As a Canadian this pisses me off concidering our dollars is at par , if not worth more at times ! Grrrr
Posted Mar 17, 2012, 7:25 PM UTC
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They need to exchange the funds, though. Institutions can charge quite a high percentage for changing Canadian to American. I've seen upwards of 10-15%. It sucks, but it's the cost of doing business.
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There's different costs besides the one you pay. There's import, transport, and taxes.. And I don't know if product pricing always keeps up with the exchange rate fluctuations, but I doubt it does. In the end, you just end up with disparate prices.
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at least i get to live in Canada , i guess that's worth paying more lol
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10 years ago it was easier to understand when our dollar was around $0.70 compared to the us dollar , with the same price differences ...
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Where is the product made?
If it comes from China it shouldn't be the same price in Canada. We don't have the near free trade with china that America has.
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How do your taxes compare though? -GST versus whatever they have in the US (if anything at all)