-- Yes, the Pommy pound is sinking slowly in the West, so things bought from the UK (especially with the high A$) can work out much cheaper.
-- The whole question of varying exchange rates is quite interesting. Share traders have a well-established practice (called arbitrage) based on this, and computer programs to do it automatically. If a mining stock has an Australian stock exchange quote of $50.000, but in the UK it is the equivalent of $49.998, buy up (or promise to buy) 100,000 shares from the UK. Wait 10 minutes, the UK price goes to $50.003, sell the shares back. Cheers -- David Noel Oct 17 ===== On 16 October 2010 13:27, Neil Houghton <n...@possumology.com> wrote: > > We obviously just need one worldwide currency unit - maybe a GGE - gold > gram > equivalent ;o) > > Cross-border buying is now pretty easy - and can be very confusing re > currency equivalents - for example: > > I just bought Toast 10: > > On the Oz website it was $179 AUD for the full version or $149AUD for an > upgrade - but I just had an email from Roxio offering the full version (not > upgrade) for half price ie $89 AUD. > > Out of interest I compared the (half) price in the Roxio different country > stores and translated using the (at the time) $1AUD sells conversion rate > from <http://markets.smh.com.au/apps/mkt/forex.ac>: > > > US$69.99 converted @ .9904 to $70.67AUD > €49.99 euro converted @ .7061 to $$70.80AUD > GBP £34.99 converted @ .6190 to $56.52AUD > > So I decided that, for once, the pommies were offering exceptional value! > > I decided to see if they would let me buy from the UK store - half > expecting > that when I put in my Australian address it would take me back to the OZ > store - but, no, the UK store happily let me put in my Australian address > and buy toast for GBP £34.99 - and I was happy with my bargain! > > Obviously the exchange rate (& hence the extent of my "bargain") changes by > the minute - but we are not talking about marginal differences here! > > Anyway Toast 10 now installed & registered & I'm happy :o) > > > > Cheers > > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: n...@possumology.com > > > > on 16/10/10 12:06 PM, Roger Kortas at rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: > > > > > you have to remember Apple set their prices in advance based upon many > things, > > so if the AUD goes down our price does not go up but of course if the AUD > goes > > up well the price wont go down until the next review. > > > > Just my thoughts > > > > Roger > > > > On 16/10/2010, at 12:00 PM, Brian Risbey wrote: > > > >> > >> Yes and how much for an Apple TV? > >> > >> Brian > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> On 16/10/2010, at 10:44, Paul Weaver <pwea...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> I see that the Australian dollar is equal to a US dollar today, but a > basic > >>> iPad from Apple in Australia still costs A$629 versus US$499 in > America. :( > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
