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    Quote Originally Posted by Sky Shadow View Post
    Okay, that makes more sense. It looks like they cut off about ten zeroes... the former Zimbabwean $10 billion seems to now be worth ZW$1.
    Yes, 10 zeros. Not that it'll help much - inflation there is still running at about 200 _million_ percent...


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    That may be so, but how many countries can lay claim to having a 10 million dollar note?

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    Beats carrying a "wheelbarrow of pesos" as my economics teacher used to say.

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    Been reading AU Yahoo finance everyday to see which day the AUD is better so I can pay for my Henkei seekers and what I read today is "SO NOT GOOD".

    Mr Carr said the Australian dollar was likely to trade between $US0.6500 and 0.7000 for the rest of 2008, before dropping to $US0.6000 by the middle of 2009.
    Source Here

    This means "paying lots more" for RK orders from now on.
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    You never know really, Mel. The fact is, we were predicted to trade at the lower end of 70c over a year ago but that never happened either until this unprecedented crash. There really are just too many variables out there and no one knows for sure.
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    I got gipped with the drop in the international exchange buying the Henkei Thundercracker and Skywarp and I still have yet to pay for city commander but the memory of 50c value in USD is still too fresh...

    Buying in USD seems really expensive now but things could get a lot worse!

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    It really sucks for me... I bought all my TFs from the States. Sigh, Deluxes for $14AUD shipped a piece... no more. My Purchases have slowed down considerably. Retail prices here I cannot justify paying, or afford. Hopefully it creeps back upto the 80c mark before Alternity Convoy & Megatron are released.

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