Dollar value influence on pool

[Solartje]

Hi,

I'm from Belgium Europe, and i have a question for the US guys here.

Beside from the money loss on converting Dollars to Euro's compared to some time ago 1.52$ for 1? COMON!! , is there still a market for pool collectables? (i'm talking highend 1k-5k.) (maybe even tell me about low end antiques. 50-250$ range)

I have some items i bought purely as a investment and i'd like to sell them on ebay or to some collecterfriends, but i was wondering if its better to wait till the economy is better and get more bidders?(as most of the people interested in my items are americans) Or is the amount of bidders still the same, just what i will get for it smaller as everyone is having a hard time with the high prices?

I have been buying alot with the high ?, and the bargening seems to be easyer (or maybe i'm getting better ), but would you advice me to keep those highend items for some more time? i could use the money they free up to buy more items for my own collection now that the $ is low.

Aargh i don't know what to do. I know its the right time to buy those expensive pieces i'm missing, but i need to free up $ to do so.

 

[Ste]

Hi,

I'm from Belgium Europe, and i have a question for the US guys here.

Beside from the money loss on converting Dollars to Euro's compared to some time ago 1.52$ for 1? COMON!! , is there still a market for pool collectables? (i'm talking highend 1k-5k.) (maybe even tell me about low end antiques. 50-250$ range)

I have some items i bought purely as a investment and i'd like to sell them on ebay or to some collecterfriends, but i was wondering if its better to wait till the economy is better and get more bidders?(as most of the people interested in my items are americans) Or is the amount of bidders still the same, just what i will get for it smaller as everyone is having a hard time with the high prices?

I have been buying alot with the high ?, and the bargening seems to be easyer (or maybe i'm getting better ), but would you advice me to keep those highend items for some more time? i could use the money they free up to buy more items for my own collection now that the $ is low.

Aargh i don't know what to do. I know its the right time to buy those expensive pieces i'm missing, but i need to free up $ to do so.

Hi Solartje, what kind of itmes are we talking about ?

Could you give a few examples of the highend $ items ?

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[gobrian77]

If your market is America, this is a bad time to sell stuff if your prices are in Euros.

I'm an American living in Thailand- the baht is nearly 20% stronger than it was a year ago, and I'm buying stuff from the States these days as I have way more buying power- I sure wouldn't be doing too much buying from Europe at the moment if I made my money in American dollars.

The current economic climate in the States will definitely change and the dollar will rebound, but anybody that buys high-end collectibles from Europe now is pretty foolish as (in the short-term, anyway) the relative values will almost certainly decrease.

 

[Solartje]

Gobrian:

Yup my prices are in euro's, but the problem is ive been buying so much, the cash is almost gone. I need to free up money. So i win from the buying, but i lose from the selling. I think ill have to ask the wife if she can free up some more ive bought some nice items at crazy prices lately

its like Xmas shopping at a 50% discount.

 

[gobrian77]

Gobrian:

Yup my prices are in euro's, but the problem is ive been buying so much, the cash is almost gone. I need to free up money. So i win from the buying, but i lose from the selling. I think ill have to ask the wife if she can free up some more ive bought some nice items at crazy prices lately

its like Xmas shopping at a 50% discount.

LOL- I'm in the same boat- I've been over-buying as well- it's kind of a double-edged sword.