Weekend 22 (Saturday Junt 4th, 2011)

Looks promising. I have to pay a watch in US$ soon. :-)

Wednessday, June 1st, 2011

The Euro is recovering well :-)

Monday May 9th, 2011

Well, we  had a high Euro for a while, but things have changed. While there are good prospects in the US and not that good in Europe make the Euro loose fast on the US$ and a bit on the Japanese ¥ too. Luckily I have bought a quite expensive G-Shock last week, with the good rate.

The G-Shock I mentioned above is was bought on May 4th. Not the most ideal time to buy, because it was located in japan and it was Golden Week last week (a whole week of public holidays).

Price of the watch: US$259,99
Currency rate by Paypal: €1  = US$1,44527 (probably the highest in the past time)
Transaction from my bank: €179,89

Let's hope the Euro does not drop to drastically and rather crawl up again (for me).

Thursday, April 28th

I woke up this morning and saw these rates! Too bad I do not have much money to spend now...

Tuesday april 26th, 2011

Nothing really interesting. I have to pay for some goods today of tomorrow. A shirt in ¥ and the rest in $.

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

At the biginning of the week, I saw the dollar rise a bit compared with the Euro, but toady I saw the dollar fall pretty fast from $1.43 to over $1.46. Will this fall continue?

I bought a very nice watch today in the US.

Price including shipping: $189.-
Rate: €1.- = $1,42464
Paid: €.

I now hope the customs are a bit nice to me, as they usually add another €40.- for these kind of purchases (  €25.- tax and €17 for handing it over to the customs).

Saturday April 9, 2011

I checked my currency app and saw the Euro was above the $1,44. I saw this article on my news app. The high rate is the result of higher intrest rates in Europe and some unsure financial problems in the US.

 

Wednessday, April 6th, 2011.

Euro/Dollar rate now over 1.43.
Euro/Yen rate now over 120
It's time to look for something nice in Dollars or Yen now.

Sunday April 3, 2011

It seems the yen is loosing terrain a little. The US Dollar went almost to 143.- last week, but sees syable around $142.- right now.

I bought a nice purple solar G-Shock for £64,98.
Rate: € 1.-  = £ 0.854887
I paid: € 76,01

A nice CD by Mr. Oizo. I didn't know I already had it. No problem, it.s a great CD.

Price: £8,99
Rate: €1.- = £0,856190
Paid: €10,50 (on all webshops in The Netherlands it costs almost twice as much).

I bought this charity shirt for the Japanese Red Cross yesterday at KIKS TYO International Shop.

Price including shipping: ¥4.440
Rate: €1.00  = ¥ 116,474
Paid: €38,12 (unfortunately 1/3 is postage). 

Friday March 18th, 2011.

The Earthquake and following Tsunami disaster seems not to have affected the Japanese Yen. It is still holding strong. Today I saw the Euro rise above $1.41. I haven´t seen the Euro that high for a while. It's a good moment to buy in US Dollars now.

Recent transactions:

February 28, T-Shirts,
Total price: $71.33
Converion rate: 1 euro = $1.34412
Paid: €53.07


March 13, Services
Total price: 39,95
Conversion rate: 1 Euro = $1.35438
Paid: €29.50

March 17, T-Shirt for Bram
Total price: £24,94
Conversion rate:
1 Euro = GBP0,845797
Paid: €29,94