Strange i was just thinking that the Dubai thing would have a big effect coinciding with Christmas as well. About 2 .5 years ago i went to a Japan auction to hopefully buy a newish digger. I certainly did not get one as the hugh buyers were from the rich Saudi's and from Dubai. At the time they had money and treated it like it was nothing.Watched some near new second had machines go for prices well in asses of new prices. The answer to this was that they are here now and you sometimes have to wait a month or so for new ones. That sort of thinking is what has got them into the mess they are now facing.