XPost: rec.travel.usa-canada, ab.general, can.general   
   XPost: van.general, edm.general   
   From: NedKelly@usenetexchange.com   
      
   On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:11:28 -0600, John Fleming  wrote:   
   >On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:25:14 +1000, while chained to a desk   
   >in the scriptorium "A Mate"  wrote:   
      
   >> $Loada' crap!   
   >> $   
   >> $And even the author knows it!   
      
   >The only people who are going to cross the border to shop in   
   >the US are those who could buy stuff for lower prices in the   
   >US and not have the savings eaten up by travel costs, and   
   >those who go down to the US for other reasons like business   
   >and tourism.   
      
   >The quaking retailers are those in places like Windsor where   
   >a trip across the border is a 10 minute drive.   
      
   And other places like Vancouver, Montreal, Lethbridge, and so on.   
      
   With cheap airfares with Alaaska/Horizon Air, even people from Deadmonton   
   can fly to Seattle on cheap tickets, and do all their Christmas and New Year   
   shopping, saving thousands of dollars.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)