exchange rates

[candyleather]

In Europe 1 € = $1.45

1- I am buying a lot of tools for leathercraft and books to the USA while the american dealers don't raise the price to me because only there I can get the tools I need, not all and not always. I can not sell my articles in the USA because now are expensive for northamericans.

2- In Europe, we are forced to pay the arabian petrol in USA dollars (american rules imposed for the petrol business), we can not do it with european euros by the moment. If we pay in euros, petrol could be more unexpensive for us.

3- The petrol in Europe is more cheap than some months ago, but the gas station does not cut the prices (the World is a trick, a fraud. How unfair!).

4- The worst for the USA would be to do her payments of the petrol in euros but nowadays they are the boss of the international business. The dollar is the winner always!, for macroeconomics, not for the american and european citizens.

[Rod and Denise Nikkel]

Yesterday, it was 92.5 cents Canadian for one US dollar. Today, 91.15. Almost 1 1/2 cents difference. Not a lot on a $10.00 purchase, but when you start getting into the big ticket items, it makes a BIG difference.

As far as the world not being fair, why are Canadians still going to the States and paying thousands of dollars less for the same vehicle as what they would in Canada? And why are the manufacturers telling US dealers they can lose their license to sell that brand if they knowingly sell to Canadians, and refusing to honor warranties in Canada if the vehicle was purchased in the States?

Edited November 3, 2007 by Rod and Denise Nikkel