Hogpatrol
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Can someone help me understand why South African prices for trophies, day rates and taxidermy are going up in U.S. dollars at a rate of 25% versus the rand when their inflation rate year to year is hovering around 5%? Sounds like the industry is taking a HUGE advantage of the drop in the rand's value versus the dollar. Example: 2014 rand = .09 USD, 2015 rand = .07 USD. I could write all the figures but suffice to say prices are INFLATED beyond the 5% in country inflation rate. Before anyone gets their shorts twisted about the RSA government stated inflation rate versus the "real" rate, don't forget the price of oil is HALF of what it was last year.