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Re: Holy over-priced, Batman!
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 24 Dec 1999 05:04:20 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Matthew Miller writes:
> Jeff Johnston <sakura@mediaone.net> wrote:
> > > 6094 Guarded Treasure: 101 pcs, $19.99 (CAD)
> > > 6095 Royal Joust: 99 pcs, $29.99 (CAD)
> > Jeez! I thought the US prices were bad. This side of the border they're
> > US$15 and US$20, respectively. I wonder why the price for 6095 goes up so
> > much when you go north? You'd think that the % increase would be roughly
> > the same...
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> Actually, at current exchange rates, USD 20 = CAD 29.40, and USD 15 = CAD
> 22.05. So actually, the Royal Joust is about equivalent, and the Guarded
> Treasure is cheaper.
Yup, the exchange rate bites (for us Canucks, at least). See, John? Lego is
cheaper here! <grin, duck>
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
(for those of you wondering, John Neal was bugging me a while back about no
reason to live in Edmonton...)
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| (...) Actually, at current exchange rates, USD 20 = CAD 29.40, and USD 15 = CAD 22.05. So actually, the Royal Joust is about equivalent, and the Guarded Treasure is cheaper. Not that it's not expensive in either country. (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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