The ZAR Exchange Rate Thread

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Swa said:
No you're still thinking in rand terms. In dollar terms the difference is less than 1 USD cent. Also you're fudging the figures here. The 12 zar cent difference people were calling unstable is less than 1% so not really unstable.
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You know, there was a point where the Zim dollar went from 1c to the US dollar to near-zero cents to the US dollar, so also less than one US cent difference - no big deal, right? :wtf:
 
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cguy said:
You know, there was a point where the Zim dollar went from 1c to the US dollar to near-zero cents to the US dollar, so also less than one US cent difference - no big deal, right? :wtf:
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It's all relative... :D
 
Thor187 said:
And it won't come down.

People never adjust back when stuff settles
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Nah, for instance I've seen hdd and ram prices skyrocket and then fall right back, if the base cost comes down then retail competition drags the price back down. That's only true if the zar strengthens though and maintains it.
 
airborne said:
Nah, for instance I've seen hdd and ram prices skyrocket and then fall right back, if the base cost comes down then retail competition drags the price back down. That's only true if the zar strengthens though and maintains it.
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HDD prices never recovered.

I bought a 1TB internal drive for R499 back when I first built this PC in 2010. These days, you can only beat R500/TB when you purchase 4TB drives and upwards.
 
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airborne said:
Nah, for instance I've seen hdd and ram prices skyrocket and then fall right back, if the base cost comes down then retail competition drags the price back down. That's only true if the zar strengthens though and maintains it.
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Not sure about that. My experience is the opposite I will go dig for some pricing charges for ram and harddrive relating to zar spikes
 
Thor187 said:
Not sure about that. My experience is the opposite I will go dig for some pricing charges for ram and harddrive relating to zar spikes
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Wasn't RAM due to some factory being damaged, worldwide it never came down in price.
 
Thor187 said:
Not sure about that. My experience is the opposite I will go dig for some pricing charges for ram and harddrive relating to zar spikes
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The PC market is very competitive. It's a simple matter of cost plus markup. If the R:$ improves prices come down. We've been here before in 2001 (I think).
 
Johnatan56 said:
Wasn't RAM due to some factory being damaged, worldwide it never came down in price.
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Thailand flooding 2011 - hard drives etc.

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Also second largest manufacturer of RAM had a fire at their factory in China in 2013.
 
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