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Originally posted by: Praxius
Let me get this straight..... you are saying that this is a good time for Canadians? Our Currancy is worth less than the US Dollar, so technically, if you went down to the States t buy something, you will be paying more. If it's worth around 75 cents US, then when you head down to the US to buy something that is $1 US, if you were to give them Canadian money, you would have to pay them $1.25 to compisate the differance, because the Canadian Dollar is only 75 Cents. If it was a bargan for anybody, it's for the US to come here and buy, which a lot do, because their money is worth more up here.
So in other words, if someone from the US came up to Canada and bought something that was $1 Canadian, they'd just have to pay 75 Cents. Last year, you might have noticed a lot of US Torrists in Canada, during the Summer time and such, because our dollar was only worth 63 Cents at that time. (Obviously almost half the value) Our money is rising though...... but it's sure as hell still not a bargan for us to go to the US to buy something.
Also, if you went on Ebay, and bought something from someone in the US for $100, you would not only have to pay $125 in exchange, but then you also have to pay for shipping fees and al the other crap you have to deal with, with getting over the border, and my dad does that a lot, cuz he's a big War Collector and such, so I hear about it all the time.
If you wanted a bargan, where the Canadian Dollar is worth something, go to Asia. I know that in Europe, the Pound is worth almost twice our money. Where 1000 pounds is almost $2000 (I don't know the details of Pounds to Dollars, so correct me if I am wrong.)
When I can get a $79.99CDN item for for $50US, that's a deal. Before, that $50 would be $70CDN, and by time you shipped that would be a ripoff. Now, it's about $65CDN, which makes it cheaper. It's a deal. Don't tell me about my own eBay pirchases...
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