same price there's no stability so it's smart to wait a bit to buy but if you wait your store slowly empties out. the syrian pound has also been hammered by the relentless years of war the sanctions in place against the assad regime and civilians transferring money out of the country on mass throughout the conflict on the black market a dollar now costs around $650.00 syrian pounds 13 times its price 8 years ago. the value of the dollar is increasing all the time prices change every hour so the customer who came yesterday and bought something at such and such a price can come back today and have to pay more for the same thing so everything is growing more expensive including necessities like food many syrians know who are dollars hoping to shield themselves if their pound falls even further.