In article <%l6%e.118397$G8.94698@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> , John@hotmail.com says...
> I just went to pay by credit card and it was asking for 10 Euros - is this
> the minimum now ?
>
>
>
10 euros? Have someone forgot to tell them we do not use Euros in the
U.K
In message of Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Ad C writes
>In article <%l6%e.118397$G8.94698@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> ,
>John@hotmail.com says...
>> I just went to pay by credit card and it was asking for 10 Euros - is this
>> the minimum now ?
>>
>>
>>
>10 euros? Have someone forgot to tell them we do not use Euros in the
>U.K
David Floyd wrote:
> In message of Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Ad C writes
>
>> In article <%l6%e.118397$G8.94698@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> ,
>> John@hotmail.com says...
>>
>>> I just went to pay by credit card and it was asking for 10 Euros - is
>>> this
>>> the minimum now ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> 10 euros? Have someone forgot to tell them we do not use Euros in the
>> U.K
>
>
> Yes we do by using our Debit/Credit card.
>
> In any case they're not a UK company.
In article <dlgsj1dpjf92npvgelq709b80rsr5dqsjl@4ax.com>, tone@spamcop.net says...
> What ? Euro's ??
> You should check out many of the stores in Oxford St who accept Euro's
They may accept them, but they are still not legal tender.
You see I do not have to accept Euros in payment for anything.
The reason why places in London accepts euros is because of tourists,
not one shop here as far as I know accepts Euros.
> >Are they trading in the U.K? If so, then they should accept sterling.
> No they can accept what they like, coconuts, Yen, Ringits etc
> Its up to the customer to choose whther or not they buy there
That is true I suppose, but unless they eat a lot of coconuts it is not
going to do them any good.
>
> >Paying by Euros copuld cost you more, due to currency rates.
> Possibly
At the moment is cost more.
I just prefer paying with our own currency, it saves a lot of hassle and
I know where I am.
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 23:36:10 +0100, Ad C <graphi47uk@y.a.h.o.o.co.uk>
wrote:
>In article <bhf%e.118921$G8.2053@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk >,
>Andrew@the.internet says...
>
>> > In any case they're not a UK company.
>>
>> I just went to it and still have a €5 option.
>>
>
>Any company that do not allow me to pay in my own currency do not get my
>custom.
I wouldn't accept your currency under any circumstances.
In article <8tlsj1da3eagjuc4hc0f01k7vi0h80al7v@4ax.com>, do.not.waste.your.time.emailing.me@t...s.it .is.invalid says...
> On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 23:36:10 +0100, Ad C <graphi47uk@y.a.h.o.o.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <bhf%e.118921$G8.2053@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk >,
> >Andrew@the.internet says...
> >
> >> > In any case they're not a UK company.
> >>
> >> I just went to it and still have a ?5 option.
> >>
> >
> >Any company that do not allow me to pay in my own currency do not get my
> >custom.
>
> I wouldn't accept your currency under any circumstances.
>
>
This thread is populated by ignorant jingoistic bollocks, born out of
ignorance and propagated by shite rags like the Daily Mail. When people
who oppose european integration, including currency, are asked why, they
simply don't know or are too inarticulate to describe why.
There is NO good or credible reason why the UK should not use Euro. The
Government knows it and if it wasn't for the fact that Blair knows he
would get defeated, there would be a referendum in the morning. The real
nonsense here is that the majority that would vote no (and I accept that
there would be a majority) would do so largely for no sound reason.
"xPat" <me@myself.com> wrote in message
news:1128160411.d32c3d70e799607cb70aa6f257419ce5@t eranews
[snip]
> This thread is populated by ignorant jingoistic bollocks,
> born out of ignorance and propagated by shite rags like
> the Daily Mail. When people who oppose european
> integration, including currency, are asked why, they
> simply don't know or are too inarticulate to describe
> why.
I know perfectly well why I oppose European integration. It is because I
have no wish to be part of a larger political superstate. I am opposed to
the euro because I wish to retain the UK currency of the pound sterling.
Why..? Because I am British and wish to remain so.
> There is NO good or credible reason why the UK should not
> use Euro.
There is, but uk.politics is probably the best place to discuss it so I
won't say any more here.
On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 11:53:27 +0200, xPat <me@myself.com> wrote:
>In article <8tlsj1da3eagjuc4hc0f01k7vi0h80al7v@4ax.com>,
>do.not.waste.your.time.emailing.me@this.address.i t.is.invalid says...
>> On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 23:36:10 +0100, Ad C <graphi47uk@y.a.h.o.o.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >In article <bhf%e.118921$G8.2053@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk >,
>> >Andrew@the.internet says...
>> >
>> >> > In any case they're not a UK company.
>> >>
>> >> I just went to it and still have a ?5 option.
