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EURO FALLS BELOW $1.25


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#1 WizWor OFFLINE  

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Posted Today, 1:53 PM

I always estimated the Euro - US rate at 2:1. Now it seems that the rate is changing in favor of US consumers of Euro priced goods.

Two questions for people selling Euro priced Atari devices...

1) Have/will you adjust your prices (i.e, is this euro-inflation)?
2) Does this impact your bottom line?

If the answers to 1 and 2 are no, why aren't you guys shouting about this on AA?

#2 Mathy ONLINE  

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Posted Today, 1:56 PM

Hello WizWor

The Euro to USD rate never was 2:1. At it's highest point, it was slightly over 1,3:1, maybe even 1,4:1, but never higher.

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#3 WizWor OFFLINE  

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Posted Today, 2:07 PM

So, I'm getting excited for nothing? LOL -- nothing new. Just the same, are these available at the current rates? Seem like a bargain to me.

SIO2SD
AtariAge user lotharek (Euro 76.25 with case)
AtariAge user mega-hz (Euro 80 with case, Euro 35 without case)
AtariAge user Pigula (Euro 40 without SIO cable/connector)
AtariAge user santosp (Euro 50 with case)

SDRIVE
AtariAge user santosp (Euro 45 with case)

Edited by WizWor, Today, 2:07 PM.


#4 Faicuai OFFLINE  

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Posted Today, 2:20 PM

...Very unlikely for the Euro to ever reach a 2:1 valuation, with respect the U.S. $.

The Euro (even at $1.35/$) is already over-valuated (in PPP terms) by about 30% with respect the U.S. $. It should remain / hovering around $1.20/Euro, for the rest of the year.

There is little else left for the Euro, for now, except falling, at least during this year. If they don't really resolve (in 12 months) what they have not fixed in 15-years, Europe will be in DEEP do-do (deeper than anything we have yet seen in the U.S.).

The U.S. $ will eventually rule (yet again, and for the time being), not because it is much better (fundamentally), but because it exists in a more cohesive environment, it is better regulated, it offers MASSIVE liquidity, and (to top it off), the U.S. has ZERO debt (virtually none, whatsoever) in any other currency, except the U.S. $., for which the U.S. is the ONLY issuer on this planet, and within which 2/3rds of global reserves are concentrated.

#5 high voltage OFFLINE  

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Posted Today, 2:27 PM

I thought US is bankrupt like Greece. It seems Obama is printing money like monopoly money

#6 andym00 ONLINE  

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Posted Today, 3:06 PM

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#7 high voltage OFFLINE  

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Posted Today, 3:14 PM

no wonder Atari games are being sold in the US for much much $s:
http://www.usdebtclock.org/

#8 RedRaider ONLINE  

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Posted Today, 3:18 PM

I'm glad the Euro is down, it needs to keep dropping. :)

#9 kenjennings OFFLINE  

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Posted Today, 3:32 PM

View PostWizWor, on Fri May 25, 2012 1:53 PM, said:

I always estimated the Euro - US rate at 2:1. Now it seems that the rate is changing in favor of US consumers of Euro priced goods.

Not so much. It's been a lot lower than 1.2. Highest it's ever been was (nearly) 1.6.

http://www.oanda.com...storical-rates/

(Pick Euro as "Currency I have" and change start date to the inception of Euro, 1 Jan 1999.)

#10 andym00 ONLINE  

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Posted Today, 3:41 PM

No matter how much I bite my lip and say no:
15 Trillion dollars of debt... Roflmaololollolouchouchmyribs!!!
;)
You are the next Greece I reckon..

#11 Gunstar ONLINE  

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Posted Today, 5:19 PM

View Posthigh voltage, on Fri May 25, 2012 2:27 PM, said:

I thought US is bankrupt like Greece. It seems Obama is printing money like monopoly money

We aren't as bad off as Greece yet, but if we don't throw Obama out on his ass (personally I'd like to see him tared, feathered and ran out of Washington on a pole [and NO, I'm NOT racist, my two best friends are Black and Hispanic] In fact, I would have voted for The Black Gent Herman Cain over Romney if he was still in the race), this election, we will be as bad off as Greece by the end of his second term. But, I think the dollar today is worth about .60-.70 cents compared to the dollar 10 years ago, so if the Euro is equal to $1.25, then that means the Euro is really worth less than a $1 too. (what a dollar should be worth that is)

Edited by Gunstar, Today, 5:26 PM.


#12 orpheuswaking ONLINE  

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Posted Today, 5:39 PM

I just need the british pound to drop that far




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