Italy...........True............... although there is a movement afoot, to get out of the Euro Monetary system.........
Italians got screwed royally in the change over. The rate was pegged at 1.998 to the Euro........
So ,, 2000 Lira, became 1 Euro.
Many shop owners pegged the switch, by just lopping off the Zero's........but that wasn't right at all.
2,000 Lira did NOT equal TWO euro...........
so the prices of most things DOUBLED overnight.
Machines that took a 500 lira coin were changed to take 50 cent euro coin.
Again........500 Lira, was 25 cents.........NOT 50 cents.
This lopping off the Zero's crap, was a scam.
except in our PAYCHECKS, you can bet NO ONE made any such similar conversions..........and the real rate was figured out to the proper penny. So prices doubled and our paychecks stayed the same.
