Wednessday June 20th 2012

After a long period with the US$ under 126 and the ¥ under 10000, the Euro seems to gain strength a little again...

Let's hope this trend continues. A pity I have already bought and paid several things in US$ and ¥ lately.

Wednesday May 30th, 2012

It's still going downhill I'm afraid.

Paid ¥22000 for a watch yesterday, with a rate of €1 = ¥95.50

It cost me €230.36

Paid $331 for a watch (in Japan) a week ago. Rate: €1 = $1.21856, total price €270.-

I hope that the Euro will regain control, but I do not expect this to happen soon.

Wednesday may 23, 2012

Haven't updated for a while. Too busy with other blogs and other things. Since the Euro is now in some heavy weather, it might be good to start reporting again from time to time.

This doesn't look too good. The Euro is dropping compared to the Yen and US Dollar rapidly. The Euro is under the ¥10000 now.

I have some things I want to buy in Japan. That's going to cost me a lot...

Monday, August 29, 2011

A new crisis is at hand, according to the news. You might expect wild changes at the currence rates. Well, tha past month nothing really exiting happens.

I think nothing much shocking has happened.

No real exciting purchases. I was on holidays ;-)

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

The Euro seems to recover again.

Tuesday July 12th, 2011

Long time no need to post. The Euro/Dollar rate was just oscillating around 1.43 for a long time. There seem to be questions about the financial status of Italy. Enough to let the Euro/Dollar drop under 1.40.

I got myself an iPhone 4. It gives bigger screenshots :-)

A lot recent transactions:

June 3: iPhone Microphone/headphone adapter (SmartTalk): £12,78
Rate:  €1 = £0,862348
Paid: €€14,82

June 15, T-Shirts: ¥4800,
Rate: €1  = ¥112,75,
Paid: €42,58

June 19: Watch: $101.-
Rate: €1 = $1,38576
Paid: €72,89

June 27: Watch: ¥19.000
Rate:  €1  = ¥111,112
Paid: €171,00

July 6: Watch: $229
Rate: €1 = $1,39595


Paid: €164,05

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...