 | | Re: Hey TrainHeads ! The SuperChief is on Lego's site! (item 10020) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | (...) Um, why wouldn't they? Today's rate is 1 US Dollar = 1.58860 Canadian (from the OANDA site) and that rate applies to one dollar or one thousand, ne? (...) Wouldn't be LEGO though. If I wanted Lionel I'd buy Lionel... There are a large number (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: Hey TrainHeads ! The SuperChief is on Lego's site! (item 10020) —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | (...) Yes, the actual currency conversion is linear. But the purchasing power of a Canadian dollar in Canada goes much further at retail. Everything is more expensive in America-for example, how much is a can of pop at a US pop machine? A US dollar. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: Hey TrainHeads ! The SuperChief is on Lego's site! (item 10020) —Calum Tsang
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| | | | (...) Yes, the actual currency conversion is linear. But the purchasing power of a Canadian dollar in Canada goes much further at retail. Everything is more expensive in America-for example, how much is a can of pop at a US pop machine? A US dollar. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Hey TrainHeads ! The SuperChief is on Lego's site! (item 10020) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) This isn't a perfect example, because I've seen pop in unsubsidised pop machines vary in price from 35 cents to 1.65 (seriously!) It's fairly rare that its a buck, actually. The median price nowadays seems to be around 65 to 75 cents. But what (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Hey TrainHeads ! The SuperChief is on Lego's site! (item 10020) —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | (...) Another way to see it is that Canadian companies price retail items to match the Canadian market, because they do business in Canada, and all the numbers work out that way-because they pay Canadian taxes, buy from Canadian suppliers, and have (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Hey TrainHeads ! The SuperChief is on Lego's site! (item 10020) —Iain Hendry
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| | | | "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Grw75u.KGv@lugnet.com... (...) Wow! SixFlags Worlds of Adventure was selling pop for $2.50 USD last year. And most parks are at $2 anyway for pop. That same park charges $9 for (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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