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|    Ned Kelly to All    |
|    Flood of Buyers to USA Causing Alarm Amo    |
|    27 Oct 07 03:33:52    |
      XPost: rec.travel.usa-canada, ab.general, can.general       XPost: van.general, edm.general       From: NedKelly@usenetexchange.com              TV news reports are now indicating that the former trickle of shoppers going       to the USA because of fantastically better prices, has now become a flood.              With Christmas shopping starting now, with less than 60 days to the Christmas       holidays, Canadian retailers, especially those trying to peddle their       overpriced cars, boats, skidoos, electronics, clothing, and you name it,       are now getting really scared.              Their impending bankruptcies loom ever closer, as they see huge line-up at       border crossings.              When cars in the USa cost $10,000 to $60,000 LESS than in price fixing Canada,       of course people are going to buy where it benefits the buyers.              Loaded top of the line trucks and SUVs can have a saving of $30,000 to $60,000       on the top end models, and Canuck dealers refuse to lower their prices,       driving more and more customers to shop across the broder, for ALL their       Christmas shopping.              When crooked Canadian firms like Bombardier then instruct their US dealers to       swindle Canadian buyers, they deserve the growing BOYCOTT.              When Amazon.ca charges almost DOUBLE for a Canadian book, in Canada,       than what they charge when bought from Amazon.com, then their Canadian       operation deserves to be BOYCOTTED.              Now, many cities in the USA are starting to organise Christmas shopping       packages, to entice even more Canadians to spend their money in the       welcoming USA.              Las Vegas and Reno Nevada have long had discount packages to bring them       Canadians.              Now Seattle and Bellingham in Washington state are doing likewise, and even       Great Falls Montana is starting to get organised for a massive influx of       Canadian shoppers.              On the east coast, communities in New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire are       also encouraging Canadians to buy everything they want in the USA, at       drastically lower prices than in Canada.              To all those gouging businesses in Canada, when you go bankrupt at Christmas       time, do not expect any sympathy, because you do not deserve any, even if you       do increase the unemployment rolls with your unemployed staffers.              If some of the groups co-ordinating shopping package tours from Canada to the       USA want even more happy customers, let all of us know, by posting your names,       locations, and special deals - to the newsgroups.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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