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Title: Nice suprise
Post by: Auto Addict on 10 November 2019, 13:09:57
Found £100 pounds worth of American Express travellers cheques in the back of a drawer.

Seems like I can still cash them :y
Title: Re: Nice suprise
Post by: Andy B on 10 November 2019, 13:12:31
 :y :y
Title: Re: Nice suprise
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 10 November 2019, 17:08:08
Found £100 pounds worth of American Express travellers cheques in the back of a drawer.

Seems like I can still cash them :y

I suppose when a person has almost 'limitless funds' it's easy to forget about a paltry £100. :)
Title: Re: Nice suprise
Post by: Auto Addict on 11 November 2019, 17:30:01
Found £100 pounds worth of American Express travellers cheques in the back of a drawer.

Seems like I can still cash them :y

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.
Title: Re: Nice suprise
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 11 November 2019, 17:40:56
Found £100 pounds worth of American Express travellers cheques in the back of a drawer.

Seems like I can still cash them :y

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.
Title: Re: Nice suprise
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 11 November 2019, 17:45:06
Found £100 pounds worth of American Express travellers cheques in the back of a drawer.

Seems like I can still cash them :y

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...
Title: Re: Nice suprise
Post by: Auto Addict on 11 November 2019, 17:51:06
Found £100 pounds worth of American Express travellers cheques in the back of a drawer.

Seems like I can still cash them :y

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 ::)
Title: Re: Nice suprise
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 11 November 2019, 19:07:02
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!  :D

Apparently £16,000 in 1998 is worth about £28,000 today!  :o
Title: Re: Nice suprise
Post by: aaronjb on 12 November 2019, 08:25:33
It used to take rather a long time to sit and sign each cheque when I withdrew £16,000 in $100 cheques!  :D

£16k? Was this the kind of "travel company" that funds young girls trips to western European countries to meet gentlemen?  :P ;D
Title: Re: Nice suprise
Post by: ronnyd on 12 November 2019, 13:16:29
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!  :D

Apparently £16,000 in 1998 is worth about £28,000 today!  :o
Was that the start of all these African money transfer scams?  ;)
Title: Re: Nice suprise
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 12 November 2019, 13:20:21
It used to take rather a long time to sit and sign each cheque when I withdrew £16,000 in $100 cheques!  :D

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

No.  You have knowledge of this sort of company Aaron?  ???  ;D
Title: Re: Nice suprise
Post by: aaronjb on 12 November 2019, 13:21:38
It used to take rather a long time to sit and sign each cheque when I withdrew £16,000 in $100 cheques!  :D

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

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

Not from that part of the world.. wait, no, that sounds worse. No.  :P ;D

Though you remind me of a TV show called "90 Day Fiancé" - Americans importing brides/husbands.. great car-crash TV.
Title: Re: Nice suprise
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 12 November 2019, 13:27:46
It used to take rather a long time to sit and sign each cheque when I withdrew £16,000 in $100 cheques!  :D

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

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

Not from that part of the world.. wait, no, that sounds worse. No.  :P ;D

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'...  :-X  ;)