bouche Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Super Looney.You know all that shit you're planning to buy? Buy 'em now off of Amazon.com. CD's, Books, Videogames can all be bought and shipped much cheaper than from around here. Sure, some people might want to keep their dollar in Canada, but please show me how your buck saved canada.Ebay's a good spot to get things that cannot be bought through regular retail outlets, and even with shipping, you're likely saving a few hard earned dollars.It sucks for selling shit on Ebay, or getting google ad payments, but it's sure fun to have a buck more on par! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 No shit ... i'm looking at renting a place in Flordia and getting some air fares (outta Buffalo) and the dollar is making it cheaper by the day!!!It wasn't that long ago that you had to figure a 50% on everything you bought in the US based on exchange rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted September 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 trips to festies like Vegoose are cheaper by the dozen.I was looking at prices on Expedia - full package air-fare out of ottawa - and they were around 7-800 CAD! With that, you're looking at a cheaper festival ticket and local goodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\/\/illy Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Doesn't the shipping/tariffs/GST end up negating the savings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Does anybody know any details about importing a new car into Canada from the US? At the current rates, it looks like you could save $10k easy buying in the States. We're in the market for new wheels for the wife, wondering if we should be looking across the border? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Does anybody know any details about importing a new car into Canada from the US?http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel/canadians-e.htmlled me tohttp://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/bsf5048/bsf5048-07e.pdfAloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 saw this in the Globe a couple days ago ...Little auto price gap seen in Canada v. U.S.GREG KEENAN September 18, 2007Buying vehicles in the United States with a Canadian dollar that is almost at par will not generate massive savings for most car buyers, says a study of prices in Canada and the U.S. compiled by industry analyst Dennis DesRosiers. Vehicle pricing has become a hot issue with the rise in value of the Canadian dollar, the president of DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. noted yesterday, but "in all of our 'popular' segments ... the price gap between Canada and the U.S. narrowed in 2007." Those segments are subcompact and compact cars, compact sport utility vehicles, minivans and full-sized pickup trucks which, combined, represent two-thirds of the vehicles Canadians buy annually. In compact cars, the largest market segment in Canada, the difference in price between the average car in the two countries is $221, he said. There are, Mr. DesRosiers acknowledges, still major gaps in some categories, including luxury sports cars, where a trip to a U.S. dealer will save a Canadian buyer almost $14,000 on average. im not sure if the study used exchange rates that have been adjusted since the loony has soared, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 there was a story on cbc yesterday about albertans doing their car shopping in montana, to the extent that some US dealers are refusing to sell to canadians anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 unfortunately, with our strong Canadian dollar a lot of American manufacturing companies (that have operations north of the border) are closing up shop.That equates to lost jobs. I think I heard 4000 jobs in Oshawa at the GM plant alone...that has to have a ripple effect on other businesses in that city.I personally like to buy local. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 A lot of the cuts in Oshawa were related more to the housing slump in the US I heard. Since Oshawa pumps out shitloads of pickups and trucks, a big market is to builders and contractors in the US. Since construction rates have slowed, less work for the people buying trucks, fewer sales. It's too bad.My buddy was looking at the prices of Toyotas and there was a wayyyy bigger difference than $221. He said it was more like $6000. Sorry, but if I had the choice to save that kind of money on a car I'm buying Stateside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 what is wrong with saving thousands of dollars on big ticket items and use the savings to buy local on smaller-ticket items? or saving money in general? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 what is wrong with saving thousands of dollars on big ticket items and use the savings to buy local on smaller-ticket items? or saving money in general? nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 there was a story on cbc yesterday about albertans doing their car shopping in montana, to the extent that some US dealers are refusing to sell to canadians anymoreWhy the hell would they do that (refuse to sell to Canadians, that is)? The car dealers are getting the same amount of money regardless of whom they sell the cars to. How is it better to not sell a car than to sell a car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Does anybody know any details about importing a new car into Canada from the US?http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel/canadians-e.htmlled me tohttp://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/bsf5048/bsf5048-07e.pdfAloha' date='Brad[/quote']I think bradm should change his Skank name to "Link" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 They've got dental floss farms in Montana ... go figure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Why the hell would they do that (refuse to sell to Canadians, that is)? The car dealers are getting the same amount of money regardless of whom they sell the cars to. How is it better to not sell a car than to sell a car?i have no idea, that wasn't addressed in the story, or i don't remember if it indeed was. maybe it has to do with warranty service and the dealer losing out on that money? just thinking out loud, i have no idea. i do know for sure that franchise agreements sometimes prohibit cross-border selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irie Guy Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 The one thing to watch out for is that most manufacturers will not honour the US warranties. I believe Toyota is the only manufacturer that will honour it. Subaru requires you to pay for the repair and then submit a claim to Subaru US.A lot more info on the subject can be seen herehttp://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=477998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 From the quick amount of research I did (and granted, it wasn't much), I thought it looked a lot closer to Kev's $6000 figure after duty and tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 do you have to pay GST, etc. when you bring it back into Canada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Great link Irie Guy, really explains it all. I didn't know about the warranty bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irie Guy Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 (edited) Ding Dang were at Par!!!I guess the other question when buying through the US is how many people have 30k sitting at their disposal. If you are putting it on a LOC, quite often the manufacturer financing rate is cheaper than the bank rate. I got 0% for 5 years this summer on a new Dodge which saves quite a chunk of money. Edited September 20, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted September 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 geezuz."100 Canadian dollars = 98.7069 U.S. dollars" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it.Bring back the .68 dollar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Man... I wish the CDN $ was like this back when I was following the Dead and Phish around in the early 90s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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