Sales volumes for local dealers will be following the AUD , ie down and around the S-bend.
I wouldn't want to be trying to make a living off selling telescopes and eyeopieces and other astro-bits here in Oz right now , I think they can expect a very lean Xmas unless they cut their margins conciderably as no one much will be buying (expecially while the economic outlook is so horrible globally and a lot of us will be wondering how long our jobs will last).
I still think we can expect a global economic depression in 2009 , but I will be very pleased if I am proven wrong.
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