Yikes......

kathpatty · Post by **kathpatty** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:11 pm

81 yen to dollar on Shipping Mail Japan

My 1500 yen buy comes in at over $42.00- not including the shipping
I think I will really need to re-think about buying little items from now on...

Has anyone else been as shocked as me?

Post by **sensei** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:55 pm

Evidently lots of people. IMHO this is one reason Nick has dropped the commissions for many of the levels of purchase.

animeobsessed · Post by **animeobsessed** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:04 pm

kathpatty wrote:81 yen to dollar on Shipping Mail Japan

My 1500 yen buy comes in at over $42.00- not including the shipping
I think I will really need to re-think about buying little items from now on...

Has anyone else been as shocked as me?

Not shocked since I tend to do a rough calculation before bidding, but this fact has kept me from bidding on the "cheap" auctions I wouldn't think twice about in the past.

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:42 pm

Oh boy. I didn't know the exchange rate had fallen that much. But I haven't won many things in the last three months.

theultimatebrucelee · Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:41 pm

83.17yen per dollar via paypal, still its the lowest exchange rate ever!

cutiebunny · Post by **cutiebunny** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:44 pm

(longingly remembers when her SMJ/Animechaos invoices stated 'USD/JPY Exchange rate = 1.20')

Memories.....

kathpatty · Post by **kathpatty** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:38 am

Yen rate at 78 per SMJ....
Sigh

Joost · Post by **Joost** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 1:51 pm

As being in europe, Yipeee for the $/â‚¬ rate

iceman57 · Post by **iceman57** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:14 pm

Joost wrote:As being in europe, Yipeee for the $/â‚¬ rate

Time to buy American stuff !

Anyway situation stable for Japanese currency over the last 6 months.
ECB graphics, EUR/JPY conversion.

star-phoenix · Post by **star-phoenix** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:14 pm

ARG, exchange rate is a new low now!

I stopped buying on Yahoo Japan about 5 years ago, but WOW! 78 yen to the dollar?

Gonzai · Post by **Gonzai** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:49 pm

A year and a half ago in, I got into a 2,487,500 yen
payment plan. Each month the payments have got worse.
Thank the Gods my last payment is this month. It certainly
cost me way more than I could have ever expected.

ReiTheJelly · Post by **ReiTheJelly** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:49 pm

Gonzai wrote:A year and a half ago in, I got into a 2,487,500 yen
payment plan.

Holy cow! Did you buy the crown jewels, or something?

Gonzai · Post by **Gonzai** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:08 am

Sometimes I feel like that is what it should have been.

It was actually for a couple boxes of Samurai 7 genga.
When the opportunity presented itself, I jumped on it,
hoping the yen rate would improve. Now I am not sure
I would ever do something like that again. I think I would
prefer to have been overcharged in USD, rather than pay
in yen. At least then I would have known what I was going
to have to pay each month.

iceman57 · Post by **iceman57** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:02 am

On a 10 years range average : USD 1 / JPY 108.
Recommand you to use this data as reference rate for quotations.
You may ask your bank to have a currency insurance rate.

iceman57 · Post by **iceman57** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:02 am

iceman57 wrote:On a 10 years range average : USD 1 / JPY 108.
Recommand you to use this data as reference rate for quotations.
You may ask your bank to have a currency insurance rate that will preserve you from forex exchange rate plunge.

Anime-Beta TNG

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