[ TURKISH LIRA TODAY ] On the way down (again)..?

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
22/12/2011 10:29

At 8 am this morning: ▶ [ http://www.allcrusades.com/BB_pics/IMG_0352.PNG ]

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
22/12/2011 10:34

And here for the British pound at 10.30 am:

▶ [ http://www.allcrusades.com/BB_pics/IMG_0353.PNG ].

eager


Joined: 23/02/2007
Posts: 1272

Message Posted:
22/12/2011 10:39

Hans, are you saying that this morning it went down to 2.46....and then back up to 2.96 ?

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
22/12/2011 10:45

@ msg 3, eager: Although the graphic made it clear I could have added in msg 1: TL - Euro.

eager


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Message Posted:
22/12/2011 10:56

Hell, thought i had just made 60k

gromit


Joined: 28/10/2010
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Message Posted:
22/12/2011 12:30

Sterling is fine, don't panic!



http://uk.advfn.com/p.php?pid=qkchart&symbol=FX^GBPTRY

gromit


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Posts: 75

Message Posted:
22/12/2011 12:33

Euro looks quite stable as well.



http://uk.advfn.com/p.php?pid=qkchart&symbol=FX%5EEURTRY

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
22/12/2011 12:35

It's not very good for us poor pensioners when we are paid in the currency of the country.i.e pounds converted to Turkish lira





Mike

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
22/12/2011 12:49

@ msg 6 and 7, gromit: This site wants to place SEVEN cookies on your hard drive! WHY is that and WHAT INFORMATION are the cookies collecting/remembering..?!

gromit


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Message Posted:
22/12/2011 12:55

mikelapta



A year ago your £ would have got you 2.2ish TL.



Now it's getting you 2.9ish, thats an increase of over 30%.



What's not to like?

Turtle


Joined: 28/05/2007
Posts: 2669

Message Posted:
22/12/2011 12:55

Mike do I understand you correct, you get paid in Sterling but you are worse off ?

Surely you are getting more TL for your pound then this is good Yes/ no

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
22/12/2011 13:05

If the lira is going down then the £/tl exchange rate is going up - i.e. you get more tl for £1.

gromit


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Message Posted:
22/12/2011 13:05

Hans



Don't panic!



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mikelapta



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Message Posted:
22/12/2011 13:21

No the British Pension Service convert my UK Pension from Pounds and pay in the local currency ie

Turkish lira.I have correspondence from them.

Ergo my pension is 25 % lower than a year ago.



But I have a Private Pension,and that is paid in Sterling



Mike

Turtle


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Posts: 2669

Message Posted:
22/12/2011 13:28

Can you not have your pension from the govenment paid into a sterling bank account and then draw sterling over there ?

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
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Message Posted:
22/12/2011 13:32

Mike, how do you get the bottom 3 lines of your posting in blue?



Maggie

gromit


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Message Posted:
22/12/2011 13:43

mikelapta



Now you've really confused me!



Are you saying that the UK Pension payments you receive are paid in TL at some predetermined unchanged rate?



That should not be the case.



Your £ Pension is subject to the current FX rate between currencies.



Do you know what rate of exchange they are applying?



If it is not 2.9ish, something is very wrong with your arrangement.

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
22/12/2011 14:17

Robert.I quote from a letter from UK Pensions dated 6th Oct.this year



"I would like to explain that all UK State Pensions are made in local currency,and it's not possible to

pay into your account in British Sterling.

Foreign currencies are purchased in bulk to ensure we receive a very competitive exchange rate.Fluctuations in the rate of exchange mean that the amount of pension you receive in local currency

can go up or down "



OK?



Maggie,Don't know



Mike

metininkibris


Joined: 12/12/2011
Posts: 86

Message Posted:
22/12/2011 14:27

HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO GET UK TO PAT STATE PENSION INTO LOCAL TRNC BANK ? PLEASE? they refused to do this for my partner.

jacko99


Joined: 26/06/2009
Posts: 52

Message Posted:
22/12/2011 14:32

mike lapta can you not get your uk state pension reinstated as if you were back in uk and get what everyone

else gets if necessery tell you rmoving back and leave it at that i do not understand why are you loseing

out i am having trouble wiv revenue and customs convincin non uk domiciled even if been out of country for five years and residencey stamps and permanent adress as doicile of choice they can not haqve it both ways

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
22/12/2011 14:33

Metin...I have the email...TVP International Queries,but it is a 1119 day delay in replying.

You could start off by Skyping them





Mike

mikelapta



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Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
22/12/2011 14:37

Jacko,the British taxman and I are not very good friends.Better I lose some money here,than risk losing a lot in UK





Mike

gromit


Joined: 28/10/2010
Posts: 75

Message Posted:
22/12/2011 14:46

mikelapta



Thanks.



It appears, superficially, that the Pension service is not providing anything near a competitive rate.



If you find your Pension is down by 25% while Sterling is up by 30%+ against TL you are definitely being 'shafted' by a horrendous exchange rate.



By Law, being 'unauthorised', I am not allowed to offer any Financial Advice, so my 'suggestion' would be to looking at having Pension payments made in Sterling to a UK Account, be it a trusted relative or whatever other means.



That would give you the option of drawing Sterling, or TL, in NC through your nominated local Bank to take advantage of Exchange Rates. That could give you an immediate increase of 30%+.



I would still have thought that they should show the Exchange rate applied to payments. Have you seen this anywhere?

birdman



Joined: 20/09/2010
Posts: 690

Message Posted:
22/12/2011 15:25

Mikelapta

Do as suggested. If you have a UK bank account then TELL the taxman you wish to have your State Pension payed into that account in Stirling. If you do not have a UK Bank account then open a Stirling Account here in TRNC (or indeed in the UK) and ask the Taxman to pay your pension into that account IN STIRLING.

That way you can collect your pension either way in TL (From the Hole in the wall) and/or get the full benefits of the current exchange rate or take it from your TRNC Stirling account and exchange it at the bank at the current rate..

Gerry