Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!utcsri!utegc!utai!ubc-vision!van-bc!sl 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) Distribution: can Organization: Public Access Network, Vancouver, BC. Lines: 17 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. -- {ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision,uunet}!van-bc!Stuart.Lynne Vancouver,BC,604-937-7532