unknown pleasures Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 I was originally going to post this in the Belle and Sebastian 12" box set thread, but since it has implications for all sorts of new releases I figured I'd start a topic for it. This isn't purely vinyl-related, but for those of you that haven't been following - it looks like the UK has voted to leave the European Union and its sent the GBP and (to a lesser extent) the Euro plummeting. In fact, the £ is currently at its lowest level since 1985!! Good news if you've been eyeing some UK imports, or something from amazon.co.uk. It's like a 10-15% off sale across the board. The aforementioned B&S box set, for example, is currently about $20 less than it would have been just 12 hours ago. (Of course, for our record-buying cousins across the Atlantic, all it does is make things from the US even more expensive...) Tommy and hammertime 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74R Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Give it a couple weeks. The value of the GBP is expected to drop at least another 10%. It's not like they can turn it around over night either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown pleasures Posted June 24, 2016 Author Share Posted June 24, 2016 You may be right, and obviously these sorts of things are difficult to predict, but my guess is that the currency gets totally hammered tomorrow then slowly recovers the beginning of next week after people have the weekend to think things over. Then it will trade up-and-down in coming weeks. Remember, the entire process is going to take two years so who knows what will happen between now and then. "Experts" were predicting if they voted to leave it could go as low as $1.15 but I'd be surprised if it drops below $1.20 this soon. Maybe long-term if they slip into recession, but I still reckon the hysteria surrounding the vote will cause a big over-reaction tomorrow and set a near-term bottom. Again, just my guess... hammertime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Been eyeballing that Orange Owen Vinyl from Wichita Recordings. Will wait a few days to see how it is then. Get your popcorn mertzrock, WAXXX and Hairy Potter 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Also keep in mind that the adjustments on sites like discogs don't take immediate effect if I'm remembering correctly. I'm not sure about other sites, but you may have to wait to see the full effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colbourne25 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 22 minutes ago, The Ghost of Randy Savage said: Also keep in mind that the adjustments on sites like discogs don't take immediate effect if I'm remembering correctly. I'm not sure about other sites, but you may have to wait to see the full effect. Yeh this is true. I just went to pay for something in GBP on Paypal and the change in exchange rate still hasn't taken effect... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown pleasures Posted June 24, 2016 Author Share Posted June 24, 2016 I'm pretty sure PayPal adjusts conversion rates once a day; the movement tonight/tomorrow is going to be so unprecedented that I don't know if anything special will go into effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 If you guys want anything from Boomkat you should probably get on that before I buy them out entirely. WAXXX, jackshidt and _stretts 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deer Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 40 minutes ago, Derek™ said: If you guys want anything from Boomkat you should probably get on that before I buy them out entirely. Same. The new Shinichi Hitobe is a must, as well as the Ian William Craig records... wonder what else I should get. Derek™ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLegendOfMidna Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Amazon also do it once a day? Been eyeing a video game on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_stretts Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Derek™ said: If you guys want anything from Boomkat you should probably get on that before I buy them out entirely. Want to go halfsies? Derek™ and 74R 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown pleasures Posted June 24, 2016 Author Share Posted June 24, 2016 28 minutes ago, cameronbudde said: Amazon also do it once a day? Been eyeing a video game on there. If you're not using PayPal, it all depends on your payment method. You should call your CC company up and ask them what the current conversion rate they're giving is. I think a lot of CCs convert in near real-time (plus whatever foreign transaction fees they tack on). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circuit bored records Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Depending on how low it gets I may be looking at grabbing that mr robot soundtrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtraFox Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 https://www.visaeurope.com/making-payments/exchange-rates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throughbeingcruel Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Finally gonna get the Tiny Moving Parts/Old Grey split from Dog Knights. Finally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Potter Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 6 hours ago, Tommy said: Been eyeballing that Orange Owen Vinyl from Wichita Recordings. Will wait a few days to see how it is then. Get your popcorn damnnn haha I ordered the Orange and Black one maybe a little too soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 I'm glad Rough Trade doesn't charge until they ship as i just preordered a couple items earlier this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammertime Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Paypal rates will probably take a day or two to update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 6 hours ago, deer said: Same. The new Shinichi Hitobe is a must, as well as the Ian William Craig records... wonder what else I should get. Ha. Same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justindinealone Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Hairy Potter said: damnnn haha I ordered the Orange and Black one maybe a little too soon same. ugggggh. Hairy Potter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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