the dollar

[⌐■_■]

hey guys,

before im off to work, id like to know something. all you guys living in america, how are things with the dollarinflation? is it really noticable? here in europe (the netherlands to be precise) there's lots of stuff going on in the news about the fall of the dollar. so.. how are things in america and what are your visions regarding this topic?

im sorry that i dont have time to eleborate.

w/regards

[Punky]

hey guys,

before im off to work, id like to know something. all you guys living in america, how are things with the dollarinflation? is it really noticable? here in europe (the netherlands to be precise) there's lots of stuff going on in the news about the fall of the dollar. so.. how are things in america and what are your visions regarding this topic?

im sorry that i dont have time to eleborate.

w/regards

I live in Belgium, so its a lot in the news here too and actually I love it, I can buy steam games really cheap and travelling to America would become much easier and cheaper!

[ShaDoW]

Yup, living in Belgium as well and I'm loving it. Loads of colleagues at work, and myself, have gotten cheap iPhones out of the U.S.

Its like doing beer runs but with cheap technological gadgets.

[Sa74n]

doing contract work for us companies can be a pain. its still more than most european companies are willing to pay though

[dux]

doing contract work for us companies can be a pain. its still more than most european companies are willing to pay though

Yup, huge pain. Offer you a nice big figure and you'll be lucky to get half. Get an economy guys

[-HP-]

Yeah, It's all over the news over here at portugal too.. But meh, we are so used listening about economical crisis, we don't even pay much attention anymore! I'm sick of this fucking country... If you think US is going bad, you don't want to know how things are going over here.

[Steppenwolf]

I recently ordered 10 t-shirts and a hoodie from threadless. For the same price i would only get like 4 shirts of that quality in stockholm.

[Bic-B@ll]

lol you guys are really loving this. i'm not a big spender or anything nor have i been an adult for a long time if that makes sense but i havent really noticed a difference. prices of produce and stuff have been skyrocketing though.

[Chunks]

Gas is really the only thing that is noticeable right now, but food prices and other stuff are starting to go up a little.

IMO I think the dollar was way overvalued anyway. This may be actually helpful to us since more people are able to buy good from the US and maybe it can jumpstart some more manufacturing jobs.

edit: When I first got my drivers license gas was under $1 per gallon.

[e-freak]

Gasoline is at 1,45€ here in Germany. That's nearly 2$ O_o

[Ginger Lord]

Gasoline is at 1,45€ here in Germany. That's nearly 2$ O_o

And thats for a litre as well isnt it!

Over here the petrol prices are between 101p and 108p a litre. The equivilant of over $8 a gallon

At least buying stuff from America is ok...oh wait theres nothing decent left on Steam that I want.

[Cybbe]

Gas in Denmark is about $2 per litre. But at least our gas has a higher octane. We get about 95 and even 98, I think, for that price, whereas in the US (as far as I'm told by discussing it with people) they pay the same price, but for a lower octane such as 88.

Also, the dollar prices are awesome. Buying off steam has never been cheaper ;D

Aside from that, it also actually pays off to import stuff from the US. Recently, I bought some books for uni, and even after paying for shipping and some VAT, it still ended up being about 50% of the price of what I could have gotten it for at home. Things like guitar gear made in the US has also dropped significantly in price in Denmark, so that's nice

[Chunks]

We rate our gass differently. I'm not sure exactly how it is calculated but our 87 octane here is equivelent to your 92 RON.

Gas stations usually carry 87, 89, and 93. They are usually sold in 10c increments. Some places carry 100.

My car only takes 93+, it sucks... but in the end its probably only about $3 more for a full tank.

[-HP-]

In here,

95 octane = €1.399 (Per liter)

98 octane = €1.539 (Per liter)

And it keeps increasing, almost every month, for almost 2 years now!

ah ah.. someone get me outta this fucking country! How come a fucking liter of gasoline is the tripple of a liter of milk?

[-HP-]

And btw, what about each countries minimal/average income?

I'm very curious about this topic, in here, Portugal, the minim legal sallary, is (Get ready...) ~390€!!!

And there are thousands, and thousands of people getting this sallary per month, most of them with children to feed!

The average Portuguese income, is around 500€~600€ per month, for the so called (Medium class) I receive a little more than that and I still gotta be careful on where I spend my money, or I'll easy get bank rupt!

I honestly, do not understand how people can receive so little per month, and they still gotta pay for their gas, light, phone bill, water, house rent, etc etc etc!