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Found £100 pounds worth of American Express travellers cheques in the back of a drawer.

Seems like I can still cash them

[Andy B]

 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Found £100 pounds worth of American Express travellers cheques in the back of a drawer.

Seems like I can still cash them

I suppose when a person has almost 'limitless funds' it's easy to forget about a paltry £100.

[Auto Addict]

Found £100 pounds worth of American Express travellers cheques in the back of a drawer.

Seems like I can still cash them

I suppose when a person has almost 'limitless funds' it's easy to forget about a paltry £100.

Well, after a lot of palaver, the local postmistress (who knows me well) had to make several phone calls to get authorisation, cashed them minus 3% commission.

She said if I find any more call in and she will recommend another post office to go to

They were at least 30 years old.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Found £100 pounds worth of American Express travellers cheques in the back of a drawer.

Seems like I can still cash them

I suppose when a person has almost 'limitless funds' it's easy to forget about a paltry £100.

Well, after a lot of palaver, the local postmistress (who knows me well) had to make several phone calls to get authorisation, cashed them minus 3% commission.

She said if I find any more call in and she will recommend another post office to go to

They were at least 30 years old.

According to the online cash calculator £100 in 1989 would be worth £246.74 in 2019.

[Doctor Gollum]

Found £100 pounds worth of American Express travellers cheques in the back of a drawer.

Seems like I can still cash them

I suppose when a person has almost 'limitless funds' it's easy to forget about a paltry £100.

Well, after a lot of palaver, the local postmistress (who knows me well) had to make several phone calls to get authorisation, cashed them minus 3% commission.

She said if I find any more call in and she will recommend another post office to go to

They were at least 30 years old.

According to the online cash calculator £100 in 1989 would be worth £97 in 2019.

Fixed...

[Auto Addict]

Found £100 pounds worth of American Express travellers cheques in the back of a drawer.

Seems like I can still cash them

I suppose when a person has almost 'limitless funds' it's easy to forget about a paltry £100.

Well, after a lot of palaver, the local postmistress (who knows me well) had to make several phone calls to get authorisation, cashed them minus 3% commission.

She said if I find any more call in and she will recommend another post office to go to

They were at least 30 years old.

According to the online cash calculator £100 in 1989 would be worth £246.74 in 2019.

Pity it wasn't £20 notes in cash then, I would have had £246.74 to spend

[Sir Tigger KC]

Travellers Cheques... That bring back memories.   

In the late 1990's-early 2000's, I used to work for a travel company and they used to send funds to a bank in Nairobi, where I'd withdraw it in Travellers Cheques. 

It used to take rather a long time to sit and sign each cheque when I withdrew £16,000 in $100 cheques! 

Apparently £16,000 in 1998 is worth about £28,000 today! 

[aaronjb]

It used to take rather a long time to sit and sign each cheque when I withdrew £16,000 in $100 cheques! 

£16k? Was this the kind of "travel company" that funds young girls trips to western European countries to meet gentlemen? 

[ronnyd]

Travellers Cheques... That bring back memories.   

In the late 1990's-early 2000's, I used to work for a travel company and they used to send funds to a bank in Nairobi, where I'd withdraw it in Travellers Cheques. 

It used to take rather a long time to sit and sign each cheque when I withdrew £16,000 in $100 cheques! 

Apparently £16,000 in 1998 is worth about £28,000 today! 

Was that the start of all these African money transfer scams? 

[Sir Tigger KC]

It used to take rather a long time to sit and sign each cheque when I withdrew £16,000 in $100 cheques! 

£16k? Was this the kind of "travel company" that funds young girls trips to western European countries to meet gentlemen? 

No.  You have knowledge of this sort of company Aaron?   

[aaronjb]

It used to take rather a long time to sit and sign each cheque when I withdrew £16,000 in $100 cheques! 

£16k? Was this the kind of "travel company" that funds young girls trips to western European countries to meet gentlemen? 

No.  You have knowledge of this sort of company Aaron?   

Not from that part of the world.. wait, no, that sounds worse. No. 

Though you remind me of a TV show called "90 Day Fiancé" - Americans importing brides/husbands.. great car-crash TV.

[Sir Tigger KC]

It used to take rather a long time to sit and sign each cheque when I withdrew £16,000 in $100 cheques! 

£16k? Was this the kind of "travel company" that funds young girls trips to western European countries to meet gentlemen? 

No.  You have knowledge of this sort of company Aaron?   

Not from that part of the world.. wait, no, that sounds worse. No. 

Though you remind me of a TV show called "90 Day Fiancé" - Americans importing brides/husbands.. great car-crash TV.

Hmmm.... Although during my guiding career I might have had a few 2 week, 3 week, 6 week, 3 month 'fiance's'...