Canadian Dollar

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At 09:07 AM 10/2/2007, you wrote:

>Hey y'all,

>Seems to me this oughta double the orders we receive from our Canadian

>cousins. ;-)

 

don't want to even THINK about what the order I delayed placing from our

Canadian distiller is going to cost, tho...

 

 

 

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The difference in exchange rates never put me off buying from the U.S.,

its the postage that puts me off, that and the wonderful Canadian

Government who insists on ripping open every package then taping it back

up and charging me $5 for doing it, PST and GST taxes ontop of that and

then they charge me taxes on the Canadian equivalent of the item. So, If

someone states on the package that the item is worth $100 ( I had to pay

taxes on the $100 Canadian equivalent). It's rarely worth it.

 

What I would LOVE to see is the price of cars dropping to the USD rate,

we currently pay between 2 and $20,000 more for a car in Canada than in

the USA and this is even on cars built here in Ontario. There is

currently a lawsuit going on in Toronto where the car makers are being

sued over this issue, I hope the everyday guy wins.

 

I would also like to see books come down in price, we pay $25 Canadian

for a $20 USD book. The dollars may be at par but we won't see it until

the prices on items get straightened out.

 

 

 

Stepping off my soap box now..

 

Carol

(overtaxed and underpaid in Ontario)

>

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

 

At least Canada Post is realistic - UPS charges a lot (way, way more than $5) to

clear a package, and if the right paperwork is not with it, then they charge gst

and duty - and wont refund the duty, they make you apply to the government to

get it back - I would not let them clear a package for me if my life depended on

it.

 

Not that long ago, when the canadian dollar was worth about 40cents usd, we just

sucked it up and did it anyway -

 

The big winners right now, are those brave souls who line up to cross the

border, which is getting more and more difficult all the time. The retailers on

the us side of the border are doing well, but the canadian retailers who relied

on american tourists are looking at a bleak future.

 

The long time prognosis seems to be that the canadian dollar will remain at par,

or even a little lower, for the foreseeable future. However, the banks are the

ones most making out, with their extra charges. I wired $900 usd to a canadian

bank yesterday, and the amount actually credited was $837 cdn.

 

Mary

Well, Naturally

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Carol

Tuesday, October 02, 2007 10:08 AM

RE: Canadian Dollar

 

 

The difference in exchange rates never put me off buying from the U.S.,

its the postage that puts me off, that and the wonderful Canadian

Government who insists on ripping open every package then taping it back

up and charging me $5 for doing it, PST and GST taxes ontop of that and

then they charge me taxes on the Canadian equivalent of the item. So, If

someone states on the package that the item is worth $100 ( I had to pay

taxes on the $100 Canadian equivalent). It's rarely worth it.

 

What I would LOVE to see is the price of cars dropping to the USD rate,

we currently pay between 2 and $20,000 more for a car in Canada than in

the USA and this is even on cars built here in Ontario. There is

currently a lawsuit going on in Toronto where the car makers are being

sued over this issue, I hope the everyday guy wins.

 

I would also like to see books come down in price, we pay $25 Canadian

for a $20 USD book. The dollars may be at par but we won't see it until

the prices on items get straightened out.

 

Stepping off my soap box now..

 

Carol

(overtaxed and underpaid in Ontario)

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