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Old 03-14-2005, 05:27 PM   #11
johnny
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Join Date: April 15, 2002
Location: Utrecht The Netherlands
Age: 59
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Nope, got cut in half. They were very accurate concerning that. The priceincrease didn't take place in a few days, but it didn't take much longer than just a few months either.

So basically the € became the Guilder, but my budget became half of what it was before. I get confronted with it almost daily when doing grocerieshopping. What i was able to buy for 100 Guilders, should equal 50€ now, right ? Well, fookin wrong...you can't even get half of the products you could buy for your 100 G. Of course a price increase would have taken place nonetheless, but not as radical as this.

I don't recall ever seeing a pair of jeans worth 400/450 guilders, but with the € you'll see em a plenty. 200€ for a pair of jeans is becoming a normal sight. Well, not in 200 years i'm gonna spent that amount of money on one friggin pair of jeans.

The hairdresser i used to go to, charged me 25 G, now it's almost 30€. Just another example that the € transformed into the G.
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