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Opinions Wanted;Effect of the Weak Dollar on Collecting
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<blockquote data-quote="Ron" data-source="post: 14122" data-attributes="member: 270"><p>I've heard that Asia and Russia are picking up a lot of the slack being caused by our backing off from the imports. The strong Euro ($1.59!!!) is hurting a lot of Europe's imports to the US. Chicago is a huge show so I doubt it will have too much impact on seeing less foreign makers in attendance. It definitely has hit us in the pocketbook though. I've read that some European mfrs have tried to hold back passing on increases and thus hurting their margins so I'd guess that some European pipe makers might be doing that to a certain extent as well. Conversely, I've seen some European pipe sites (Talbert is the first that comes to mind..not really a European but an ex-pat living in France) that continue to price pipes in Euros and just charge US customers whatever the going conversion rate is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ron, post: 14122, member: 270"] I've heard that Asia and Russia are picking up a lot of the slack being caused by our backing off from the imports. The strong Euro ($1.59!!!) is hurting a lot of Europe's imports to the US. Chicago is a huge show so I doubt it will have too much impact on seeing less foreign makers in attendance. It definitely has hit us in the pocketbook though. I've read that some European mfrs have tried to hold back passing on increases and thus hurting their margins so I'd guess that some European pipe makers might be doing that to a certain extent as well. Conversely, I've seen some European pipe sites (Talbert is the first that comes to mind..not really a European but an ex-pat living in France) that continue to price pipes in Euros and just charge US customers whatever the going conversion rate is. [/QUOTE]
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