I'm in NZ, been with SP for a good number of year! I'm sure I can't remember ever paying that much! I was out of work for a few years, due to illness, and just wouldn't have been able to afford it!
Mind you, I'm not infallible, can't remember much at all these days without looking it up!😊
I do remember about 2-3 years ago it was about NZ 33cents to the pound, but that still wouldn't come up to $60 for £7. UNLESS....if you paid by bank draft or telegraphic transfer through the Bank, then you're certainly into arm and leg territory!
I recently purchased a book from Mansfield Museum in Nottingham, about a woman artist of my ancestors family.
This little book only cost £2 plus postage, so total cost asked for was £10, and I was very OK with that. So, I couldn't pay for it online, I had to get the Bank to transfer it, or get a draft. I came out of the Bank, having paid $49 NZ dollars! For £10GBP. Bank Charges for a few taps on her computer!
But when the book arrived, i thought to myself if I'd known what was in it, I would have paid a lot more and still been happy - if the money was going to the Museum of course. Apart from all the great references to my family in the book, there was one bit in particular that made me jump up and down, and that was a transcript of a letter from home to this artist which stated " Mother and Father are very distressed. Jane ran away from home to marry that Henry Mathews!!"
That Jane and Henry Mathews were my great grandparents! What a thrill that was, worth every penny and more.! Just like when I hit on a goodie in SP. The curator at the Museum who I spoke to about ordering the book originally, later emailed me, she knew what I was going to find in the book about my great grandparents, But didn't tell me - said she didn't want to spoil the surprise!
Anyway that's my tuppence worth for today, I can't imagine when or if that exchange rate would have been so high, to cost that much for 30 credits! I dunno, but we can certainly save ourselves a lot of money by paying online!
Bedtime for me now - g'night all, and I'm off to SP tomorrow, hopefully to use up all my new credits, got a bunch of searches all ready and waiting!
Have a good day
Cheers😄
Jeanne
