by slycat » Tue May 17, 2011 5:24 pm
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BinaryJay', 'I') just find it sickening how they gouge us on pricing based on years out of date currency exchange rates on some items even to this day.
I mean, none of these products are made in the US - it's not like there is any significantly different cost to getting them into the two different distribution channels. Canadians just got used to paying more for the same products through the years when our dollar was valuated lower than the USD and since that has flipped nobody has bothered to change the pricing models and we just keep blindly paying whatever the asking price is like fools.
I'll agree with you on that. Last year I visited Victoria, BC and reviewed XE.com for the exchange rate, yet canadian prices were still high. I'll agree to Best Buy also loading prices but not as much as some may think. Employees get purchases 5% above cost (note: not retail value) and in most cases it was hardly 2% markup. Before I leave I planned on getting a Nikon D7000 to replace my D40
however B&HPhoto has it for less than BBY cost (probably due to contract between B&H and Nikon, also price jumps since the Japan earthquakes). But you got the best idea: hold out for price-drops like other non-impulsive shoppers. Besides "if your V2s ain't broke, don't fix 'em!"
I wish you luck on your economic revolution there!
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