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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / April 2007Are Canadian retailers "Brooklyn scumbags" too??
The Canadian dollar is worth about $0.87 of the American. The Canadian price for this card is $129 plus tax, so $148.00 in total. http://www.henrys.com/... ...epartmentId=10404&itemID=170903&categoryId=10954 Meanwhile, the American price is around $55.00 so even converted to Can. with Can tax added, it comes out to only $72.00. http://www.pricegrabber.com/... .../search=sandisk%20extreme%20III %20sd So, camera pricing is almost on par, but it seems accessory pricing is WAY out of line in some cases. > The Canadian dollar is worth about $0.87 of the American. The Canadian > price for this card is $129 plus tax, so $148.00 in total. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > So, camera pricing is almost on par, but it seems accessory pricing is > WAY out of line in some cases. As usual, Rich, you have nothing to say and you resort to sensationalism ;-( First: What card are you talking about? CF? XD? SD? etc... I gig? 2gig?, etc. What speed? Second: Give us the link: http://tinyurl.com/2mw9kn Let us judge by ourselves without resorting to "cry wolf" tactics. In general, you're right in saying we pay more for mem cards in Canada than in USA, but this is equally true at different stores, including Costco! Why hone in on one particular store? I see the same thing at Vistek: http://www.vistek.ca/camerastore/MemoryCards.aspx or http://tinyurl.com/2tt844 Really, you must have an empty life..... sigh Marcel > > price for this card is $129 plus tax, so $148.00 in total. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > First: What card are you talking about? CF? XD? SD? etc... I gig? 2gig?, > etc. What speed? 2gig, Extreme III SD cards from Sandisk. > Second: Give us the link:http://tinyurl.com/2mw9kn > Let us judge by ourselves without resorting to "cry wolf" tactics. > In general, you're right in saying we pay more for mem cards in Canada than > in USA, but this is equally true at different stores, including Costco! The only cards that are cheap in Canada are "no names" that don't specify things like speed. > Why hone in on one particular store? I see the same thing at Vistek:http://www.vistek.ca/camerastore/MemoryCards.aspxorhttp://tinyurl.com/2tt844 > Really, you must have an empty life..... sigh > Marcel No, just pointing out why you can still get taken when you buy in Canada, despite progress made at being at parity with U.S. pricing. 20 years ago, everything in Canada was 100% more costly than in the U.S. Thanks to competition from across the border, the internet, this is no longer the case with some things. However, you have to be aware as things like cars (which are difficult to buy cross border) are still way more expensive in Canada. Some Canadian retailers still operate under the "European" idea of selling a little for a lot, instead of selling a lot for a little. No point in letting someone get a good deal on a camera then get hammered by accessory costs. >> Canadian dollar is worth about $0.87 of the American. The Canadian >> > price for this card is $129 plus tax, so $148.00 in total. [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > point in letting someone get a good deal on a camera then get hammered > by accessory costs. its been working for game system manufacturers like sony, the original PS never made a cent on sales but they made up for it with extortionate game prices, so did Nintendo with some consoles, the dreamcast they never made a profit on the consoles and barely broke even on the games! ok I know thats not camera's.. but its the same logic.. and that was globally, not just European? Loopy ------->>>>>>http://www.NewsDem > > price for this card is $129 plus tax, so $148.00 in total. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Really, you must have an empty life..... sigh > Marcel So stop replying to him then it'll be even more empty, eh? Doc |
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