>> >>
>> >
>> >Any company that do not allow me to pay in my own currency do not get my
>> >custom.
>>
>> I wouldn't accept your currency under any circumstances.
>>
>>
>This thread is populated by ignorant jingoistic bollocks, born out of
>ignorance and propagated by shite rags like the Daily Mail. When people
>who oppose european integration, including currency, are asked why, they
>simply don't know or are too inarticulate to describe why.
>
>There is NO good or credible reason why the UK should not use Euro. The
>Government knows it and if it wasn't for the fact that Blair knows he
>would get defeated, there would be a referendum in the morning. The real
>nonsense here is that the majority that would vote no (and I accept that
>there would be a majority) would do so largely for no sound reason.
I am not so sure about 'NO good or credible reason why the UK should
not use Euro'. Much as I do like the idea of a common currency I do
have doubts about how well, in economic terms that it would work. I am
not, I should add, taking any of my ideas from the media or
Politicians and I am definitely NOT a Tory. Although an Engineer I
did, whilst at University, as an option, study economics for a year.
From what I learned I have grave doubts about what happens if one or
more countries go downhill and fail to take the necessary action. A
common currency might also mean possible common interest rates also. I
can't see how all this would work. Germany currently seems to be going
through some angst and the populous seem reluctant to deal with it.
In this country, possibly because of what appears to me to have been a
bias towards more Keynsian economics, we seem to have fared well while
recessions have been experienced elsewhere. However, I fear that this
might now come to haunt us and we might just have to reign in now to
repay the debt.
Thus spaketh Ivor Jones:
> "xPat" <me@myself.com> wrote in message
> news:1128160411.d32c3d70e799607cb70aa6f257419ce5@t eranews
>
> [snip]
>
>> This thread is populated by ignorant jingoistic bollocks,
>> born out of ignorance and propagated by shite rags like
>> the Daily Mail. When people who oppose european
>> integration, including currency, are asked why, they
>> simply don't know or are too inarticulate to describe
>> why.
>
> I know perfectly well why I oppose European integration. It is
> because I have no wish to be part of a larger political superstate. I
> am opposed to the euro because I wish to retain the UK currency of
> the pound sterling. Why..? Because I am British and wish to remain so.
>
>> There is NO good or credible reason why the UK should not
>> use Euro.
>
> There is, but uk.politics is probably the best place to discuss it so
> I won't say any more here.
>
> Ivor
I'm British, but changing currency won't stop me from being British.
Thus spaketh Ad C:
> In article <dlgsj1dpjf92npvgelq709b80rsr5dqsjl@4ax.com>,
> tone@spamcop.net says...
>
>> What ? Euro's ??
>> You should check out many of the stores in Oxford St who accept
>> Euro's
>
> They may accept them, but they are still not legal tender.
> You see I do not have to accept Euros in payment for anything.
>
> The reason why places in London accepts euros is because of tourists,
> not one shop here as far as I know accepts Euros.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>> Are they trading in the U.K? If so, then they should accept
>>> sterling.
>> No they can accept what they like, coconuts, Yen, Ringits etc
>> Its up to the customer to choose whther or not they buy there
>
> That is true I suppose, but unless they eat a lot of coconuts it is
> not going to do them any good.
>
>
>>
>>> Paying by Euros copuld cost you more, due to currency rates.
>> Possibly
>
> At the moment is cost more.
>
> I just prefer paying with our own currency, it saves a lot of hassle
> and I know where I am.
Neither are debit and credit cards legal tender, neither is paying for
something using 100 2 pence coins.
Thus spaketh Grunt:
> On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 09:50:20 +0100, Ad C wrote:
>
>> I just prefer paying with our own currency, it saves a lot of hassle
>> and I know where I am.
>
> Well done! Get your brass farthings out from under the mattress in
> your fantasy world. The rest of us are happy to move on living in the
> real world. If I can get a bargain by paying in Ukrainian hryvnia then
> I'm happy to do so. Feel free to continue paying through the nose in
> your precious currency.
Thus spaketh Killroy-Silk for prime minister:
> On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 12:09:56 +0100, Killroy-Silt said:
>
>> We should pull out of the EU compleatly not strive to go further into
>> it .
>
> Well said Killroy. But we should go further and blow up the Channel
> Tunnel and surround our island with barbed wire and shoot any
> foreigner trying to sneak into the country. Pay all the foreigners to
> leave, I say!
>
Pay them to leave, surely you mean shoot them if they don't leave?
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> In article <6I54mSE23XPDFwY5@127.0.0.1>, david@floyd.org.uk says...
>
>> >10 euros? Have someone forgot to tell them we do not use Euros in the
>> >U.K
>>
>> Yes we do by using our Debit/Credit card.
>
> No we don't, it is not legal tender in this country.
"Legal tender" is only relevant to the settlement of debt.
