Canadians Getting Ripped On Pricing

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Replicant said:
Yea, and in B.C they double dip. They get money for healthcare from
taxes but they also charge us. It's $54.00 per month for a single
person, plus the high taxes.
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Oh yes, that's another thing, we also pay a monthly fee here in Alberta, but
it's not as high as in B.C.. Anyway, I think the point has been made,
"free" health care in Canada is a myth. Our system may be one that people
in other countries envy, but it comes at a price.
 
Dale Green wrote:

Welcome to the weird world of currency. I was looking at a Canon camera
in
the US for $999. Here in Canada it sells for $1599 it should be more like
$1400.
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I think that sometimes though it's just a case of the retailer trying to
pull the wool over the eyes of the consumer. Ask a retailer why the price
is not in accordance with U.S. excahnge rates and they will blow some BS
out of their arse about higher FC standards, higher duty fees etc.
 
Tim said:
Yep, that Canadian dollar has been improving by leaps and bounds over the
last few months so ANY price set a few months ago will be high in CDN$.
Your best bet is to buy from a company in the US that will ship to Canada
not just video cards but anything..

-Tim
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Yea, doing it that way you can also bypass the PST and just pay 7% GST. But
it's not always cheaper to buy from the states once you pay S/H, duty fees
(if applicable) etc. Sometimes customs will add a $5.00 handling charge
too. I had that happen twice when ordering from the U.S. On one item it was
two *free* games from SSI and customs arbitrarily evaluted the games at
$60.00 and charged me GST on that plus a $5.00 handling fee. I sent in a
appeal and they still wouldn't refund me the GST on the two games that were
worth no more than $20.00. In essence they had no value because they were
free to me (gift) for buying another SSI game. Bastards!


p.s. when sending stuff to people in Canada from the U.S. *always* mark it
as a gift. Recently someone sent me a free game but gave it a value and
customs tried to ding me for it. I sent the game back to the sender.
 
Horace Halfbottom said:
I think that sometimes though it's just a case of the retailer trying to
pull the wool over the eyes of the consumer. Ask a retailer why the price
is not in accordance with U.S. excahnge rates and they will blow some BS
out of their arse about higher FC standards, higher duty fees etc.
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Well, part of the problem is that you are expecting the retailer to fill the
roll of a bank since you are not paying in their currency. The retailer,
when they accept payment in another currency, takes a risk that they easily
could lose from the time of sale to the time of exchange. They will add
some percentage to protect themselves against fluctuation and there you go.
They also have added expense since they have to handle your foreign currency
differently. Your best bet is always to "do the work yourself" and exchange
your money at the bank before hand...or use your credit card.

-Tim
 
Well, part of the problem is that you are expecting the retailer to fill the
roll of a bank since you are not paying in their currency. The retailer,
when they accept payment in another currency, takes a risk that they easily
could lose from the time of sale to the time of exchange. They will add
some percentage to protect themselves against fluctuation and there you go.
They also have added expense since they have to handle your foreign currency
differently. Your best bet is always to "do the work yourself" and exchange
your money at the bank before hand...or use your credit card.

-Tim
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Huh? We are talking about paying in CAD at a Canadian retailer. ATI is
a Canadian company, the cards are manufactured in Asia sot the
exchange rate is in the U.S. compared to Canada has no bearing on the
matter. Fact is, we in Canada, if anything, should be paying *less*
for a Canadian product and not more. It's rather obvious to me that
ATI are *pandering* to the U.S. market and that is why we are paying
more for a homegrown product than the U.S. And yea, it makes me pissed
off! Our dollar is climbing while yours is falling so don't give me
any more clap trap pussy footing.
 
Replicant said:
Huh? We are talking about paying in CAD at a Canadian retailer. ATI is
a Canadian company, the cards are manufactured in Asia sot the
exchange rate is in the U.S. compared to Canada has no bearing on the
matter. Fact is, we in Canada, if anything, should be paying *less*
for a Canadian product and not more. It's rather obvious to me that
ATI are *pandering* to the U.S. market and that is why we are paying
more for a homegrown product than the U.S. And yea, it makes me pissed
off! Our dollar is climbing while yours is falling so don't give me
any more clap trap pussy footing.
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Hey pal, the OP was talking about that. The post I was replying to was not.
Learn to use your newsreader.
 
Hey pal, the OP was talking about that. The post I was replying to was not.
Learn to use your newsreader.
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The post you replied to was me too. Just WTF are you babbling about
then?
 
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