He's right......

......he IS crazy, see the postage and packing charge. Billy

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tegory=47 399

"note.boy" wrote in message
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.....he IS crazy, see the postage and packing charge. Billy


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...category=47 3
99

It appears he has bought a cell phone from ebay. Perhaps he has run up a
large phone bill and is finding a way to pay it off.

It seems to me, that if you were to draw £5 and ship it for £10 + item
price, then you have made £10 - P&P + item price - £5, which is essential:
£5 - P&P + Item

If everything goes right, the Item will go for more than £5, then he gets
£15+ pounds - P&P, which is definetly going to leave him with more than £5.

Seems like a crappy way to make a pound.

I've also got two other things:

1) Is it £5 or 5£?
2) Didn't the UK do away with pence?

From: "Anonymous Joe"

1) Is it £5 or 5£?

£5

2) Didn't the UK do away with pence?

not that I'm aware of ...

8-/
Coin Saver

On 20 Sep 2003 14:31:41 GMT, ojunk (Coin Saver)
wrote:

From: "Anonymous Joe"

1) Is it £5 or 5£?

£5

2) Didn't the UK do away with pence?

not that I'm aware of ...

Let me just check...

....nope still have a pocket full.

"Darren" wrote in message
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On 20 Sep 2003 14:31:41 GMT, ojunk (Coin Saver)
wrote:

From: "Anonymous Joe"

1) Is it £5 or 5£?

£5

2) Didn't the UK do away with pence?

not that I'm aware of ...

Let me just check...

...nope still have a pocket full.


Ah, but did the UK do away with the good 'ol farthing, pence, shilling,
pound system? That is to say, today's pence is 1/100th of a pound, rather
than the old way where it is was 1/12th or 1/16th of a shilling, which in
turn was the other measurement of a pound (ie 12 pence = 1 shilling 16s=1£,
or 16 pence = 1 shilling 12s=1£....plz help)

The pound sign '£' always comes first when writing the amount whether there
are pence or not (just as you would not see 100$.00!). The smaller
denominations pre-1971 were; 1/4d 1/2d 1d 3d 6d 1/- 2/- 2/6d 5/- ie farthing
halfpenny penny threepence sixpence shilling two-shillings the
two-shillings&sixpence also known as half-crown and the five shilling crown
colloquially called a dollar when the exchange rate was 4 to a pound. 12
pence or pennies made a shilling & 20 shillings made a pound so 240d=£1
which could also be written as £1-00-00.00 . To avoid confusion the first
decimal coins were called New Pence & only reverted to Pence for those
minted a decade later, whereupon amounts in pennies could be expressed
followed by a pee {so I am relieved to confirm that the British can still
'spend a penny' but it might cost 20p}.






"Anonymous Joe" wrote in message
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"Darren" wrote in message
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On 20 Sep 2003 14:31:41 GMT, ojunk (Coin Saver)
wrote:

From: "Anonymous Joe"

1) Is it £5 or 5£?

£5

2) Didn't the UK do away with pence?

not that I'm aware of ...

Let me just check...

...nope still have a pocket full.


Ah, but did the UK do away with the good 'ol farthing, pence, shilling,
pound system? That is to say, today's pence is 1/100th of a pound, rather
than the old way where it is was 1/12th or 1/16th of a shilling, which in
turn was the other measurement of a pound (ie 12 pence = 1 shilling
16s=1£,
or 16 pence = 1 shilling 12s=1£....plz help)

From: "Stephen Hands"

farthing halfpenny penny threepence shilling two-shillings sixpence
half-crown five shilling crown

and a partridge in a pear tree ...

8-7


Coin Saver

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 21:59:46 GMT, "Anonymous Joe"
wrote:


Ah, but did the UK do away with the good 'ol farthing, pence, shilling,
pound system? That is to say, today's pence is 1/100th of a pound, rather
than the old way where it is was 1/12th or 1/16th of a shilling, which in
turn was the other measurement of a pound (ie 12 pence = 1 shilling 16s=1£,
or 16 pence = 1 shilling 12s=1£....plz help)


Assuming this is a serious question...

UK coinage was decimalised on the 15th February 1971 - I make that 32
years ago.

The pound was retained as were other coins in circulation but these
were given new denominations so:

Florin became 10 new pence
Shilling, 5 new pence
Sixpence, 2 1/2 new pence

A new penny and 2 pence coin was introduced as was a 1/2 penny. The
old coins being withdrawn.

I not sure on your maths... but there were 12 pennies in a shilling,
and 20 shillings in a pound, giving us 240 pennies in a pound.

There were other denominations at various times...

"Darren" wrote in message
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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 21:59:46 GMT, "Anonymous Joe"
wrote:


Ah, but did the UK do away with the good 'ol farthing, pence, shilling,
pound system? That is to say, today's pence is 1/100th of a pound,
rather
than the old way where it is was 1/12th or 1/16th of a shilling, which in
turn was the other measurement of a pound (ie 12 pence = 1 shilling
16s=1£,
or 16 pence = 1 shilling 12s=1£....plz help)


Assuming this is a serious question...

UK coinage was decimalised on the 15th February 1971 - I make that 32
years ago.

The pound was retained as were other coins in circulation but these
were given new denominations so:

Florin became 10 new pence
Shilling, 5 new pence
Sixpence, 2 1/2 new pence

A new penny and 2 pence coin was introduced as was a 1/2 penny. The
old coins being withdrawn.

I not sure on your maths... but there were 12 pennies in a shilling,
and 20 shillings in a pound, giving us 240 pennies in a pound.

There were other denominations at various times...

Ah, 20 not 16. Sorry to say it was a serious question, but being in the US,
I don't encounter that currency