That crappy Aussie dollar that we’ve been bitching about? Apparently it’s not all bad. Susannah Moran in Australian IT is reporting today that thanks to our dollar plunging so spectacularly in recent months, we’re now the cheapest country in the world to buy iPods, improving from a paltry 14th position back in July.
So what does this mean? Well, maybe you should consider buying your next iPod sooner rather than later to take advantage of our crappy economy consider getting any Poms, Yanks, or other tourists with a stronger dollar to buy you an iPod for Christmas. If they can afford it, that is…
[Australian IT]
Sam
Monday, November 3, 2008 at 12:33 PMErr… no, people who have lots of overseas currency should buy our iPods. For us, they’re the same price as they always were.
mr-crash
Monday, November 3, 2008 at 1:03 PMI don’t understand, I live in Australia and unless I had a relatively stable stream of income coming from overseas, how does the price change for me at all?…
I’m still going to get gouged on a 32GB touch regardless ;-)
kieran
Monday, November 3, 2008 at 1:55 PMsomeone needs to do some economics homework. To us Australians, ipods are no cheaper than they were at release. To Americans, the English, Japanese, et.al, the strength of their currencies has made the purchase of Aussie ipods cheaper in their own currencies.
Nick Broughall
Monday, November 3, 2008 at 2:31 PM@ everyone who pointed out the whole economics thing – Give me a break! It’s Monday! I need another cup of coffee or something… (Just kidding – I’ve changed it now.)
Zephyr
Monday, November 3, 2008 at 2:59 PMInstead of asking them to buy you an iPod, how about we buy the iPods and sell them off on eBay and earn money :P
Mesh
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 9:43 AMIn addition, our economy is in a much stronger position than many others around the world an the reason for the fall in the currency is not becuase our economy is “crappy” but because commodity prices have taken a hit.