Comments on: Ashes, Ashes http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/ashes-ashes/ A premier personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:36:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Russ http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/ashes-ashes/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Russ Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:12:39 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=131#comment-75 I am also living in Germany and being paid in USD. My contract was singed at $1.11, so I have taken a huge hit. My company gives us a semiannual "adjustment" to compensate so it's not so bad. The only thing it has screwed up was my plan to buy some nice furniture here in Germany to ship back at the end of my assignment. The interesting note is that I travel back to the US on business once a month and I have to bring an extra suitcase to carry back all the requests from my German collegues who are taking advantage of the weak dollar to buy things in EURO. To Megan, don't count on the exchange rate changing dramatically anytime soon. I expect $1.35-$1.40 for near future. Start shopping on base...I wish I could. I am also living in Germany and being paid in USD. My contract was singed at $1.11, so I have taken a huge hit. My company gives us a semiannual “adjustment” to compensate so it’s not so bad.

The only thing it has screwed up was my plan to buy some nice furniture here in Germany to ship back at the end of my assignment.

The interesting note is that I travel back to the US on business once a month and I have to bring an extra suitcase to carry back all the requests from my German collegues who are taking advantage of the weak dollar to buy things in EURO.

To Megan, don’t count on the exchange rate changing dramatically anytime soon. I expect $1.35-$1.40 for near future. Start shopping on base…I wish I could.

]]> By: Megan http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/ashes-ashes/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Megan Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:00:31 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=131#comment-74 I never cared about this stuff before, but now that I'm living in Germany, I feel the impact first hand. My husband and I have only been here 6 months, and we've seen the value of the dollar go WAY down. This is hard for us as because he is army, we are paid in dollars, but we live in europe and do everything off post (eating, shopping, buying groceries, traveling, etc) and our money stretches less and less. I hope this changes soon! I never cared about this stuff before, but now that I’m living in Germany, I feel the impact first hand. My husband and I have only been here 6 months, and we’ve seen the value of the dollar go WAY down. This is hard for us as because he is army, we are paid in dollars, but we live in europe and do everything off post (eating, shopping, buying groceries, traveling, etc) and our money stretches less and less. I hope this changes soon!

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