cybercoma Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 Right, bush. So the difference in land area between the two countries is a bit less than the size of France (Metropolitan), but the rest of the sentence should have tipped you off that I was talking primarily about population density. Canada ~3.5 people per 100 sq. kms. United States ~35 people per 100 sq. kms. That's just one factor amongst many others that make it more expensive to sell books here. Quote
Michael Hardner Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 Right, bush. So the difference in land area between the two countries is a bit less than the size of France (Metropolitan), but the rest of the sentence should have tipped you off that I was talking primarily about population density. Canada ~3.5 people per 100 sq. kms. United States ~35 people per 100 sq. kms. That's just one factor amongst many others that make it more expensive to sell books here. Geographic arguments ? France: Total area: 674,843 km2 Quote Click to learn why Climate Change is caused by HUMANS Michael Hardner
cybercoma Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 (edited) Geographic arguments ? France: Total area: 674,843 km2 Metropolitan France (you know, the part in Europe). It doesn't matter anyway. The point is we have a tiny population spread over a large land mass. The land area that you're talking about includes all of the highlighted spots on this map: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/EEZ_France.png/800px-EEZ_France.png Edited January 27, 2012 by cybercoma Quote
Evening Star Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 (edited) Tbf, going by b_c's numbers, the difference between Canada and the US is closer to 157 000 km[2], not 551 695 km[2] (the Wiki figure for metropolitan France). The population density is the more relevant statistic though, and there I think you are on point. Edited January 27, 2012 by Evening Star Quote
PIK Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 Who pays the corp tax, US!To them it is just a business tax so it is passed on to us. They hire people ,gov taxes them, gov's do not make money they take it. Corps shopuld not pay tax and we should not waste anymore time on this .This is just a typical lefty argument that is a waste of time. Quote Toronto, like a roach motel in the middle of a pretty living room.
fellowtraveller Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 I can speak to the book industry. Canada is much larger than the United States with 1/10 of the population. The book industry is different than others in the sense that the publishers set the prices. How can they do this? They actually take back books that aren't sold and mark them down as remainders, then send them back out to book sellers. Now go back to the second sentence. Shipping around all of those books in a country that's much larger than the US with a fraction of the customers is a huge additional cost of doing business. I don't buy much of that. 90% of the population of Canada is within 100 km of the border, and it is in urban centers in both countries. And what % of books are physically shipped en masse to retailers as opposed to being ordered online and shipped directly to consumers? The biggest booksellers in my part of Canada are Costco and Chapters. Costco stockpiles very little of anything including books while selling many, so there are minimal shipping or reshipping charges. Chapters is also unlikely to spend much time or money sending truckloads of books back and forth, they would just remainder them instore. The main drivers behind the disparity are greed, and the ability of the entire supply chain to leverage a smaller market because of a perceived lack of options for consumers. That reality was illustrated a few years ago when car manufacturers were forced into sometimes drtamatic drops in new car prices about two years after the $CDN leaped in value vs the $US. The Big Three (Chrysler in partiucualr) realizxed that the disparity was so large that people were easily able to travel to the US, pay for aftermarket warranties, pay for modifications to US vehicles- and still save thousands. The same needs to happen for many other things. Car parts are an example. I have bought a part(in 2011) priced at $410 at a CDN Nissan dealer for $210 online, all taxes and delivery included. The part was a genuine Nissan part in OEM box, and came from an Arizona Nissan dealer. There is no explanation other than greed and passivity. Quote The government should do something.
cybercoma Posted January 28, 2012 Report Posted January 28, 2012 Just to clarify, I did say that the publishers pay for this, not Chapters or the other booksellers. Quote
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