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Prices will increase and fall with regularity during times of uncertainty. Easy to say the dollar has moved by 48% and local prices have only moved by 18% but we have to remember that is one year ago and during that year everything and I mean everything increased in price for one reason or another. Take a look at grocery prices and vegie prices. On average they have increased by 20% and thats the local stuff not just the imported stuff. To use 1 year ago's prices as an analogy is unwise and extremely untrue.
I gather you are talking Astro gear prices and these suffer from a lot more than exchange rate. Remeber a store must hold stock that stock has been priced at the time of import. Lots of other things must be factored into buying Astro gear localy but we all have a choice to buy local or import it yourself and the import option is questionable at the moment with much of the gear we buy.
Time to stop grizzling about local prices and get out under some dark skies and enjoy what we have and can afford..
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