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Will the price of televisions go up?

Leopard
Leopard Posts: 1,786 Forumite
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I saw :A Martin Lewis :A on television the other day, warning everybody that because of the fall in the value of the £ everything on holiday abroad will now cost more.

He said to add 50% to what things cost last year. My goodness, that's a lot!

Does this mean that imported Techie things like televisions and computers are now going to cost more, as well? :confused:

Because people on here keep saying to wait for prices to drop before buying anything. Is that right? Why will that happen?

The thing I can't understand is why the £ has fallen so much against the € if it's all because of the "global financial downturn", as people keep telling us.

I mean, if it's a global problem, why does it affect the £ more than the € ?

Why has that caused the £ to fall so much in value against the € ?

Are those Pesetas that I brought back from Benidorm a few years ago still kosher? Will they buy me a beer in Magaluf next summer if £10 won't. Or should I buy my new Sky box with those, instead? (Does Sky take Pesetas? They're the ones with General Franco on them.)

Could someone kind here explain it to me? I find it all very confusing! :confused:

Thank you. :heartpuls

Don't laugh at banana republics. :rotfl:

As a result of how you voted in the last three General Elections,
you'd now be better off living in one.
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  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
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    What happend to the other thread? :confused:
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    PROLIANT wrote: »
    What happend to the other thread? :confused:


    Probably having a Siesta.. ;)
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
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    Inactive wrote: »
    Probably having a Siesta.. ;)
    Explain? :confused:
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • Leopard
    Leopard Posts: 1,786 Forumite
    PROLIANT wrote: »
    What happend to the other thread? :confused:

    It was too truthful. :cool:

    Don't laugh at banana republics. :rotfl:

    As a result of how you voted in the last three General Elections,
    you'd now be better off living in one.
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    PROLIANT wrote: »
    Explain? :confused:

    Put to rest I would guess, hence " Siesta ".

    Too political for Techie section, is my guess.:confused:
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
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    Inactive wrote: »
    Put to rest I would guess, hence " Siesta ".

    Too political for Techie section, is my guess.:confused:
    Could it not have just been moved to another board?
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • missile
    missile Posts: 11,736 Forumite
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    It must have been more than "a few years ago". Pesatas are no longer accepted as legal tender in spain.
    "A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
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  • DatabaseError
    DatabaseError Posts: 4,161 Forumite
    I missed that one going (put in my 2 pennorth and turned off the PC)...did it all kick off with the usual numptie comments comparing uk prices with those of other countries, without any regard for taxation (both direct and indirect) in each country or the relative strengh of the respective economies, or avarage earning....etc...?

    I think someone should start a "I'm ignorant, but it's just not fair" thread.?!

    :)
    Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    PROLIANT wrote: »
    Could it not have just been moved to another board?


    Don't ask me .. I didn't close it..:D
  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    I definitely felt the pinch while I was in the US last. My XBox 360 cost me about £220; 6 months previously, it would have cost me £150. I'm moving there in a few months time, so it's not a good thing for me. I have to seriously revise my budget for buying a car etc what with the pound being so low. The whole thing is going to cost me quite a lot more than I had originally planned.

    I'm disappointed the other thread vanished into thin air. I did spend some time on my response in it, which then turned out to be a total waste. Are the moderators now editors too?

    You can't talk about the economy, but you can discuss how to access a pornography website.

    Pretty lame really.
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