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

Monday, March 7th

No real excited things going on, but today the Euro went through the $1.40 mark. Interesting time to buy in US$ now.

Friday, January 28th, 2011

The Euro is still remarkably recovering. It might be good for me as I have put my eye to a new G-Shock.

I bought 2 many T-Shirts (again). The shipping costs are killing me.

Total price: ¥16490.-
Rate: 1 EUR = 109459 JPY
Calculated price charged from my bank account: €150.65

I bought 2 Lucky Cats charms in China

Total price: $14.97
Rate: 1 EUR = 1.31200 USD
Calculated price charged from my bank account: €11.40

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

I didn't notice the Euro was recovering this fast, until I read this newsflash on my iPhone. I missed the part that the Euro passed the $1,35 level, but this is a good rate too.

 

 Not much buying lately. My bicycle broke down totally, so I have to buy a new bike. I found a nice new bike for €925.-. I could have bought 10 G-Shocks for that price.

While in Japan, I bid on an auction of a special G-Shock for a friend of me in Kyoto. Also I had to pay postage for some things I could not take with me in my suitcase anymore (including a Boks-kun). Total price for everything was 13050 yen.  I was charged €121.09 with a rate: 1 Euro = 107,778 Japanese Yen.

"Boks-kun"

Friday, January 7th, 2011

I don't know what happened this morning, but suddenly the Euro is worth less than $1.30. Ay ay...

Thursday, January 6th 2011

It could be better. The Euro is slowly giving terrain to the US Dollar. The Yen is still very stable, usually just under 11000 yen for €100.-, now just above.

I bought too many things in Japan in the past three weeks. I can't remember. Yesterday my bank calculated €8.- for currency exchange... If I visit Japan again in the Future, I should use my credit card more often...

Sunday December 5th, 2010

The faith in the Euro restored a little. The rate is back on $135.- per  €100.-

I won an auction of a watch tonight. Total price was £144,99. I was pretty excited, so I payed immediately.

Rate:1 EUR = 0.828230 GBP
Paid:  €175,06

December 1st, 2010

The rate of the Euro dropped a lot in one week. The Euro is not popular, because of financial problems of Ireland. Although the other Euro countries helped Ireland out, trust in the Euro was lost. The rate even dropped under $130.- for € 100.-  for a short time. The Euro is slowly crawling upward now. Let's hope the course will rise up fast, because in a little more than 2 weeks I will be traveling to Japan with a friend and I would like to have a good Euro/Yen rate. By the way, also Japan has financial problems, so the Yen dropped with the Euro simultaneously for a while.

I bought a G-Shock watch today.

Total price was $85.-.
Rate: 1 EUR = 1.26865 USD
Paid: €67,00

November 23, 2010

 

No real shocking things happened in the passed weeks.  The US is printing more dollars to make it weaker. It worked two days and now the dollar gets slowly stronger compared with the Euro and yen.

What didi I buy the past weeks and what did I pay:

November 7th:  Watch

US$ 70

Rate: 1 Euro = 1.36675 USD

Paid: €51.22

November 8th: Watch

US$ 88

Rate: 1 Euro = 1,35742 USD

Paid: €64,83

November 15th: Watch

£ 20

Rate: 1 Euro = 0.826830GBP

Paid: €24.19

Nopvember 17th: DVD (School)

£ 7.70

Rate: 1 Euro = 0,826547

November 22: Compact Flash Cards 2 x 4Gb

£9,95

Rate: 1 Euro = 0,833130 GBP

Paid: €11.

Tuesday, November 2nd 2010

No real interesting things happened the pat two weeks. The Dollar/Euro rate dropped a little and then oscilated between $138.50 and $139.50 (per 100 Euro).

I paid already for a beautiful watch.

Price was ¥30000
1 euro = 109,894 Japanse yen
I oaid a total of €273

I bought two Toy Machine shirts.

Total price was $38,48
1 euro = 1,35572 Amerikaanse dollars
I paid €28,39 for these shirts.