CAD vs USD

skoreanime · September 21st, 2007

If you've kept up with recent news, the Canadian dollar has finally matched the United States dollar! Because of that, I'm very tempted to order in some computer parts and not pay through the nose because of the price conversion...any other fellow Canucks thinking the same

?

Brightside · September 21st, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by skoreanime

If you've kept up with recent news, the Canadian dollar has finally matched the United States dollar! Because of that, I'm very tempted to order in some computer parts and not pay through the nose because of the price conversion...any other fellow Canucks thinking the same

?

hells yeah, i was just thinking the same time

**Chrono Archangel** · September 22nd, 2007

Yeah

A shame though newegg doesnt ship to canada

firyace · September 22nd, 2007

Well, at least ebay would seem a bit cheaper

Still, I think that my local hardware store (memory express) is pretty cheap already

**blueshogun96** · September 22nd, 2007

If the economy here gets too bad, I'll move to canada, vancouver island that is. The non-western parts of Canada are too cold for me!

EDIT: Speaking of canada, what TV format do you Canadians use? NTSC or PAL?

**Chrono Archangel** · September 22nd, 2007

NTSC

and blueshogun, the eastern parts (like ontario and quebec arent colder than BC...) we actualyl have nice weather... especially less rain

skoreanime · September 22nd, 2007

Just don't come to the middle, we have the most bizarre weather year round

. I was reading the paper on this today and apparently most places of business who deal frequently with Canadian customers haven't changed their price conversions all that much... Some are still in the high 80s low 90s cents CAD for 1USD.

I'll have to browse some items I'm eyeing on Ebay and see how much the different the prices are

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firyace · September 22nd, 2007

Vancouver island is good, probably the only place that the weather is bad are the praire provinces (like where I am in). Here, you could sometime experience 4 types of weather in a day.

I am not sure if it still stands right now, but I remember that when you want to travel from vancouver island to vancouver, it gets really expensive (due to the ferry service).

Cid Highwind · September 22nd, 2007

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Originally Posted by Chrono Archangel

Yeah

A shame though newegg doesnt ship to canada

Or the Netherlands. Getting a 40% discount on items ought to make up for shipping costs

BigIg · September 24th, 2007

So you mean the Canadian quarter I have is now actually worth 25 US cents?

skoreanime · September 24th, 2007

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Originally Posted by BigIg

So you mean the Canadian quarter I have is now actually worth 25 US cents?

Technically, yes. However, there's the surcharge to convert the currencies...so

Proto · September 24th, 2007

Bleh... I remember the old days when you could get 1 Canadian Dollar for just 5 Mexican pesos. Bleh, feck depression and inflationary growth.

Hard core Rikki · September 25th, 2007

May I suggest the d0llar currency keeps getting 0wned and 0wned, over and over again ?
Euro and british kilogram ftw !!

Coolsvilleman · September 25th, 2007

Its total bs. Our dollar is so high yet everything still costs the same amount and shipping kills.

Nevermore · September 25th, 2007

wow thats great shoppn becaue you buy with dollars and i like to buy stuff from stores that looks like a house btu in fact its a house with items with ASTRTICLES TO BUY OMG ITS EL FANTASTICO aya aya

Cid Highwind · September 25th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Coolsvilleman

Its total bs. Our dollar is so high yet everything still costs the same amount and shipping kills.

Don't worry, there's always someone worse off than you are. A certain Scotsman would wave away your complaints

PCXL-Fan · November 22nd, 2007

Now p2p is legal and pot is 60% legal in canada. Plus an 18-20 year old can go out with a 17 year old here without getting chemically castrated.

September 21st, 2007	#1 (permalink)
skoreanime Insomniac in training... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 3,951	CAD vs USD If you've kept up with recent news, the Canadian dollar has finally matched the United States dollar! Because of that, I'm very tempted to order in some computer parts and not pay through the nose because of the price conversion...any other fellow Canucks thinking the same ? __________________ Born free, riding free, living free. Always be free. Q6600 @ 3Ghz, 333x9 Gigabyte DS3R, Rev1.0 Patriot Extreme DDR2 PC-6400RAM BFG 9800GX2 @ stock

September 22nd, 2007	#3 (permalink)
Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,228	Yeah A shame though newegg doesnt ship to canada __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

September 22nd, 2007	#4 (permalink)
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September 22nd, 2007	#5 (permalink)
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September 22nd, 2007	#6 (permalink)
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September 22nd, 2007	#7 (permalink)
skoreanime Insomniac in training... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 3,951	Just don't come to the middle, we have the most bizarre weather year round . I was reading the paper on this today and apparently most places of business who deal frequently with Canadian customers haven't changed their price conversions all that much... Some are still in the high 80s low 90s cents CAD for 1USD. I'll have to browse some items I'm eyeing on Ebay and see how much the different the prices are . __________________ Born free, riding free, living free. Always be free. Q6600 @ 3Ghz, 333x9 Gigabyte DS3R, Rev1.0 Patriot Extreme DDR2 PC-6400RAM BFG 9800GX2 @ stock

September 22nd, 2007	#8 (permalink)
firyace Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: fater Posts: 798	Vancouver island is good, probably the only place that the weather is bad are the praire provinces (like where I am in). Here, you could sometime experience 4 types of weather in a day. I am not sure if it still stands right now, but I remember that when you want to travel from vancouver island to vancouver, it gets really expensive (due to the ferry service). __________________ Free Gundam Model Kits\|Free Real Estate Listing\|My Biomed Engineering Projects \|Gundam Seed Destiny\|Gmecha Blog\|Babes of Gmecha Proud biomedical simulation programmer at the UofC My Gaming computer spec : Pentium Core2Duo 6420 with 4mb cache\|4x1Ghz Corsair PC5400\|XCube rev2.0 uATX case\|HIS 1950pro Turbo \|Tiger 3in1 Controller port\|1x500GB Maxtor Sata2 hard drive\|1x80Gb WD Sata\|19inch Samsung LCD

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September 24th, 2007	#12 (permalink)
Proto Knowledge is the solution Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Posts: 5,562	Bleh... I remember the old days when you could get 1 Canadian Dollar for just 5 Mexican pesos. Bleh, feck depression and inflationary growth. __________________

September 25th, 2007	#13 (permalink)
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