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Subject:	S@H Exchange Rate?!?! (was Re: BNSF high balls it!)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego
Date:	Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:13:01 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tim Tosino wrote: > LEGO is REALLY sticking it to Canadians on this set and this year. It's > $59.99 CAD. That's 1.5 Exchange! Last time I checked it was 1.2052. Why is > LEGO milking Canadians this year when the Canadian Dollar has gone up??? Whoa. I see what you mean. I just checked and at current exchange rate, we could be buying it in the US for $48.24Cdn, instead of the $60Cdn on S@H. I think I'll be calling a travelling friend in the US before I buy it at S@H prices for Canada. That sucks too, because I was going to ask for this for Christmas. Hey Jake, do you have any idea why S@H fixed the price so high for Canada? Tim Strutt

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		Re: S@H Exchange Rate?!?! (was Re: BNSF high balls it!)
(...) Hey, forget about complaining about too high prices outside the US to S@H. Lego ist totally deaf on that ear. Besides, $CDN59.99 is about US$49.79, which is still cheaper than our EUR39.99, which in turn is about US$51.19. And the stuff is (...) (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)

		Re: S@H Exchange Rate?!?! (was Re: BNSF high balls it!)
(...) Tim, as Christian has pointed out, Canada is not the only country that gets screwed on S@H prices. Fortunately for you, you're more likely to have a travelling friend to get you one. Fortunately for us Aussies, the BNSF loco is not as bad as (...) (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)

		Re: S@H Exchange Rate?!?! (was Re: BNSF high balls it!)
Tim Strutt wrote in message ... (...) is (...) Simple. Canadians complained about having prices in US$. Lego changed to pricing for Canadians in CN$. When they decided to switch, the exchange rate was about 1.5 (earlier, it was even 1.6!). The rate (...) (20 years ago, 5-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)

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		Re: BNSF high balls it!
(...) LEGO is REALLY sticking it to Canadians on this set and thsi year. It's $59.99 CAD. That's 1.5 Exchange! Last time I checked it was 1.2052. Why is LEGO milking Canadians this year when the Canadian Dollar has gone up??? (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca)

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