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

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