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Re: US vs. Canada LEGO prices
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 23 Sep 2000 19:44:06 GMT
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Mos Espa Podrace is $90 at Zellers because they put in on clearance. I think
the original price is $109.99. Zellers currently has a great Episode 1 value
pack, see my posts on on lugnet.starwars for details.
In lugnet.general, Kyle D. Jackson writes:
> In lugnet.loc.ca, Bradley Dale writes:
> > These really don't conform to the exchange rates. According to S@H, to • exchange
> > US $ to Canadian $, multipy y 1.43. But the suggested retail prices are • really
> > off sometimes.
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> G'day Bradley,
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> Yeah, there is some weirdness in the costs between Canada and the
> USA. I don't know anything about the S@H prices, but the retail
> prices ceratinly show differences. It seems many of the
> sets in Canada are ticketed at 50% higher than in the USA. Since
> the exhange rate is pretty much 50% (dunno why S@H only uses 43),
> then the sets really cost the same in each country, ignoring
> taxes of course. But there are some examples of really wild
> differences, usually on larger sets. The 7171 Mos Espa Pod
> Race has always been my notable example, where the USA list
> price is US$90. But in Canada this set sold on shelves at Zellers
> and the like for Cdn$90, or only US$61. That's a massive difference.
> There's been other sets I've seen like that, tho I can't remember
> which ones..., I think many of the medium-sized Star Wars sets were
> largely cheaper to buy in Canada, particularly if you caught a
> 20% off sale at TRU, or a 15% off at Zellers, to kill the taxes.
>
> I really don't know why they get priced like that.
>
> KDJ
> ________________________________________________________
> Kyle D. Jackson, LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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| (...) exchange (...) really (...) G'day Bradley, Yeah, there is some weirdness in the costs between Canada and the USA. I don't know anything about the S@H prices, but the retail prices ceratinly show differences. It seems many of the sets in Canada (...) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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