Non-Americans feeling the pinch

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  1. House of Commons

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    Being Canadian I can tell you at 76 cents US it's not a great deal on Silver. Luckily I received a cheque from a US client and bought $800 worth of Silver promptly. If I exchange it to CDN the bank takes a little. I asked the teller for US cash and she gave it to me without taking a cut. Walked to the Bank of Nova Scotia to load up on silver and walked out happy.
    How do you see things in your country has the strong US $$ thrown you for a loop?
     
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    It has made buying things from the USA expensive, I wasn't even aware of how much I was buy from the states until recently.

    Some things can wait but you can't put them off indefinitely. I guess I will have to scale back my activities and make do with what I already have until we get some decent exchange rates.
     
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    If there are any people who can make do with out it's the Aussies and Kiwis, I have some old Mercedes and you folks can fix anything, the Aus and NZ Benz owner are the most clever.
    As for silver, unless I get more US cash I aint buying. Bought 4 x 10oz bars at $164US and 4 x 1oz RCM Coins.
     
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    spannermonkey Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    How old are the old Merc's ;)
    LHD I suppose ?
    And yes I can organise transport , any old Porsches pre 1974 ? :D
     
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    I have 2 W126 bodies
    84 500 SEC AMG (Euro)
    87 500 SEL (rare Jap version)
     
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    Too new for my crowd :p sorry
    1973-74 is where the line is has been drawn :eek:
     
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    spannermonkey Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    I do like the 84 500 AMG :D how much ?
     
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    The very early ones are classy for sure. I drive my cars like I stole them and would not do that to the older ones.
     
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    A mate of mine just sold an 73 280 SEC , AU$50K
    4 slams = NO clams :p
    Can't afford cars with 4 doors :lol:
     
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    To be honest I would never sell it and if I did the price I want you could find one in The US in great shape for the same or less.
    Maybe if I did sell it would be around 20k AUS and a case of Coopers... nah make that 2. I would TRADE for silver maybe :D
     
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    Can you find me ?
    Early 911's Carrera RSR ? or anything early 911 with NO water pumps ;)
    And drive them to the Depot in California ? :D
    Not asking for much am I :lol: :lol: :lol:
     
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    I find there is a gap. In Canada people want the 1980-90 SL and do not want the 91-00 SL style..
     
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    You joke but I have done that before 4000 km + or so. I know where there is a very good 1975 911.

     
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    The 80's & later stuff is not worth much here ,you'd actually have problems selling the coupe here for more than $5K :/
    Most of the Porsche guys have Merc ML's for everyday wheels
    8-10 year old Diesel under $10K
    10-12 year old ML230 diesel $5K , that's what I'll be getting next
     
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    Can you organise pics , seriously ;)
    I could organise transport this end
    PM sending
     
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    Car flippers ;)
    Car stackers = wrecking yards ;)
     
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    can we change the title of this thread :lol:
     
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    No :p
    for once a hijacked thread that hasn't gone down hill
    :cool
    It should be locked for prosperity :lol:
     
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    Every car I flipped ended up in a wrecking yard.
     
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