pic microcontroller discussion list <> wrote on Monday, August 11, 2003
6:36 PM:

>> Is that like the Trend LC24 (google for data).  In the UK they sell
>> at around UKP25 in small quantity (Rapid Electronics), so probably
>> about EUR40 or USD25 with the usual electronics exchange rate!
>
> BTW, do you know of a trick I don't for getting a good conversion
> rate? Last
> I saw, 1 British Pound = $1.60 US...Remember, the dollar is getting
> weaker!

No, but I know how to get a bad conversion rate :-)

Typically, electronic goods from the US are converted as dollar to pound
for the UK.  That goes for the vast majority of items- components and
products.  For example, I recently bought a handheld GPS receiver.  Typical
low US price was USD120, lowest UK price UKP120.  The suppliers blame
import taxes, size of market, longitude, phase of the moon etc etc etc...

Oddly though, in the opposite direction, 1EUR usually converts to 1USD, for
European goods heading to the USA.

Nigel
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