Will Brexit give Aussie Shoppers Price Savings?
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Will Brexit give Aussie Shoppers Price Savings?
Postby AUbicycles » Fri Jun 24, 2016 4:34 pm
Already the Pound Sterling is continuing to fall (Brexit campaigners may not have anticipate this move would weaken the financial markets).
For Australian shoppers it may create a new opportunity - as the pound falls it gives Aussies better buying power and effectively would make UK online purchases cheaper. Wiggle, Chain Reaction Cycles and the other smaller UK online bike shops usually pegged their pricing on the currency exchange value so, depending on the trajectory of the Pound, UK online retailers may profit from increased trade. The flip side is that Australian online retailers may struggle to compete on price. Local online retailers such as Cell Bikes and Bike Bug have been increasingly price competitive with UK retailers and this could shift as a result.
Stock brokers... jump in with your predictions so Australian cyclists know what is happening and when to BUY, BUY, BUY!
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Re: Will Brexit give Aussie Shoppers Price Savings?
Postby RonK » Fri Jun 24, 2016 5:13 pm
I for one will be watching the fx closely, and might just click the button on a Nordisk tent if favourable rates emerge.
But you may have missed the boat if you planned on ordering from the US.
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Postby AUbicycles » Fri Jun 24, 2016 5:51 pm
While Australia has a different trade relationship with the UK - the effect on pricing will be one to watch with curiosity.
An interesting one - if the Northern Irish and Scottish are fed-up and push to move out of the UK and align with the UK, this could further change. c r c were in Northern Ireland but now with Wiggle ownership - it could in fact give rise to a new serious of Northern Irish online retailers who could compete on price.
If pricing becomes a long-term detracting value for UK online retailers, mainland European retailers (who are traditionally non-English speakers) and Asia based retailers could take command. All speculation of course but there is a lot of potential for the market to change as the Brexit won't, in my view, make the UK stronger.
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Postby Xplora » Fri Jun 24, 2016 7:03 pm
Don't worry, the world could use a little instability.warthog1 wrote:Have the Poms just committed economic suicide?
This is all wayyyy political, but I doubt this will hurt Brit's too much... They wanted to access global markets and with the pound collapse it makes it easier to do so.
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Postby Mulger bill » Fri Jun 24, 2016 7:05 pm
More likely muder by media punditry and market forces. It's happened before.warthog1 wrote:Have the Poms just committed economic suicide?
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Postby trailgumby » Fri Jun 24, 2016 9:15 pm
And then we have Trump in the US in much the same mould.
It's going to be an interesting ride.
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Postby DavidS » Fri Jun 24, 2016 10:15 pm
Have been thinking this might have a temporary impact on bike part prices and I'll be looking.
Next little amusement will be to see of Trump gets elected (amusing, actually not really, scary more like it). Now, I really don't think he will become POTUS but I never thought he would get the nomination. So now I'm wondering what the odds are on a Trump win and whether it is worth investing a few dollars in a purely speculative bet on Trump winning in November!
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Postby Ivanerrol » Fri Jun 24, 2016 11:00 pm
Before the actual relinquishment of membership. The U.K. government must give notice to the E.U. Bureaucracy of the intention to quit. This notice is debated and then Authorization given.
End of membership will be two years later.
If you have ever read any of the conditions of the Treaty of Lisbon you would be horrified to be a bound to the E.U. and want out.
The economic difficulties of this latest vote will settle down.
If the negotiations between the U.K and Europe concerning the ongoing condition of the split and future relationships go sour then you may expect to see some real economic fireworks.
But then again, depends if the E.U. doesn't fall apart before the U.K.'s official two year departure arrives.
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Postby MichaelB » Sat Jun 25, 2016 7:40 am
Every little bit helps !!!
Last week, the bank rate was 0.6209, now it's 0.6344 and will probably go up a bit more
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Postby Cycleops70 » Mon Jun 27, 2016 2:12 pm
If Nigel Farage gets a position of authority & Trump is president, then I predict;trailgumby wrote:There's so much about that troll Nigel Farage that rubs me the wrong way. He handles the truth very loosely, and seems to revel in being inflammatory. If he becomes any kind of leader, the UK's implosion is virtually assured.
And then we have Trump in the US in much the same mould.
It's going to be an interesting ride.
Idiocracy (the film) will move from the 'comedy' shelf to the 'documentary' shelf.
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Postby il padrone » Mon Jun 27, 2016 3:50 pm
Trump on the other hand reads like a Democrat stooge that has had the Republicans completely convinced, and now will go to pieces to assure Hilary of a victory.
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Postby RonK » Mon Jun 27, 2016 3:55 pm
So - much in the way the current Australian PM played the Monarchist stooge that had the republicans completely convinced and sabotaged the republican referendum.il padrone wrote:Trump on the other hand reads like a Democrat stooge that has had the Republicans completely convinced, and now will go to pieces to assure Hilary of a victory.
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Postby il padrone » Mon Jun 27, 2016 11:46 pm
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Postby jasonc » Tue Jun 28, 2016 9:51 am
I thought idiocracy was already a documentary of the futureCycleops70 wrote:If Nigel Farage gets a position of authority & Trump is president, then I predict;trailgumby wrote:There's so much about that troll Nigel Farage that rubs me the wrong way. He handles the truth very loosely, and seems to revel in being inflammatory. If he becomes any kind of leader, the UK's implosion is virtually assured.
And then we have Trump in the US in much the same mould.
It's going to be an interesting ride.
Idiocracy (the film) will move from the 'comedy' shelf to the 'documentary' shelf.
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