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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:27 pm
by Chiroptera
Avenger wrote:
I think it may be time for another break in purchases for a while...
Yeah, I was kind of going with this exact strategy -and then I bumped into a couple of must-have's this morning.. May be the time to sell my beloved Audi.

Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:04 pm
by msp
I'm going to have to cut back buying from overseas. Now I will just buy from overpriced UK distros instead
The £ has plummeted in value of the last few weeks. It was £1 = $1.95 odd in the glory days of the summer, now it is down to under $1.50 to the pound. £ to EUR is even worse!
It has certainly made me think twice about getting that Mystifier boxset

Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:25 pm
by Piotr Sargnagel
Yup that's one I won't be getting. I'm so broke, all my bills are really high, car trouble, trying to do work on the house.... At least I have my job, my books my records, films and garden - that's all I need really, just to eat and expand the mind!
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:52 pm
by Moonchild
I recently got laid off from my construction job. The company i was working for (Parson's) apparently didn't have all the permits for the work site that i was at. So they let some of us go. Fuck i'm pissed. I loved my job but because they fucked up we have to pay the price! Looks like i won't be buying any cd's at least for a little while. I hope i find a new job soon so i can purchase more metulz!!
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 7:13 pm
by DaN
msp wrote:The £ has plummeted in value of the last few weeks. It was £1 = $1.95 odd in the glory days of the summer, now it is down to under $1.50 to the pound. £ to EUR is even worse!
Man am I happy to hear that, since I just ordered a £160 album today. (sorry for gloatin'

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Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:39 pm
by The Sentinel
Well crisis is setting in here, godfuckingdamn

Hope I still have my job next year.
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:00 pm
by Black Axe
It hasn't affected my buying yet. But if the currency rates keep going as they do now, I won't be importing much from the US in the coming months. Still, we can hope it's curtains for the dollar. Universal currency FTW.
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:48 pm
by Avenger
Black Axe wrote:Universal currency FTW.
Lets have all the third world countries gain the benefits and leech from those that are actually economically strong.
Fuck that...
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 5:55 pm
by humus
Avenger wrote:Black Axe wrote:Universal currency FTW.
Lets have all the third world countries gain the benefits and leech from those that are actually economically strong.
Fuck that...
You seem to forget that the economically strong countries are only strong because they leech from the third world countries.
Universal currency would mean bankruptcy of the US, so this will never happen anyway.
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 5:58 pm
by Cochino
Avenger wrote:Black Axe wrote:Universal currency FTW.
Lets have all the third world countries gain the benefits and leech from those that are actually economically strong.
Fuck that...
I hope that's some sort of ironic comment, otherwise is just stupid.
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:38 pm
by msp
DaN wrote:msp wrote:The £ has plummeted in value of the last few weeks. It was £1 = $1.95 odd in the glory days of the summer, now it is down to under $1.50 to the pound. £ to EUR is even worse!
Man am I happy to hear that, since I just ordered a £160 album today. (sorry for gloatin'

)
As long as you are okay......

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:39 pm
by Shadow Kingdom
I don't see many effects to this so called "economic crisis". I think it was more of a scare to get people to vote.
Everybody seems to think they lost their money in the stock market, but as long as your shares are there, it will go back up.
Gas prices are as LOW as they've been in probably 7 years!!!
I see people spending TONS of money when I'm out shopping for my domestic stuff.
You have internet connection in the comfort of your home, you're not starving, you have heat, clothes, and metal right?
The holidays are coming up, we're all FORCED into spending money now...
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:40 pm
by Shadow Kingdom
Avenger wrote:Black Axe wrote:Universal currency FTW.
Lets have all the third world countries gain the benefits and leech from those that are actually economically strong.
Fuck that...
I agree, fuck that is right!
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:32 pm
by GJ
Shadow Kingdom wrote:The holidays are coming up, we're all FORCED into spending money now...
Yeah, I got to find some decent CD/LP for my brother and he'll have to do the same for me. This has been our little stupid tradition since 1983 when I got Shout at the Devil (which I traded for Maiden Japan one or two years later) from him and he got On Parole from me. Man, it's getting harder each year (keeping track of one another's record collections). Other than that: Fuck the holidays!
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:29 am
by DMR
Shadow Kingdom wrote:The holidays are coming up, we're all FORCED into spending money now...
BUY! OR DIE! You are forced to consume!