Currencies
filed in Currency on Jan.10, 2010
A note on Currencies in Expensology — we have added the ability for users to change the currency displayed to their local currency. The idea though, is that it is really just a symbol. We don’t do any calculations using exchange rates.
That’s not really the point is it? If you live in the UK and your primary currency is the Euro, and you go out for lunch with a friend and spend £45.98, then that’s all you really need to know right? You don’t care how much that is in American dollars do you? Or Mexican Pesos?
Let us know if you disagree with this line of thinking.
– Matt
January 19th, 2010 on 12:41 pm
Hi there – thanks for thinking of this – personally, I really do think it matters, its my personal finance and I would like it to reflect that. I dont pay in dollars, I pay in pounds sterling, and well, there’s a certain amount of national pride in that – just a smidge, but its there, deep within – why do you think the UK didnt take up the Euro, like everyone else?
- saying that however, I cant change it on my page anyway – try as I might. I would love to have dropped you a line about it, but the contact page form doesnt work either!
all the best
Carol
January 19th, 2010 on 4:16 pm
Hello CVigurs — no, you’re right, we definitely want to offer our users whatever currency they are used to dealing with. And we certainly understand the national pride involved.
The point I was trying to get across was that we at Expensology did not see the point in getting wrapped up in exchange rates. Sure, you want to use pounds sterling, but you don’t care how much that cup of coffee you paid x.xx in pounds sterling would have cost you in US dollars right?
What kind of problem are you having changing to pounds? Do you get an error? What browser are you using? We will look into that as soon as possible.
Thanks for the heads up on the contact form too — that has been fixed.
– Matt