To make matters worse, the company then met with the rapid devaluation of the South African rand. Whereas the rand first traded with the NT dollar at 1: 10, it soon fell to 1: 5, and finally to 1: 2.8. And importing raw materials from Taiwan for manufacture and sale in South Africa was equivalent to "paying a foot to sell a shoe."
屋漏偏逢連夜雨，緊接著又碰到南非幣大幅貶值，南非幣兌台幣從一開始的 1：10 驟降到 1：5，最後甚至到 1：2.8，從台灣進口原料在南非生產販售，等於「賣一雙鞋要賠一隻腳」。