Page 1 of New March05 exchange rates!

Not sure that this is a bargain as such but it certainly helps everyone to plan ahead and frustrate greedy Gordon`s crew at Customs and Excise from stinging you with an unexpected customs charge coupled with the £4 Royal Mail sting!

These actually went up on the HMCE website on Tuesday. Since then the Canadian dollar and the US dollar have weakened but this is obviously not reflected in the rates. They do have weekly updates, but, as I understand it, this is only for big variations in exchange rates which you don`t get for Canada, the US or Australia normally, but you might get for Afganistan or Argentina! Perhaps someone more knowlegable can confirm this. I`ve included Jan and Feb for reference.


       Rates of exchange Translation to £18 limit    
Month Canada US Australia Canada US Australia
Jan-05 2.3685 1.9129 2.4984 42.63 34.43 44.97
Feb-05 2.3034 1.8766 2.4682 41.46 33.78 44.43
Mar-05 2.3349 1.8788 2.4039 42.03 33.82 43.27

I`ve just ordered Simpsons S5 from DVDSoon on the strength of this! I hope it arrives during March or I`ll have to possibly cancel it depending on next month`s exchange rat!
Oh the trials of trying to avoid customs charges!