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Forum: Multihull Sailboats 25-06-2015, 08:33
Replies: 138
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Posted By valhalla360
Re: $ vs. Euro for purchase of French Cats

Depends on your goals. We were looking at the inverse situation.

We were going to ship our US Boat to Europe and deal with power and other Europe specific issues. Instead, for not much more than...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 25-06-2015, 08:28
Replies: 138
Views: 22,025
Posted By valhalla360
Re: $ vs. Euro for purchase of French Cats

Nope, this was based on the dollars taken out of my account (dollars taken out divided by euros paid) and then I pulled up the exchange rate on line to compare. It was right around 1%.

I do...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 24-06-2015, 23:06
Replies: 138
Views: 22,025
Posted By valhalla360
Re: $ vs. Euro for purchase of French Cats

Wow, what banks are charging 4-6%? I just did the transfer this week and it was 1% thru my credit union.
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 24-06-2015, 10:30
Replies: 138
Views: 22,025
Posted By valhalla360
Re: $ vs. Euro for purchase of French Cats

Exactly.

And when it was $1.60, the 100,000 euro boat would have been $160,000usd
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 24-06-2015, 07:01
Replies: 138
Views: 22,025
Posted By valhalla360
Re: $ vs. Euro for purchase of French Cats

No the list price was in Euro but boats I've seen listed in similar condition have been running $50-60k.

The price in Euro never changed but since I'm sitting on dollars, the exchange rate shift...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 24-06-2015, 06:48
Replies: 138
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Posted By valhalla360
Re: $ vs. Euro for purchase of French Cats

Obviously, you need to know the going rate for a boat and if it is ultimately a good deal. Half off a boat priced 4 times the value, isn't a good deal.

In our case, I had been following the...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 23-06-2015, 23:45
Replies: 138
Views: 22,025
Posted By valhalla360
Re: $ vs. Euro for purchase of French Cats

WOOHOO!!!!

Took advantage of the Euro situation. (at least once all the paperwork and the wire transfer clears)

Back a few years when the Euro was runing upwards of $1.60, the list price...
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