http://www.bloomberg.com/...refer=news

Great time to BUY Dollars right now if you live in Europe, i'm off to the bank at 10am!

On another monetorary note, I don't suspect many folks are planning to visit Venezuela in the not too distant future? If so, take loads and loads of US dollars. By exchangint them for Bolivares on the black market you will double your money.

JDInteractive said:

Maybe I should have gone there instead

shanti0608 said:

I thought you came over here for love not money?

JDInteractive said:

I did but I still need to make good use of my hard earned US dollars.

liberation said:

I'll be buying dollars in 1,5 weeks when I visit the U.S. for Thanksgiving.
SHOPPING TIME!!!!

I got $350 which cost €247...sadly you don't get the merchant rate at banks so it's like $1.42 to the Euro + additional fees. Still a great price though if you're shopping in the US over Xmas.

It's thought it could go as high as $1.50 to the Euro

It's still going down. I say way and buy it even for lower rates later.

It's so depressing.

liberation said:

So will you spend it in the US or will you just sit on it until it goes up again and then buy back your euros? If you're planning the latter you might have to be patient...

I have friends who will go to New York over Christmas almost exclusively because of the weak dollar. I guess it's a reason as good as any.

retina said:

Well i plan to buy the new generation Intel CPU when they come out in January, it was hard to resist that $/€ rate right now. And yeah...i'm getting the cjip from the US.

ArielB said:

Do you see any big reactions in Canada because of this, like Canadians crossing the border to shop in the US for example? The CAD is so incredibly strong!

CarrieMpls said:

wahts gonna happen?

and why buy any US money?

horatio said:

Sterling and Euro are very strong currencies now, if you're travelling or buying stuff in the US it's a great time. Paying for stuff by PayPal also...you get more bang for your buck.

liberation said:

And for us USAmericans the opposite is true. Hence the

CarrieMpls said:

True...sucks to be coming from America right now.

CarrieMpls said:

so if im selling items via paypal i should have my reseve set higher because the US is worth less than half now. right?

horatio said:

Depends where you live, if you live in the US and accept payement from only inside the US it's not an issue.

If i buy something from a guy in the US i am getting the better deal and the €/$ conversion costs ME alot less then before.

liberation said:

Bush is doing a great job.....isn't he?

Graycap23 said:

It'll hit US exports...someone always gets screwed, barrel of oil is set to hit $100 within days.

retina said:

Well, I know that many Canadians buy their cars now in the US, because of taxes and lower prices. You can actually save 10-15k doing this. But I don't know if it has anything to do with the dollar weakening.