Rand breaks through R16 to US Dollar
The rand has once again breached the R16/USD level, which is bad news for the price of technology products in South Africa.
Just saw a mail saying that prices will now be quoted in Rand.
Do you suppose this will be on the fly conversion? Or actual South Africa related pricing?
(Example: I wanted a game that was charged in Euro's, Pounds and Dollars. I bought it in dollars, and due to the rate at
that time...
Just got this in the mail. Am pretty chuffed :D
How do you guys feel about this? How many of you had some $ before the exchange went up seeing as you may score some extra now :)?
Edit: Does this mean that we may get official support for Steam hardware, the controller etc?
Edit2: Damn, you...
Massive Rand weakness is going to hurt your pocket
The Rand touched R14 to the US Dollar recently, which could translate into higher technology product prices.
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Rand reaches five-year low
South Africa’s rand hit a fresh five-year low on Monday as the currency came under sustained pressure amid a worldwide flight from emerging markets.
At time of posting: Rand/$ 11.05
http://www.fin24.com/Markets/Currencies/Rand-breaches-R11-level-20140123
Johannesburg - The rand weakened more than 1% to the psychologically key R11/$ level on Thursday, its lowest since October 2008 when R49bn of capital was pulled out of the economy.
On...