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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller
Alex,
What I've heard (on this forum and elsewhere) is that, if the Chinese can't sell products to the Yanks because they're broke then they won't buy our pretty rocks. Add to that our dependence on petrol/diesel and the Murray-Darling being as dry as the bottom of a cocky's cage and it's easy to be gloomy. But I refuse to feel down - I've just ordered a new eyepiece! 
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That sounds too logical to be true so it must be so
I think that idea was in the minds of those engineering the giant xmas present for pensioners.... besides the booze (that some will buy no doubt ) places like crazy prices (where they sell nick nacks from China) will see some money flow on to China so they can buy more rocks as you put it.
Still ...my position is ...everything is too dear for me as I have no dollars of high or low value of Australian or US kind.. so my nothing in the bank has not been depleted or reduced..there was nothing there to begin with.
But I did run out yesterday to get a lap top before they moved beyond my reach and luckily I got my hands on a 450d a couple of weeks ago ..but the new scope will be put off for another year or two...
AND funny when I offerred cash rather than a card to make my purchase (lap top) it was as if the sales staff had never seen so much real folding money...certainly when I looked in their cash tray there was only a couple of fifties before my stash added to their small wad... I guess most use plastic wheteer credit or debit card such that cash is somewhat rare...
alex
