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Posted: Wed Feb 20th, 2008 05:50 am

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IanM

Joined:	Sun Apr 15th, 2007
Location:	Perth, Australia
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Tony, Skip and Huck - you are all correct. My Aussie dollar buys almost 92 cents US today so I am buying a fair bit and selling not so much. On my last few visits to the states (there have been 5 all up over the last 7 years), the AUD has been as low as 67 cents US. It is always the same - buy when your currency is worth more, sell at your advantage, too. Of course - on a watch that is a couple of hundred dollars, the currency fluctuations from one week to another make little if any difference. But on some very high ticket items - you gotta take the deal where it costs you less.

How many of you guys here will only sell to a USA buyer? Not being uppity - just asking! To me- a WIS is a WIS is a WIS and it makes no difference, but I have noticed that "local deals" are regularly preferred by many US and EU sellers. Is it because of the hassles with Customs? Filling in forms? Not adding enough to cover shipping and insurance? Keeping it in the US? Don't trust foreign transactions?

And remember I am not complaining - just asking! Nicely!

Cheers - IanM