Australian Dollar at a new high

[madtuna (Steve)]

bugger bugger bugger!!!! I have $4000 worth of travellers cheques I bought when the dollar was 94 cents US

[Kevnool (Kev)]

wont be long b4 we have equlibrium

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

Bummer...I still get paid in US$...Hey, in 2001 when I arrived here it was a good deal!

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Originally Posted by wavelandscott

Bummer...I still get paid in US$...Hey, in 2001 when I arrived here it was a good deal!

If it keeps going up your wage will go down .............nearly have a strike on our hands

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Originally Posted by asterisk

This morning's Sydney Morning Herald:



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.

C,mon Geoff this is your thread yarn to us.. ..cheers Kev.

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

Originally Posted by Kevnool

If it keeps going up your wage will go down .............nearly have a strike on our hands

Yes, in local currency terms it has my wage has gone down ...However, many could successfully argue that I don't do much anyway so the pay is probably "fair"...

[timelord (Al)]

Just bought a nice new lens for my dslr with my tax return from the states--talk about great timing!

[citivolus (Ric)]

I pay in USD for my imports from China (LED torches), and will be paying for a new shipment tomorrow, so this exchange rate is VG for me. Since I started importing, my costs have dropped by over 20%. Fortunately I can pass that on to the consumer in lower costs. For the last couple of months I have been selling on par with the USA MSRP, which was not possible previously. A decent percentage of my sales (40%+) is still to the EU, due to their even stronger Euro. It isn't all bad for exports.

[h0ughy (David)]

wow what changing fortunes!! a month and a half ago the aussie dollar was about .96 cents, now its about .79 - that is a huge difference. To all those that gambled and bought up big two months ago - it has more than paid off. I personally have saved nearly 450 dollars if i bought the same items today.

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

I personally have saved nearly 450 dollars if i bought the same items today.

.... and what's in the shopping cart today Mr Iacocca?

[acropolite (Phil)]

I just bought a Canon EF 24-105 L ($1399 from Hardly Normal; the best grey import I could get was only $80 cheaper including freight) , I was hoping the 5D replacement would be released while the dollar was up.

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by acropolite

I just bought a Canon EF 24-105 L ($1399 from Hardly Normal; the best grey import I could get was only $80 cheaper including freight) , I was hoping the 5D replacement would be released while the dollar was up.

Hey great buy Phil, I'm sure you'll really be happy with that lens.

Yes it's a real shame the $AU isn't up there anymore.
Canon is set to release the replacement to the 5D very soon, word around the traps is that it may be called the 7D.

Anyway Canon is putting out teasers all over the place like this one:

http://www.canon.com/moon/en/index.html

So it won't be too long now, but I hate to think of the price of the new FF model now with the $ so low.

[Jen]

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

LOL Kev ok lets go shopping

[asterisk (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by Kevnool

C,mon Geoff this is your thread yarn to us.. ..cheers Kev.

Sorry Kev - I've been too busy trying to decide what to spend my money on, and now the dollar is losing value again!

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Love the start of the thread now me thinks its under 80c ?

[OneOfOne (Trevor)]

Fortunately I ordered some meteorites and dinosaur teeth before it started to drop...