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Old Aug 25, 2015 | 4:55 pm
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Originally Posted by Rusdude
MR and UR aren't worth 2.5 cents, IMHO. 1.7-2 would be a better value. It's especially true now that we don't see too many MR transfer bonuses.

SPG points are a more valuable given a constant 25% bonus.
my bad - I'm based in Canada, I was thinking CAD, sorry. 2.5 CAD = ~1.9 cents USD. So that makes it that value, too. Canadian MR points are, ironically, worth more than US MR points because of how ...... the CAD is at the moment. We're all praying against conversion-devaluations.
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