Well the charts for the year show that I can buy less yen for the dollar now than at the beginning of the year, so the yen appears to be appreciating. Well at least to me, but maybe the chart I saw was wrong?
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 9:01 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > Except that the dollar has been the one appreciating. Japanese goods > should be less expensive. > > On 11/15/2016 5:07 PM, Gonz wrote: >> >> Did you mean it the other way, appreciation of the yen... (which makes >> Japanese products more expensive...) >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 3:56 PM, jtainter <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> "The price of the K-1 has not dropped from the initial introduction, it >>> has increased instead. Its almost $200 from the initial $1800 or so >>> that it was several months ago...." >>> >>> The word is that this was due to the appreciation of the dollar >>> relative to the yen. >>> >>> I had a little money come in, so I've just ordered a K-1, despite >>> the price increase. For now I'll pair it mainly with the film era >>> FA 24-90 (plus many primes that I have). >>> >>> Joe >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
