How do you sell your foreign currency?

isysman · 28 May 2015

I've just come back from Europe and I have some Euros that I want to sell. I went to my bank and they quoted mw â‚¬1.53 to 1.00! That's outrageous, Post Office offered the exact same rate.

I had a look online and I found some companies that buy your currency but I'm required to mail it to them by Special Delivery which makes me a little nervous. I'm just wondering what any of you usually do? It's more than a couple of hundred that's why I haven't just bitten the bullet.

The Dragonmeister · 28 May 2015

Just checking if you have foreign currency dealers in Cheshire? Normally in London there are foreign currency dealers. The Post Office uses a bank for their financial transactions hence the same rate as a bank.

Shaoxter · 28 May 2015

Just keep it for next time?
And while you're at it, get a Halifax Clarity credit card and you won't have to carry loads of foreign currency around.

arry · 28 May 2015

I use Travel Premier - rates to buy beat PO as long as it's for a fair amount to start with, it's delivered to your door, and they buy back at the same rate if needed (you need to pay for postage but if that's more than the difference you'd get exchanging back at PO then you'd just walk there instead )

Great service - has never let me down

Alex · 28 May 2015

WOW! I've just had an idea. Why don't we buy and sell each other's Euros on here? Everyone's a winner then cos you can sell them at a better rate each way!

Get 'em up on here for sale :?: :dont know: :thumb:

isysman · 28 May 2015

arry said:
I use Travel Premier - rates to buy beat PO as long as it's for a fair amount to start with, it's delivered to your door, and they buy back at the same rate if needed (you need to pay for postage but if that's more than the difference you'd get exchanging back at PO then you'd just walk there instead )

Great service - has never let me down

How do you get the currency to them? Is it a high street place?

isysman · 28 May 2015

Shaoxter said:
Just keep it for next time?
And while you're at it, get a Halifax Clarity credit card and you won't have to carry loads of foreign currency around.

Well I didn't buy it here and take it with me. I get paid in Euros and usually it all goes into my bank but I have some in cash. And it's more than I'd spend so don't want to keep it really. I might open a Euro bank account?

wasz · 28 May 2015

Unless its euros that i'll use again I always change it at the exchange at the airport before take off after buying a coffee.

Usually a lot less than £100 so rate isn't a big deal.

s2000db · 28 May 2015

Lloyds do an Euro bank account with a debit card option...

Stick em in there till the rate improves..

PeterS · 28 May 2015

I seem to spend loads. There's a pile of us off to Le Mans next week so won't to hanging around for long.

Happy to have it (unless your from FIFA)

Zingari · 28 May 2015

I keep it until the next time and as the Euro is at a high wait to see if the rate drops. I've just bought some otherwise I'd give you 1.40 exchange

I've got a Ten Trillion Dollar Zimbabwe note that nobody will swap

c: well apart from an Indian Restaurant that offered me a free meal, which was probably a good deal :grin:

Chris_in_the_UK · 28 May 2015

^^^^^

Snap their Naan off before they change their mind!

arry · 28 May 2015

isysman said:
arry said:

I use Travel Premier - rates to buy beat PO as long as it's for a fair amount to start with, it's delivered to your door, and they buy back at the same rate if needed (you need to pay for postage but if that's more than the difference you'd get exchanging back at PO then you'd just walk there instead )

Great service - has never let me down

Click to expand...

How do you get the currency to them? Is it a high street place?

No, it's an online service. You create an account then order and they send you currency next day delivered guaranteed.

Hassle free. Good service. Good buy back rates. Winner

isysman · 28 May 2015

arry said:
isysman said:

arry said:

I use Travel Premier - rates to buy beat PO as long as it's for a fair amount to start with, it's delivered to your door, and they buy back at the same rate if needed (you need to pay for postage but if that's more than the difference you'd get exchanging back at PO then you'd just walk there instead )

Great service - has never let me down

Click to expand...

How do you get the currency to them? Is it a high street place?

Click to expand...

No, it's an online service. You create an account then order and they send you currency next day delivered guaranteed.

Hassle free. Good service. Good buy back rates. Winner

I think you are talking about buying currency, I'm talking about selling it.

arry · 28 May 2015

isysman said:
I think you are talking about buying currency, I'm talking about selling it.

I know; I may have confused you rather than me being confused. The point I was making is that if you buy from them next time, you're guaranteed the same rate back if you 'sell' it back to them, rather than the rubbish rates you get from selling to the PO.

It's too late this time, but as a service I'm just recommending it because of that. For example, when I went to Japan I took much more than I actually needed because we were in the mountains a lot and it was difficult to work out what we'd be spending on a daily basis. With Travel Premier I just sent a load back and didn't lose out other than the postage at a fiver.

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isysman

Daytona

The Dragonmeister

Monza

Shaoxter

Imola

arry

Sao Paulo

Alex

Nordschleife

isysman

Daytona

isysman

Daytona

wasz

Paul Ricard

s2000db

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PeterS

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Zingari

Brands Hatch

Chris_in_the_UK

Estoril

arry

Sao Paulo

isysman

Daytona

arry

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