Guest Peeves Posted August 29, 2011 Report Posted August 29, 2011 (edited) We shop there for items that are less expensive. We can compare prices. We can buy gas at lower prices. There are more choices. I still get pissed that most comparable products here are more expensive even now that our $ is valued higher. Oh I know, we have higher taxes to pay for our 'better' health care, but that doesn't cut it for me when the price difference some times is 30 to 50 %. Why wold anyone pay it if they don't need to? Edited August 29, 2011 by Peeves Quote
Guest American Woman Posted August 29, 2011 Report Posted August 29, 2011 Don't you have to declare it, though, and pay taxes at customs? For larger items. I know you're allowed a certain $ amount. I suppose if you cross daily and just spend the allotted amount, you can purchase a lot of stuff by going that route. As for the more expensive prices in Canada re: health care - I thought the higher taxes were the only thing that went towards health care, so that doesn't explain the higher prices ...... seems to me someone is profiting off of the higher prices, and I don't see it as being the Canadian citizens themselves. Quote
Smallc Posted August 29, 2011 Report Posted August 29, 2011 Oh I know, we have higher taxes to pay for our 'better' health care, What does that have to do with prices? Businesses are actually taxed at a lower rate in Canada. The difference is that our market isn't as competitive, and also that there are quantity and logistical issues that don't work in our favour. Quote
wyly Posted August 30, 2011 Report Posted August 30, 2011 want to blame someone for higher prices look no further than Canada Customs... Quote “Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill
Smallc Posted August 30, 2011 Report Posted August 30, 2011 want to blame someone for higher prices look no further than Canada Customs... Please explain (and Canada Customs doesn't exist anymore). Quote
wyly Posted August 31, 2011 Report Posted August 31, 2011 (edited) eww you nit picker you, canada border services agency, canada customs to us boomers...whenever I make an internet order it gets held up at the border where nice little duty is added to the orignal cost...anything not made in the US which includes most clothing is subject to duty charges... Edited August 31, 2011 by wyly Quote “Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill
Smallc Posted August 31, 2011 Report Posted August 31, 2011 anything not made in the US which includes most clothing is subject to duty charges... That doesn't just happen in Canada though. That happens to most imported goods. Canada is actually one of the largest free trade countries that there is. I was just joking about the Canada Customs thing, btw. Quote
jbg Posted August 31, 2011 Report Posted August 31, 2011 canada border services agency, canada customs to us boomers...The new name sounds more service-oriented. It's as if they're here to help. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
wyly Posted August 31, 2011 Report Posted August 31, 2011 The new name sounds more service-oriented. It's as if they're here to help. help relieve us of our cash... Quote “Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill
wyly Posted August 31, 2011 Report Posted August 31, 2011 That doesn't just happen in Canada though. That happens to most imported goods. Canada is actually one of the largest free trade countries that there is. I was just joking about the Canada Customs thing, btw. that's the issue in the news lately, consumers complaining that a store in the US charges much less than it's outlet in canada...consumers are blaming the chain of gouging canadians...people forget about the duty charges that are collected by the feds... Quote “Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill
Smallc Posted August 31, 2011 Report Posted August 31, 2011 (edited) that's the issue in the news lately, consumers complaining that a store in the US charges much less than it's outlet in canada...consumers are blaming the chain of gouging canadians...people forget about the duty charges that are collected by the feds... Those duties are charged because we don't have free trade agreements with the manufacturing country, but Canada has a large number of free trade agreements in comparison to most countries, so that isn't the reason for the overall higher prices. After all, the US charges duty too. Canada is simply a different market. Tough prices should come down, prices will probably always be higher than the US, just as they'll probably always be lower than Europe and Australia. Edited August 31, 2011 by Smallc Quote
wyly Posted August 31, 2011 Report Posted August 31, 2011 Those duties are charged because we don't have free trade agreements with the manufacturing country, but Canada has a large number of free trade agreements in comparison to most countries, so that isn't the reason for the overall higher prices. After all, the US charges duty too.true but we're being charged a duty on products coming in from the US which may have already charged a duty on them when they were imported there...a duty fee on top of a duty fee... Quote “Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill
Smallc Posted August 31, 2011 Report Posted August 31, 2011 true but we're being charged a duty on products coming in from the US which may have already charged a duty on them when they were imported there...a duty fee on top of a duty fee... That's normal, again, for any country. They haven't paid Canadian duty, and they come from a location that isn't exempt from Canadian duties. Quote
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