Exchange rate $AU :(
Beanoutback
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Just a comment to say that at the moment I am only looking at deals that hit the 70% off due to the atrocious exchange rate here down under in Australia. For example if I wanted the https://www.daz3d.com/hvpc-combat-manned-rover at the enticing 30% off price of usd$18.87 it would cost me AUD$27.40.
AUD$27.40 obviously works out to be the same value in this country for spending - if that makes sense.
Full price of usd$26.95 would equal Aud$39.14 - which is even more of a nono.
Some of the recent Christmas and New Year sales were very good. Thank you Daz.
Now however it's a daily FastGrab check and that's it. Even then I feel I should pass that money onto the bushfire catastrophe :(
This comment is probably a first world problem ... but just felt like sharing.
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yeah it sucks
Coming from Europe, the past few months, I've slowly seen the dollar gain in value. The difference is just a few cents, but it's definitely gaining in value. I can imagine that the increase in oil price (increased transportation costs) and the bushfires (loss of production) would make the Aussie dollar lose a bit more in value on top of that. :(
the 20percrnts gc, skims a bit off if you buy that first
Even worse here in NZ where that $18.87 USD would be $28.53 NZD. Thankfully, there has been nothing to tempt me for quite a while. However, when it comes to buying hardware, the price gets scary - $2,200 NZD is the lowest price I can find for a 2080 ti compared to the Amazon USD price of $1,099 (EVGA 2080 ti).
Things always seem to be cheaper in the US than elsewhere, for whatever reason.
Well, there's nothng saying that the different dollars should have the same value, anymore than pound, euro, and dollar do. Don't forget, as well, that the US doesn't apply any sales taxes until the last minute while I think most other countries have the price dsplayed including taxes.
The point I was trying to make with the hardware comparison was that although the US$/NZ$ exchange rate is about 1.5 NZ to 1 US, the price of the GPU was more like 2:1. I think it has something to do with tariffs though.
Yes I got and RTX card and you can buy a good Desktop PC for that, they really are milking the rest of the world !
That's relative.
I agree about the dollar values, but I'm speaking in general from my own observations, with sales tax and everything taken into account. For example, when you still could buy Adobe software it cost about 60% more here in Denmark (directly from our local Adobe store) than in the US, before tax. Their subscriptions are currently also 10% higher here than in the US, before tax. Maybe it's a coincidence, but it's been the same with almost anything else I've checked.
Well I guess I should have said "often" or "usually" instead of "always", but it's just the impression I've got from checking a number of products over the years.
"I think most other countries have the price dsplayed including taxes"
I do not think so. I can't speak to everywhere, but up here the advertised price of goods is always before sales taxes or shipping. It makes sense to do so, since sales tax varies from province to province, and sales tax is applied not just to the purchase price, but to shipping as well. So something that costs $10 and costs &5 for shipping is going to be charged sales tax on $15. (which is why it is no longer universally, officially referred to as sales tax any more - now it is called Goods and Services Tax. Got to love the spin doctors, eh?)
Of course the OP was about differences in cost relating exclusively to exchange rates. Differences in costs related to things like shipping, handling, distribution, overhead, wages, duties, taxes, etc., etc. will vary from country to country and are an entirely different matter. Exchange rates are supposed to be based upon GDP, but money markets and trading can have a profound and immediate influence on exchange rates and that is something over which there is little or no direct control. When it comes to digital content and especially digitally-delivered content, none of the previously-noted costs associated with imported physical goods apply. So the differences in costs are almost entirely related to exchange rates.
was good about 4 - 5 years ago when AU$ was on parity with US$
bought stuff then.... not so much last few years though
I believe back in 2013 it was cheaper to fly from Australia to the US to purchase Adobe CS6 and fly back than it was to buy it within Australia. That I dont believe was to do with the exchange rate though just Adobe ...er, being Adobe.
I think those products including Adobe, they try to keep price low. Unfortunatly those low prices are actually low for people who earning 1st world income and rest of the world (most part) it is still very very expensive for non professional people.
Fortunately Daz and its verdors are generous enough to giving deals time to time. And some popular platforms giving different price discount system for different location.
Try looking at fresh vegetables.
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