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Originally posted by Alphawolf
urb, aren't you from Australia? $1= $1.386963 AUS
Hmm. 
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Urb's from the mother land if I'm not mistaken...
Roughly 9 months ago it bought almost $2 aussie... You know what you've earned when you earn it - we don't - we are subject to the frailties of the forex market - you aren't. Someone who made business plans based on the exchange rate 9 months ago could well be in serious shit atm as a result of recent movements. But you don't see this - all you see is something called a dollar and presume it's the same bloody thing - which it IS NOT. Rely on purchasing power parity (PPP) if you want a real measure of what $1 USD buys vs what $1.38 AUD buys.
On the Dell thing - I wanted to buy one 3 years ago - checked their website - liked what I saw and decided to give em a call to confirm some details before buying. Called em 5 times - each time the operator barely spoke English and sounded like they were sitting at the bottom of a well. Each time they took my number and promised to call me back on a better line - they never did. I now own a HP.
I emailed Dell and relayed this story in detail - they never replied.