Go buy stuff now!
You might have noticed that the euro hasn’t performed too badly over the last two years. After dropping below a meagre $0.85 in 2001, it’s now well beyond $1.2. This isn’t exactly a great revelation, but having purchased a bunch of stuff stateside recently really drove home the point: go buy stuff now! Even apple, historically slow in adapting its prices to currency changes, lowered european prices across the line in early jan. 05.
The current eur-usd exchange rate might hurt our economy badly, but being a lowly parasitic student i see no wrong in taking advantage of it as long as it lasts. As for material goods, shipping & customs can add a hefty surcharge, but then there’s a lot of stuff which is hard to come by on this side of the atlantic, so better buy now than never. Of course you can always hope for a better bang for your eurobuck, but now definitely isn’t the worst time for purchasing this software license you’ve been holding off on.
Would you like to comment?
Tell me what you think on Twitter: Tweet