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  • d00t
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    • Sep 2002
    • 3766

    #1

    Australians: What do you think about the rising dollar?

    Personally, my threshold is 0.85 - after that I'm packing my bags and moving offshore. What's your limit?
  • Porn Farmer
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2007
    • 928

    #2
    Where are you headed to? It's going to crack 0.85 for sure.

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    • nekrom
      Confirmed User
      • Mar 2004
      • 921

      #3
      I know hey it's a fucking joke. Last year I started swaping out all my sponsors to ones that bill/payout in euros, as well as only push my own paysites with marked up usd prices.

      On the bright side buying content, hosting, design work and traffic with us money is a winner, just shitehouse when converting usd payments.

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      • tabasco
        Confirmed User
        • Jul 2006
        • 2624

        #4
        Pissing me off royally! But it's all cyclical... just atm can't take a trick. Dollar shooting throught the roof, interest rate rises several times a year, petrol prices. I heard it may hit 0.90 before it gets better too!
        "There is no other way to see a thing except to look at it" - fatfoo

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        • bigalownz
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          • Aug 2005
          • 1657

          #5
          im piss off

          its near 75c here the highest its been in 20+ years

          when i started doing porn it was about 45c
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          • r-c-e
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            • Jul 2002
            • 1070

            #6
            not good at all.

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            • chodadog
              Confirmed User
              • Apr 2002
              • 9736

              #7
              Definitely making a dent. The advantage is that I'm making more US dollars than I was when the Aussie Dollar was weak, so my income hasn't gone down at the end of the day. But it is frustrating to think how much more I would have been making a few years back. The good ol' days of 50 US cents per Aussie Dollar. Ah.
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              • The Other Steve
                Confirmed User
                • Dec 2001
                • 2106

                #8
                Originally posted by chodadog
                Definitely making a dent. The advantage is that I'm making more US dollars than I was when the Aussie Dollar was weak, so my income hasn't gone down at the end of the day. But it is frustrating to think how much more I would have been making a few years back. The good ol' days of 50 US cents per Aussie Dollar. Ah.
                We're with you Chog - still it could be worse, we could be living in England.

                Imagine it- surrounded by Poms and getting 50p for every US greenback - now that's the stuff of nightmares.
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                • Sausage
                  Confirmed User
                  • Oct 2002
                  • 3012

                  #9
                  Yeah its getting bad.

                  Half my income is in Euros now so its not all disaster and all, but looking at a move to New Zealand for better exchange rates, much better tax, and a nicer climate.
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                  • ozmatt
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                    • Nov 2003
                    • 1843

                    #10
                    it makes me want to cry i think i will move back in with my parents :P

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                    • Calico Jack
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                      • Jul 2004
                      • 2051

                      #11
                      I remember the days of 48 cents...man it was sweet doubling my money everytime I went to the bank. It's not likely we'll be seeing that anytime again soon.

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                      • The Other Steve
                        Confirmed User
                        • Dec 2001
                        • 2106

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Calico Jack
                        I remember the days of 48 cents...man it was sweet doubling my money everytime I went to the bank. It's not likely we'll be seeing that anytime again soon.
                        A month or two ago I was reading an article by one economist who suggested that the natural place for the $A was around 68 cents and it would drop back to that eventually.

                        What surprises me is that we haven't heard much yet from the tourism industry or the miners - those guys must be bleeding big time.

                        Here where I live the number of backpackers coming into town certainly seems to have declined.
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                        • d00t
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                          • Sep 2002
                          • 3766

                          #13
                          Originally posted by The Other Steve
                          A month or two ago I was reading an article by one economist who suggested that the natural place for the $A was around 68 cents and it would drop back to that eventually.

                          What surprises me is that we haven't heard much yet from the tourism industry or the miners - those guys must be bleeding big time.

                          Here where I live the number of backpackers coming into town certainly seems to have declined.
                          Well the miners certainly don't mind because they're in the middle of a huge boom which is helping the economy as well.

                          Like a fellow GFY'er says..... We need labor back in power to fuck up the economy and give us all a pay rise!

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                          • tabasco
                            Confirmed User
                            • Jul 2006
                            • 2624

                            #14
                            Originally posted by d00t
                            We need labor back in power to fuck up the economy and give us all a pay rise!
                            LOL Beasely would have really delivered too!
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                            • hoxton
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                              • Feb 2003
                              • 348

                              #15
                              wake me up when its all over
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                              • quantum-x
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                                • Feb 2002
                                • 6863

                                #16
                                The problem isn't so much the rising AU dollar as the dropping US dollar.
                                We can all thank George W for that one.

                                From talks w/ marketting types, I was told it made the initial jumps from .54 > the .74 due to large mining and investment corps.

                                Apparently, (the very simplified version) goes like this - mining company know they have to pay $100M for a new mine / mine project / equiment on delivery in say 2010 - so instead of waiting until 2010, when $100M then will be equiv to $150M+ in 2007 $, they take the $100M and hold it - so when the time comes to pay, their $100M will have the value of the new $100M.

                                This practice of buying up huge amounts of AUD led to the dramatic rise.

                                And I'm with you, I'm moving OS in a few months.
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                                • CuriousToyBoy
                                  Crazy Aussie Bastard
                                  • Aug 2005
                                  • 16787

                                  #17
                                  It's fucked ....

                                  http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=725268

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                                  • fuzebox
                                    making it rain
                                    • Oct 2003
                                    • 22353

                                    #18
                                    All the Canadians went through this a few years ago...... and it sucked Like taking a 30% pay cut over a few years...

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                                    • rowan
                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                      • Mar 2002
                                      • 17393

                                      #19
                                      Until recently (when I got a big pay rise from a pay per min revshare webcam sponsor) I was in the same situation... grossing pretty much the same in $AUD each year, even though my $USD income was growing. It's frustrating to be standing still 5 years later, but at least I wasn't moving backwards.

                                      (thinks: the benefits of that payrise could be wiped out if the dollar gets any weaker )

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                                      • NyLoS
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Apr 2001
                                        • 724

                                        #20
                                        its not the AUD going up, its the USD going down

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                                        • ozmatt
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                                          • Nov 2003
                                          • 1843

                                          #21
                                          all aussies that want to move to the US, lets buy up some land and start out own community

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                                          • d00t
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                                            • Sep 2002
                                            • 3766

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by ozmatt
                                            all aussies that want to move to the US, lets buy up some land and start out own community
                                            NO MORE FREEKING COMMUNITIES OKKKKKKK

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                                            • cj_purve
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                                              • Sep 2002
                                              • 1065

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by NyLoS
                                              its not the AUD going up, its the USD going down
                                              both ...

                                              and the only way to fix it is to put that cockhead rudd in so he can fuck up our economy for us and bring us back our 50 cent dollar ... but that's going to hit our pockets in more ways than its worth.

                                              i'm all for the community in the states idea!!!!

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                                              • mattz
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                                                • Dec 2001
                                                • 7697

                                                #24
                                                Australia uses US currency? You learn something new everyday!

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                                                • Oracle Porn
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                                                  • Oct 2002
                                                  • 24433

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by mattz
                                                  Australia uses US currency? You learn something new everyday!


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                                                  • Porn Farmer
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                                                    • Feb 2007
                                                    • 928

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by mattz
                                                    Australia uses US currency? You learn something new everyday!


                                                    I hope you were trying to be funny.

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                                                    • paymeback
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                                                      • May 2005
                                                      • 1478

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by d00t
                                                      Like a fellow GFY'er says..... We need labor back in power to fuck up the economy and give us all a pay rise!
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