Thursday October 14th, 2010

Finally the $140.- has reached. The rates have been yo-yo-ing the past week. Every time the rates were approaching the $140.- near, the rate suddenly drops. I have seen $139.94 as highest a few days ago.   Although there is a thread of a currency war, the Japanese yen seem still stable on around 11300/11400 lately (all per €100.-).Since I have a 30000 yen watch in mind, I would not mourn if the yen would become less strong now.

Thursday October 7th, 2010

The € almost hit the $1.40.- today...

Weekend #39, Sunday October 3rd, 2010

The Euro made again some progress compared to the US$ the past days.Also the Euro is slowly gaining on the Yen too. I hope this trend will stay on for a while, because I will be in Japan in December.

I bought a watch (not a G-Shock, not even a Casio!)
Price: £14,99 GBP
Rate: 1 EUR = 0.843082 GBP
Price I paid: €17,78


There is only one problem: The Paypal website crashed during the payment. A red text told me to try again later, so I did. When I finished the payment for the second time, it appeared I paid twice £14,99 for the watch. The seller claims only to have received one payment. Paypal told me to ask the money back from the seller, I think I am sent around in circles. Might be continued.


I bought a $90.- watch (including shipping):
1 EUR = 1.34208 USD
I paid €67,06

Tuesday, September 28

This morning the rate went down to $134.07 for €100.-, but suddenly the rates went up. I checked my iPhone this evening and it seems the Euro is now stable above the $135.- mark.  

I have made several international payments yesterday.

CD: Yello - You gotta say yes to another Excess, remastered version.

Price: £7,45,
rate: 1 EUR = 0.827777 GBP,
Paid: €9,00

Canon strap (black with red and white stripe)

Price: AU$ 10.99
Rate: 1 EUR = 1.36691 AUD
 Paid: €8.04

Watch plus Magazine

Price 14200 yen
Rate: 1 EUR = 110.471 JPY
Paid: €128,54

Weekend #38, Sunday September 26, 2010

How long will it take to get through the $1.35 barrier?

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

The Euro is today worth more than $1.34.

 

Weekend 37 (September 19, 2010)

September 17, 2010

September 15, 2010

There has not been some disturbing changes over the week. The weekend rate was a bit low, Monday it went up. I saw the Euro pop over the US$1.30 today

Here are the rates of this weekend:

Today I saw these rates:

At the end of September a very special watch will be released in Japan. Also I want a Japanese magazine. I saw the new shirts of KIKS TYO. I hope that the Euro/Yen rate will get a bit more favorable for me. In July I ordered a T-Shirt in Japan and I was a little bit shocked that the price (including shipping) was €70.-. I have to admit that the shop gave me a very nice very  limited edition T-Shirt present, making the total price worth it.

Weekend #35, 2010 (Sunday Spetember 5th).

Well, I did not update much lately. After week 31 the Euro/Dolar rate fell a bit down to around €1.- = $1.28. It still is around that level. Nothing exciting I guess.

I bought a G-Shock for my son Bram on August 11. The price was AU$87.-. Rate of that date was: €1.- = AU$1.4054. The watch (a DW-6900CB-2DR)costed me €61,90. A very good price.

I bought another headphone on August 28. Total price with shipping was £51,98. Rate on August 28 2010 was: € 1.-  =  £ 0.799200 GBP. I paid € 65.04 for my new headphone.

This weekend rates: