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buy your American instruments/CD's/books now...

Dollar is 1.29 to the Euro in today's trading.

Very favo(u)rable for you folks who use the Euro.

# Posted on November 6th 2004 by mconners

Re: buy your American instruments/CD's/books now...

Thanks to our huge national deficit and the terrible(shameful) war in Iraq, the US dollar is probably gonna get weaker in the next four years. Not good for Americans traveling in Europe. I leave for Ireland next week and it's gonna be the most expensive trip ever thanks to our weak, pitiful US dollar. I won't mention names as I don't want to turn this into a politcal pissing contest. I personally find the exchange rate really depressing.........

# Posted on November 6th 2004 by JMH

Re: buy your American instruments/CD's/books now...

$1.85 to the pound and dropping, even the Aussie dollar's gaining at $0.76. At this rate Australian mandolin makers like Gilchrist and Duff won't have 99% of their instruments snapped up by the Yanks and the rest of us might get a chance.

# Posted on November 6th 2004 by Bren

Re: buy your American instruments/CD's/books now...

It's Bush's fault, you know...

# Posted on November 6th 2004 by mconners

Re: buy your American instruments/CD's/books now...

Bummer, I just bought a Orpheum Banjo from the US this thursday! I'm thankful I didn't get the prewar gibson original granada 5-string I've always dreamed off.

Lars.

# Posted on November 6th 2004 by Larshansen

Re: buy your American instruments/CD's/books now...

There's an up-side to a weaker dollar:

http://reuters.myway.com/article/20041110/2004-11-10T141833Z_01_N1059246_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-ECONOMY-DC.html

# Posted on November 11th 2004 by mconners