[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
On Wednesday 03 September 2008 16:03, Paul Sutton wrote: > Tom Potts wrote: > > http://techvideoblog.com/ifa/98-linux-laptop-the-hivision-mininote/ > > $98 - so thats £120 I guess > > Tom te tom te tom > > according to http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic > > its more like > > Wednesday, September 3, 2008 > > 98 US Dollar = 54.81536 British Pound > > 98 British Pound (GBP) = 175.206 US Dollar (USD) > > Interbank rate +/- 0% > > This means: > You buy 98 US Dollar : 54.81536 British Pound > You sell 98 US Dollar : 54.80586 British Pound > You buy 98 British Pound : 175.206 US Dollar > You sell 98 British Pound : 175.237 US Dollar > > Median price = 0.55924 / 0.55934 (bid/ask) > Minimum price = 0.55482 / 0.55491 > Maximum price = 0.56232 / 0.56240 > > so under 60 quid, is not bad, ok you need to add tax and import duty > on that, but thats still going to be cheap. You forgot the traditional British Rip of markup - its an unwritten law in this country to double factory gate prices and then some. Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html