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In article <q2tsj11jtjpcmlpp1jtani9312tq5ph7fh@4ax.com>, no_spam_bca1000
@hotmail.com says...
> On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 11:53:27 +0200, xPat <me@myself.com> wrote:
>
> >In article <8tlsj1da3eagjuc4hc0f01k7vi0h80al7v@4ax.com>,
> >do.not.waste.your.time.emailing.me@this.address.i t.is.invalid says...
> >> On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 23:36:10 +0100, Ad C <graphi47uk@y.a.h.o.o.co.uk>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >In article <bhf%e.118921$G8.2053@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk >,
> >> >Andrew@the.internet says...
> >> >
> >> >> > In any case they're not a UK company.
> >> >>
> >> >> I just went to it and still have a ?5 option.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >Any company that do not allow me to pay in my own currency do not get my
> >> >custom.
> >>
> >> I wouldn't accept your currency under any circumstances.
> >>
> >>
> >This thread is populated by ignorant jingoistic bollocks, born out of
> >ignorance and propagated by shite rags like the Daily Mail. When people
> >who oppose european integration, including currency, are asked why, they
> >simply don't know or are too inarticulate to describe why.
> >
> >There is NO good or credible reason why the UK should not use Euro. The
> >Government knows it and if it wasn't for the fact that Blair knows he
> >would get defeated, there would be a referendum in the morning. The real
> >nonsense here is that the majority that would vote no (and I accept that
> >there would be a majority) would do so largely for no sound reason.
> I am not so sure about 'NO good or credible reason why the UK should
> not use Euro'. Much as I do like the idea of a common currency I do
> have doubts about how well, in economic terms that it would work. I am
> not, I should add, taking any of my ideas from the media or
> Politicians and I am definitely NOT a Tory. Although an Engineer I
> did, whilst at University, as an option, study economics for a year.
> From what I learned I have grave doubts about what happens if one or
> more countries go downhill and fail to take the necessary action. A
> common currency might also mean possible common interest rates also. I
> can't see how all this would work. Germany currently seems to be going
> through some angst and the populous seem reluctant to deal with it.
> In this country, possibly because of what appears to me to have been a
> bias towards more Keynsian economics, we seem to have fared well while
> recessions have been experienced elsewhere. However, I fear that this
> might now come to haunt us and we might just have to reign in now to
> repay the debt.
>
>
> Remove 'no_spam_' from email address.
God - a reasoned response. Now I don't have to agree with all of this
(and don't as it happens) but I can respect the position of the poster
because he has given so,e sort of basis for his response that isn't
"send them all back"!
I wonder how all the little englanders that post here and elsehere will
cope when their arses are being wiped by some young Turkish person in
years to come when they are sitting in a care home. Demographic shifts
dictate that ths WILL happen.
> It is a bit different if you are buying a product from abroad, but if a
> service is offered in the U.K, then they should accept sterling.
I would have said that using VoipBuster is buying a service from abroad. And
VoipBuster denominating their service in Euros instead of UKP makes sense,
as it means they don't have to hedge against fluctuations in the currency
that most of their customers are using. They can then pass those savings
on, leading to a better service. Who loses? Nobody.
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In article <69ksj1h5s36vre8ao7u2i35nl7l79vjmj8@4ax.com>, tone@spamcop.net says...
> Well as those shops accept them, they certainly are Legal Tender for
> them.
No, they just accept them, but if someone went into our local shop and
tried to pay by Euros and the store refuse, then nothing could be done,
because it is not legal tender.
I know the government was thinking of making the Euro legal Tender, but
I am pretty sure they did not after, due to the amount of people that
was against the idea.
> >
> >The reason why places in London accepts euros is because of tourists,
> >not one shop here as far as I know accepts Euros.
>
> But there are shops that dont accept £50 notes ??
>
They can't do that legaly.
> >I just prefer paying with our own currency, it saves a lot of hassle and
> >I know where I am.
>
> Well, we'll all be using Euros sooner or later. If only to stop the US
> dollar becoming the standard world currency its worth it.
>
No, We will never have the Euro, it is not working, the econamy of
countries in the Euro zone is going downhill.
In article <08ksj1t7mj0ssvrc3a16v8k0f75hmjk70u@4ax.com>, .@_.invalid
says...
> Well done! Get your brass farthings out from under the mattress in
> your fantasy world. The rest of us are happy to move on living in the
> real world. If I can get a bargain by paying in Ukrainian hryvnia then
> I'm happy to do so. Feel free to continue paying through the nose in
> your precious currency.
>
What is wrong with trying to keep this country British and what is wrong
with using our own currency? You say about getting a bargain by paying
in Ukrainian hryvnia, I wonder how many times you have done that.
In article <8tlsj1da3eagjuc4hc0f01k7vi0h80al7v@4ax.com>, do.not.waste.your.time.emailing.me@t...s.it .is.invalid says...
