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Old 18 August 2008, 01:45 PM   #1
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Not happy......

....about the current AUD to USD rate. Got some great deals about a month back when we were doing 95c - 98c against USD. Bought an Atmos, JLC World Extreme & AP Perpetual from the US. Probably going to have to wait a while for the AUD to go up again
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Old 18 August 2008, 02:11 PM   #2
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Patience my friend patience

That's all that i can say

Here in europe it is worse an thats because of the euro
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Old 18 August 2008, 02:26 PM   #3
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Patience my friend patience

That's all that i can say

Here in europe it is worse an thats because of the euro
Yep! Let's not talk about the Euro...........
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Old 18 August 2008, 02:35 PM   #4
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Yep! Let's not talk about the Euro...........
With 693 euros average salary in greece we better let's not talk about it
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Old 18 August 2008, 03:51 PM   #5
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I don't think the aussie will get any higher any time soon (lucky I bought my watches at 93c and 96c respectively ). The aussie is singly attached to the commodities and when copper, nickel, zinc, base metals all ditched 20-30% in a month, aussie won't hold up.
The puzzling thing is that USD has been rising and there is no fundamentals to support this surge. The only plausible explanation is that hedge funds are unwinding their short USD positions.
Even a conflict in Georgia hasn't kicked up the oil price recently... Something is very very wrong here.
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Old 18 August 2008, 07:27 PM   #6
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I will let you know before I book me next trip to the US. Every time I book a flight our dollar heads south .
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Old 18 August 2008, 07:46 PM   #7
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If I buy my pepsi today, it will cost me approx AU$ 700 more compare to
mid july
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Old 18 August 2008, 09:05 PM   #8
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If I buy my pepsi today, it will cost me approx AU$ 700 more compare to
mid july
Rolex prices never go down so it is a good deal until the next price increase
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Old 18 August 2008, 09:26 PM   #9
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I am watchin too....... I want a SD soon!!! :-)
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Old 18 August 2008, 09:37 PM   #10
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Best place to buy probably is NZ... The ticket isn't too expensive and their economy looks like in worse shape than ours. So, should get some bargain there.
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Old 19 August 2008, 12:59 AM   #11
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The world economy is not looking great for the foreseeable future. I think China is booming! Maybe I can go drive a rickshaw for a living and support my watch hobby.

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