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I'm not a currency expert but I think you can see if they really jacked the prices 25-33% then they were being a bit opportunistic as the currency change wasn't that great.
If you look at a very long term view of Pound to Yen then you can see we were on quite a high before we torpedoed our currency with the referendum but we'd been worse off in the past than we are now.
XE: GBP / JPY Currency Chart. British Pound to Japanese Yen Rates
If you think you can accurately predict the currency changes after March the 29th then I suggest you put that £1500 or so in the markets and enjoy the profits, me I'm not at all confident we can predict the immediate change but I'm not optimistic we'll get a stronger Pound to Yen rate.
The EU have just signed a trade deal with Japan which might have had a more positive impact on prices for Japanese electronics in the UK - though as most things are made in China I'm not sure that makes a direct difference?
EU and Japan sign trade deal covering a third of the world's economy |
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