The Canadian Dollar vs. The American Dollar

Hey awesome. We're better than the americans again. Its really not that much more than the american dollar though. It doesn't make much of a difference right now.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Sousuke

There was actually a thing on the news the other night saying that GMC and Toyota [and maybe some others] in the US will NOT sell their vehicles to Canadians, which is utter ridiculousness.

I mean, they profiled one car, the Subaru Impreza, I think, and showed that it cost $25k in Canada, and the same car cost $17k in the US. If you bought it in the US, you'd pay your taxes [GST, whatever] when you crossed the border, saving you about $6000 if you're lucky. But no, companies are starting to say that they won't sell you that car AT ALL if you're Canadian. Bah.

In other light, eBaying is going to be more fun for a while now.

What I read in the newspaper here, was that the car manufacturers were fining the dealerships if they sold cars to someone in Canada. Simple way around that though. Get someone in the states to buy the car for you, and then just give them the money. lol.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Matt

How's that going to work? Cars have payments, so good luck you're finding someone who's dumb enough to be a proxy-buyer and depend on you for the payments or else see their credit get ruined.

No, what I meant, was someone from Canada, going down to the states and buying a car. And then bringing it back. Obviously if you are going to do that, you are going to be paying for the car in a lump sum, not payments. So you would give the money to your proxy, they buy the car, and then you just go down and pick it up. Essentially buy it off of the proxy, and then bring it back up north. obviously there would be duty to pay.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.