Chichak wrote:
> At 09:45 AM 8/26/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >What's a cheap way to get @ 20#'s to United Kingdom from Chicago?
> >I've got a friend there that needs my spare PM6100.
> >Thanks and sorry for off-topicness.
> >-Tim
>
> Go buy some travellers cheques. They are a whole lot cheaper to buy than a
> money order and you tend to get a better exchange rate for some reason.
>
> You do mean Pounds Sterling don't you? For pounds force, the regular mail
> system works well as far as cheap is concerned. There is a tradeoff between
> cheap and fast.
# is what you get when you screw up writing 'tt'. £ is what you get when
you screw up writing 'L'. Not the same thing.
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