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Old 06-17-2003, 09:25 PM
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Originally posted by Spark910


Maybe I do not understand this currency thing. But isnt a US Dollar the same value for everyone around the world at the same time? Okay lets take HongKong, $19USD is about... $250HKD? I think, but its still $19USD, it may sound more in differnt currencies, but its the same price?
Yeah, its the same when comparing the two, but you have to consider that their products might be cheaper than ours and inflation, stuff like that. So maybe $19 to us isn't much, but to them, $19 probably feels more like $35 to $40 to them.
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