> >Any company that do not allow me to pay in my own currency do not get my
> >custom.
>
> I wouldn't accept your currency under any circumstances.
>
Then you would not get my business.
In article <1128160411.d32c3d70e799607cb70aa6f257419ce5@teran ews>, me@myself.com says...
> This thread is populated by ignorant jingoistic bollocks, born out of
> ignorance and propagated by shite rags like the Daily Mail. When people
> who oppose european integration, including currency, are asked why, they
> simply don't know or are too inarticulate to describe why.
>
> There is NO good or credible reason why the UK should not use Euro. The
> Government knows it and if it wasn't for the fact that Blair knows he
> would get defeated, there would be a referendum in the morning. The real
> nonsense here is that the majority that would vote no (and I accept that
> there would be a majority) would do so largely for no sound reason.
>
> Ludicrous but true.
>
There is a big reason why we should never join the Euro, because it do
not work, you can not set the same rates of interests for different
countries that have a completely different way of life.
Why do you want European integration? are you scared of your identity
that you have to hide it or even worse get rid of it?
We have lost so much of our identity over the last few years and we have
got so many laws made by Europrats in another country, that got no idea
what so ever how we live and how this country is run.
Yet we have the unelected Europrats trying to run our lives.
Yes, the reason why Blair will not call a referendum is because he knows
he will fail, Blair is gutless and will only do something if he thinks
he will win. Why do you think we are not going to have a referendum on
the constitution? Because Blair knows we will turn it down flat.
It is about time we ran our country, not Europe, what have they done for
us anyway? sod all.
In article <3q75p0Fd8of2U1@individual.net>, ivor@despammed.invalid
says...
>
> I know perfectly well why I oppose European integration. It is because I
> have no wish to be part of a larger political superstate. I am opposed to
> the euro because I wish to retain the UK currency of the pound sterling.
> Why..? Because I am British and wish to remain so.
Good for you, well done.
>
> > There is NO good or credible reason why the UK should not
> > use Euro.
>
> There is, but uk.politics is probably the best place to discuss it so I
> won't say any more here.
>
In article <Hdv%e.28878$VI6.2570@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk> , bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk says...
>
> I'm British, but changing currency won't stop me from being British.
>
The currency is a part of us, just like driving on the left hand side of
the road, just fish and chips.
It is all part of our culture and yet the E.u wants to take it from us
and hope we will be all one big happy familiy.
Never, it will never happen, there will be a civil war before
integration happens.
> No, We will never have the Euro, it is not working, the econamy of
> countries in the Euro zone is going downhill.
>
That's shite. SOme of the euro economies are in decline and some are
improving, indeed just as they were before the introduction of the euro.
To say otherwise is to demonstrate ignorance and jingoism, informed as
usual by f*ck all.
In article <fev%e.28903$VI6.4413@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk> , bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk says...
>
> Neither are debit and credit cards legal tender, neither is paying for
That is true, and stores to not have to accept them, in fact our local
store hates them and charges £250 for people who uses them. It normally
puts people off and they pay by cash. Not that I use the local store
very often, apart from the post office, because they are too expensive.
I pay by cash for most things, I don;t normally use my debit card.
In article <MPG.1da8dad380950599896aa@news.metronet.co.uk>, graphi47uk@y.a.h.o.o.co.uk says...
> In article <08ksj1t7mj0ssvrc3a16v8k0f75hmjk70u@4ax.com>, .@_.invalid
> says...
>
> > Well done! Get your brass farthings out from under the mattress in
> > your fantasy world. The rest of us are happy to move on living in the
> > real world. If I can get a bargain by paying in Ukrainian hryvnia then
> > I'm happy to do so. Feel free to continue paying through the nose in
> > your precious currency.
> >
>
>
> What is wrong with trying to keep this country British and what is wrong
> with using our own currency? You say about getting a bargain by paying
> in Ukrainian hryvnia, I wonder how many times you have done that.
>
>
Do you only buy british products, made in Britain? I doubt it, and by
not doing so you are doing more damage to the british economy than you
could ever do by using euro.
In article <433ebad4.2193906@news.usenetzone.com>, me@here.invalid
says...
> On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 12:09:56 +0100, Killroy-Silt said:
>
> >We should pull out of the EU compleatly not strive to go further into
> >it .
>
> Well said Killroy. But we should go further and blow up the Channel
> Tunnel and surround our island with barbed wire and shoot any
> foreigner trying to sneak into the country. Pay all the foreigners to
> leave, I say!
>
What a great idea., well blow up the channel tunnel anyway.
In article <W3z%e.41134$iW5.3403@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk> , bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk says...
>
>
> Pay them to leave, surely you mean shoot them if they don't leave?
>
>
That is going a bit too far.
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