US Dollar and Euro reach parity

[RenoRichard]

Just a heads up that this morning the US Dollar and the Euro exchange rate was 1:1, or equal. This is good news for US customers buying from Europe, and not so good news for Eurozone consumers ordering from the USA. I ordered some stuff from a Spanish website with reasonably good prices, including a 200g MdC Agrumes glass jar for $56.

 

[Steve56]

That is good news, thanks for posting.

The rose, agrumes, and vetyver were never in glass jars AFAIK, they were released after the transition to the plastic tubs, which I actually prefer and you will too if you drop a glass jar. Don’t ask me how I know.

 

[haggis]

MdC plastic tubs do a pretty good imitation of glass, I'll say that much. When I *inevitably* slide one off the counter or a stack crashes on my shelf I'll be grateful.

 

[RenoRichard]

That is good news, thanks for posting.

The rose, agrumes, and vetyver were never in glass jars AFAIK, they were released after the transition to the plastic tubs, which I actually prefer and you will too if you drop a glass jar. Don’t ask me how I know.

Thank you Steve. All my MdC soaps are in glass, just a foolish assumption on my part. Plastic works great, and as you pointed out may be safer

Pricewise MdC Agrumes 200g seems about $75 from US vendors and was much less from Spain, surprisingly so. I received free shipping when I added one SV soap, and two Zenith unbleached boars, which are tougher to find here in the US.

 

[Steve56]

@RenoRichard - who’s carrying the unbleached boar? I’d like to have one.

 

[Steve56]

MdC plastic tubs do a pretty good imitation of glass, I'll say that much. When I *inevitably* slide one off the counter or a stack crashes on my shelf I'll be grateful.

Many folks have a difficult time believing that the plastic tub is not glass, and for good reason, it’s a high quality container. IIRC MdC said that the plastic tubs actually cost more than the glass - their supplier of glass jars raised the minimum order of jars so high that they couldn’t justify it.

Here’s how to tell the difference. The bottom of the glass jar has two round dimples 180 degrees apart, the plastic tub has a curved ‘ramp’ shaped depression in the bottom. The bottom of the glass jar is more rounded than the plastic tub. The glass jar is of course heavier, but you won’t know that unless you have both.

First release Agrumes on the right, original in glass on the left.

 

[RenoRichard]

@RenoRichard - who’s carrying the unbleached boar? I’d like to have one.

yourshaving.com

 

[APBinNCA]

Still waiting for the Acqua di Parma cream to come back in stock...

 

[Steve56]

Thank you sir!

 

[APBinNCA]

Just an FYI, the current PayPal exchange is .93 something. Even though I paid with card through Paypal, this time it didn't give me the option to let the card issuer do the conversion. I was a little annoyed, but thinking about it now, it usually costs $6 for the conversion and I paid $12. But got $9 cash reward so I saved $3.

Realistically, I paid what I would have 3 months ago before any fees were added.