About a month ago...
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 11:44 AM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Ok, I was looking at a chart of the exchange rate for the last month. It > had gone from 103.83 yen/dollar to 109.11 yen/dollar. The low point > appears to have been some time in August, with the dollar strengthening > since then. > > When did the price change take place? > > > On 11/16/2016 10:34 AM, Gonz wrote: >> >> Well the charts for the year show that I can buy less yen for the >> dollar now than at the beginning of the year, so the yen appears to be >> appreciating. Well at least to me, but maybe the chart I saw was >> wrong? >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 9:01 AM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: >>> >>> Except that the dollar has been the one appreciating. Japanese goods >>> should be less expensive. >>> >>> On 11/15/2016 5:07 PM, Gonz wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Did you mean it the other way, appreciation of the yen... (which makes >>>> Japanese products more expensive...) >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 3:56 PM, jtainter <jtain...@mindspring.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "The price of the K-1 has not dropped from the initial introduction, it >>>>> has increased instead. Its almost $200 from the initial $1800 or so >>>>> that it was several months ago...." >>>>> >>>>> The word is that this was due to the appreciation of the dollar >>>>> relative to the yen. >>>>> >>>>> I had a little money come in, so I've just ordered a K-1, despite >>>>> the price increase. For now I'll pair it mainly with the film era >>>>> FA 24-90 (plus many primes that I have). >>>>> >>>>> Joe >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >>> Religion - Answers we must never question. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
