| vtsaogames | 06 Jan 2015 9:54 a.m. PST |
Just how low does the Euro have to go to get you to order direct across the pond? |
Random Die Roll  | 06 Jan 2015 10:22 a.m. PST |
It is not so much the value of a Euro---but the huge shipping cost |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 06 Jan 2015 10:45 a.m. PST |
Also, if ordering from the UK – we don't have the Euro… |
| jameshammyhamilton | 06 Jan 2015 11:06 a.m. PST |
The pound to euro exchange rate is looking pretty healthy at the moment. The reason I am not buying from Europe is that I have not found anything I really need to buy. |
| 79thPA | 06 Jan 2015 11:11 a.m. PST |
I agree with Random Die Roll; it's the shipping that kills you. |
| doug redshirt | 06 Jan 2015 11:12 a.m. PST |
Shipping too high to bother with it. |
 Doctor X | 06 Jan 2015 11:23 a.m. PST |
Unless I need something in bulk a few cents either way isn't a big deal. Like others have mentioned once you factor shipping into your purchase the change in currency can have little impact, sadly. |
| rct75001 | 06 Jan 2015 12:29 p.m. PST |
Buy Australian – our currency has taken a bath in the last 4-5 months. Much cheaper for just about all of you (except us of course) |
 Doms Decals  | 06 Jan 2015 1:00 p.m. PST |
Ha – the Aussie dollar after "taking a bath" is still massively stronger against the pound than it was pre financial crisis…. Oh for the days when England rugby fans used to chant "we get three dollars, to the pound"…. ;-) As for the Euro, depending how the Greek election at the end of the month goes, it could dive substantially more…. :-( |
| vtsaogames | 06 Jan 2015 1:24 p.m. PST |
Amazing how a poorly managed (by all parties) entity of 12 million gets to threaten the financial health of hundreds of millions. |
| Doms Decals | 06 Jan 2015 1:26 p.m. PST |
Indeed – total screw up; the moment the peak crisis had passed, everyone breathed a big sigh of relief and promptly set about doing nothing to prevent its reoccurrence…. |
| Mako11 | 06 Jan 2015 3:26 p.m. PST |
Parity with the dollar. The Pound is dropping too, but not down to the 1.40GBP/$1USD I prefer. Sadly, not too many products I know of, and want, in Euros. |
| steamingdave47 | 06 Jan 2015 3:53 p.m. PST |
When Ah were a lad t'dollar were 5 bob! You could buy a suit, tek missus out for a fish supper and still have change from t'dollar. Those were t'days! |
 Mserafin | 06 Jan 2015 3:53 p.m. PST |
It's not time to order, it's time to take a vacation! |
| Charlie 12 | 06 Jan 2015 8:58 p.m. PST |
1.40GBP/$1USD… Remember it well. That was when my gal and I spent 2 weeks in Britain. Got real crazy up and down Charing Cross Road…. |
| Weasel | 07 Jan 2015 9:46 a.m. PST |
The way a lot of online sellers are friggen thieves on shipping charges, I can barely tell if I am ordering from Europe or the US anymore. |
 optional field | 09 Jan 2015 6:49 a.m. PST |
Ha – the Aussie dollar after "taking a bath" is still massively stronger against the pound than it was pre financial crisis…. Oh for the days when England rugby fans used to chant "we get three dollars, to the pound"…. ;
Be glad the pound isn't so weak as it once was. I saw an old comic book from 1988 and it listed the price as US $1.95 USD UK £1.90 GBP.
Amazing how a poorly managed (by all parties) entity of 12 million gets to threaten the financial health of hundreds of millions.
I seem to remember reading (10+ years ago i.e. beyond the Blue Fez current events rule time limit) that the Greek government "miscalculated" their borrowing to GDP ratio at the time the common currency was implemented so that they were allowed in when, by the numbers, they should have been left out. |
| Doms Decals | 09 Jan 2015 10:24 a.m. PST |
Be glad the pound isn't so weak as it once was. I saw an old comic book from 1988 and it listed the price as US $1.95 USD USD UK £1.90 GBP GBP.
That was just Brits getting ripped off – in certain fields you still see stuff priced at basically the same number of pounds as dollars. (In '88 the pound was actually about $1.80 USD….) It very briefly dived towards parity in 1985, bottoming out at $1.04 USD a few days before the miners strike ended, but it recovered to $1.40 USD by the end of the year. The trading range over the last few decades has generally been between $1.40 USD and $2.00 USD. |
