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19-05-2008, 09:03 AM
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Australian Dollar at a new high
This morning's Sydney Morning Herald:
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Australian consumers abroad can rejoice: the Aussie dollar hit a 24-year high this morning.
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On the negative side - the US$ is going down in value. I have noticed prices are increasing in the US at the sites I have bought items from previously.
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19-05-2008, 09:48 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NEWCASTLE NSW Australia
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yes both good and bad news.... bad for me as I have no money to get astro goodies.......
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15-07-2008, 01:21 PM
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Refracted
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Carindale
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0.9750 today...
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15-07-2008, 01:53 PM
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Old Man Yells at Cloud
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Rockingham WA
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It's great, though overseas magazines are no cheaper... One I buy should be $4 cheaper now than it was 1 year ago. Cover price (in £) has remained the same.
Gordon & Gotch must be laughing their heads off, $4 profit on top of whatever profit they were already making.
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15-07-2008, 02:12 PM
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I'm going to have to get a modded camera, can't resist price much longer, trying hard.
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15-07-2008, 02:26 PM
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Hmm, I'm sure it'll only be when the dollar is back down at something like 0.55 that I'll be able to afford some new equipment  Always happens like that.  Bought my 12" LX200 when the dollar was something like 0.50. Ouch.
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15-07-2008, 04:23 PM
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I can remember travelling to the states in 2000 and getting US currency at .54!
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15-07-2008, 05:17 PM
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its great for us for US imports but not so great for exports it makes our goods and services more expensive 
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15-07-2008, 05:47 PM
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Mmmmm... might even get a drop in fuel prices. I hope it doesn't head back
to .54
regards,CS
Last edited by CoombellKid; 15-07-2008 at 08:15 PM.
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15-07-2008, 06:37 PM
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Fast Scope & Fast Engine
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Broken Hill N.S.W
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Its time to travel  ,forget work  go forth take the kids  spend some cash ,buy a eyepiece while your abroad  come back and you,ll have clear skies  I hope that made you all happy......cheers Kev
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15-07-2008, 06:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevnool
Its time to travel ,forget work go forth take the kids spend some cash ,buy a eyepiece while your abroad come back and you,ll have clear skies I hope that made you all happy......cheers Kev |
I like that analogy... buy in a foreign place and leave the bad weather there
regards,CS
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15-07-2008, 06:58 PM
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Fast Scope & Fast Engine
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Broken Hill N.S.W
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CoombellKid
I like that analogy... buy in a foreign place and leave the bad weather there
regards,CS
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  Why didnt i say that thats the perfect reply....cheers Kev.
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15-07-2008, 07:27 PM
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Not a good time to travel , fuel is extortionately expensive.
Is a good time to buy and import stuff from places like the USA.
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15-07-2008, 07:32 PM
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Old Man Yells at Cloud
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Location: Rockingham WA
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Wrong, perfect time to travel as fuel will never be cheaper, saw something a few weeks ago on the news that it would already be well over $2/L if it were not for the strong AU$.
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15-07-2008, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevnool
Why didnt i say that thats the perfect reply....cheers Kev. |
ya did.... you just have to read between the lines 
regards,CS
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15-07-2008, 07:53 PM
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Fast Scope & Fast Engine
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Gotta live the fuel prices what about in 2015 when it will be $8 p/ltr then maybe we,ll visit this thread again and think i should of went..but now i think i,m getting off track with the original thread....cheers Kev.
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15-07-2008, 08:05 PM
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Actually I've already started telling my friends one day we'll look back on
this day and say how cheap fuel was... and that scares them as they're
still feeling the increase of today and so do I. But the reality to me seems
$8 per litre will probably be on the bottom of the weekly discount cycle
if one still exists in 2015 and the fluctuations will be greater ...10's of
cents to a dollar or two, but still the by product will be that a lot of the
population wont be able to afford fuel or the alternatives (for a generation
or two, like colour TV). And that's where public transport will have to play
a major role...etc...etc...
regards,CS
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15-07-2008, 08:34 PM
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I ordered an Astro-Physics mount 3 months ago - figured that if I was ever going to pay an incredible amount of money on a mount there wouldn't be a better time. Paid 1/2 then and now that the other half is due, the exchange rate is even better! That's a small consolation.
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15-07-2008, 08:43 PM
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1.00 USD is now 0.982 AUD
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15-07-2008, 08:47 PM
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Lost in Namibia
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Albury NSW
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 More astro goodies.....
Cheers Petra d.
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