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In lugnet.general, Andre Potvin wrote:
> I would like to know if other customers from Canada are more and
> more frustrated because of the Lego's fixed exchange rate of 40%
It is strange. A S@H order used to mean paying US$ with a credit
card and getting whatever exhange rate VISA used for that day.
I'm not sure where you are getting the 40% rate from though. I
just checked the pricing for #10143 Death Star as it should give
the most accurate ratio - it's US$299 vs. Cdn$399 ie. 25% not 40%
SRC LUGNet #765
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| The CAD prices vs USD, range from 1.25 to 1.55 I think. The biggest star wars set is 140 CAD, 90 USD, which is 1.55 which is TOTALLY NUTS!!! But yes some items are very close to exchange which is a good sign, like the Death star 400 CAD vs 300 USD. (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) It's what we want. It was like that before and they changed the system. They have created a segregation between the 2 countries instead of removing barriers for the global market. More than that, S at H managed in USA for both countries offer (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| I would like to know if other customers from Canada are more and more frustrated because of the Lego's fixed exchange rate of 40% (normaly around 1.22). Why, if the free trade agreement exist, and the closing of facilities in Canada to concentrate (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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