Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!utcsri!utegc!utai!ubc-vision!fornax!bby-bc!john From: john@bby-bc.UUCP Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: prices in Canada Message-ID: <138@bby-bc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Jul-87 13:39:17 EDT Article-I.D.: bby-bc.138 Posted: Mon Jul 6 13:39:17 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jul-87 01:59:35 EDT References: <133@bby-bc.UUCP> <969@van-bc.UUCP> Distribution: can Organization: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Lines: 21 > >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. I don't understand your comment - the stuff is coming from Japan so I don't see where there is a second level of distributorship. Why is the relative price so radically different than the price of the same thing in the US which is also imported from Japan? john . news fodder