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#1 LuMpY

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Posted 16 February 2004 - 10:50 PM

If anyone has been watching the news or reading the paper, they will now that the mighty dollar has fallen against the pound. :D This means that you can get nearly $2 for only ?1. This makes it cheap buying anything from the states at the moment. "So Introductory Practical Pyrotechnics by Tom Peregrin" is only about ?25 pounds, which isn't bad. (Aimed at danmantdr.)

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Posted 16 February 2004 - 10:58 PM

Yes and our aussie dollar is rising also! Something that costs $10 US costs me $12 AU.... now the shipping :blink:

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Posted 16 February 2004 - 11:31 PM

Damn shipping, its always so expensive.
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Posted 17 February 2004 - 12:11 AM

Yes FALL BEFORE THE MIGHTY CANADIAN DOLLAR! And yet we are so reliant on their economy... And yes I hate shipping aswell. Its around $2 US per pound of KNO3 but the shipping for a 5 pound order is around $15 US. The shipping is more than the product that is outrageous!
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Posted 17 February 2004 - 12:29 AM

The pound may be mightier than the dollar but being able to buy vast quanities of perc. whenever I want .....................priceless. :P

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Posted 17 February 2004 - 12:37 AM

Show off!
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Posted 17 February 2004 - 03:04 AM

HEHE, figures you'd show back up to show off....hahahaha

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Posted 17 February 2004 - 04:36 AM

Yeah thats the advantage we have over you guys. We can get visco easily, and limitless chemicals, for pyrotechnics for MUCH cheaper shipping from skylighter. Plus I live 20 minutes from Grucci's main factory mwuhahaha :P

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Posted 17 February 2004 - 05:14 AM

Stop it, I am turning green!

I just got of the phone with a commercial shooter mate, and he was complaining about how hard it is to get magnalium here and how expensive Al flake is. :-(

#10 Richard H

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Posted 17 February 2004 - 11:27 AM

Yeah thats the advantage we have over you guys.  We can get visco easily, and limitless chemicals, for pyrotechnics for MUCH cheaper shipping from skylighter.  Plus I live 20 minutes from Grucci's main factory mwuhahaha :P

So can I :) Hell, I even get some chemicals and scraps for free! Muhaha.

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Posted 19 April 2004 - 06:45 PM

I noticed that things in the uk are more expencive when you apply the convertion rate. I think in britain there are more taxes on everything.
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Posted 19 April 2004 - 09:40 PM

You are right, we are taxed on everything except clothes and food.




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