Australian Dollar

[chris (chris)]

The Australian Dollar has risen to its highest level in seventeen years.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...efer=australia


Why are telescope prices not dropping in price to reflect this surge in the Australian Dollar?


Cheers
Chris

[mick pinner]

they will tell you that it is stock, purchased when the dollar was lower.

[bojan]

Even more important, why petrol is not cheaper?

[leon]

It's a good time to order from overseas though.

Leon

[matt]

Originally Posted by leon

It's a good time to order from overseas though.

Leon

Yep. Very true Leon. As much as we'd like to support the local vendors, a saving is a saving

[mill (Martin)]

It is just a pity that the postage from overseas is so screaming high

[matt]

It's not so bad on smaller items

[mickoking]

The rising Aussie dollar is great for me as I am going to China later this year

[Gargoyle_Steve (Steve)]

I was recently quoted US$24 freight on a very small and very light item, a near identical item from a different source was quoted at US$5.99

I had expected somewhere slightly in between to be honest, the US$24 has me very baffled I must admit.

[matt]

Yeah. That seems a bit stiff, Steve.

I've found most items of general eyepiece size/weight attract around $10US postage.

The most I've paid (for a heavy Moonlite SCT electric focuser) was $20US

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

what amazes me even more is that more often than not US orders arrive faster than local ones

As Paulene Hanson would say: "Please explain"

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

I was recently quoted US$24 freight on a very small and very light item, a near identical item from a different source was quoted at US$5.99

Try US $45 for 2 books and yes they were the only supplier.