[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> euro currency changeover: Euro-inflatie

[Carl Guderian <carlg@vermilion-sands.com>]

It's having a 10% effect on 100% of Europeans. According to a story in
the ANP (The Dutch general news wire service) (translated by a learned
colleague) the Dutch consumers' union has busted the hotel, restaurant &
cafe industry for jacking up prices in the name of rounding up to the
nearest convenient Euro figure. They're claiming it's necessary because
all their suppliers are doing the same. However, the president of the
consumers' union says he saw no rise in real costs to justify it, and
encouraged consumers to boycott "euro-cheats."

>From here (NL) it looks like no sector will escape the one-time bump,
except where prices and rates are fixed by law or contract, and maybe
not even then. In the Netherlands, for example, apartment rent may be
raised only once a year, in July. It will be interesting (to Dutch
people, anyway) to see whether the rental authority allows landlords to
join in the fun next year.

Carl,

Thankful that at least the beer is still cheap here.

reality bytes wrote:
> 
> I'd be interested to know how the change to the Euro which begins on =
> Monday affects listers in Europe... stories from the sublime to the =
> quotidian are invited, but please keep it real.
> 
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