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From: sl@van-bc.UUCP
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: prices in Canada
Message-ID: <969@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 5-Jul-87 16:52:56 EDT
Article-I.D.: van-bc.969
Posted: Sun Jul  5 16:52:56 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 6-Jul-87 05:36:03 EDT
References: <133@bby-bc.UUCP>
Reply-To: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne)
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In article <133@bby-bc.UUCP> john@bby-bc.UUCP (john) writes:

>This happens time and again (although some of the retailers around here
>are getting better); it is particularly galling when the stuff comes from
>say Japan and the price I pay is effectively:

>wholesale price (Japan to US) + exchange (yen/US $) + US duties and taxes +
>profit margin of US retailers + exchange (US $/Can $) +
>fst + Canadian retailer markup


Actually its just that you are paying for a second level of distributorship
in Canada. 


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