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Re: Excessive exchange rate between US and Canada
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Fri, 8 Jul 2005 13:44:32 GMT
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> 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.
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 different Sales
and Deals. For me, it's totally unjustified.
> 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$399 ie. 25% not 40%
The Death Star is a bad example. Take any other boxes in the stores. Look on
internet when you ship in USA, the US price X 1.4 and sometime 1.5 and you will
be close to the CDN$. But the real exchange rate since many months is around
1.22 and 1.25. When you want buy for few hundred $ on Lego, it's a very
important difference on the total. But the Death Star is different. If you add
40% to the US price, it will give more than $400. I think Lego doesn't want to
pass the $399 barrier for their customer market. It will be look excessive I
think.
Good day
Andre
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