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   "Father Guido"  wrote in message   
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   > WTF! Canada doesn't make 90% of the stuff we buy, so regardless of the   
   > Canadian Manufacturing sector that won't affect most purchases. Cars   
   > are a special case but TV's, CD's, fridges, in fact almost anything   
   > that's manufactured isn't manufactured in Canada anymore so that line   
   > is a pile of B.S. The retailers buy from distributors who import most   
   > electronics from China or the US, so they can certainly buy for less   
   > now. I'm sure they pay in US$ because no country other than Canada   
   > would accept CDN$ so they're saving a pile, why don't we save too?   
      
   Case in point: I was looking for a "bookshelf" stereo system, a Sony MHC   
   GX99. In the US, Circuit City is selling this for $159.99US right now; the   
   highest US price I could find was $199.99. The best I could do in Kingston   
   was at Sears, $249 -- on sale! Regular price is $299. Now why is that? This   
   thing isn't made in Canada -or- the US. If I had a car, I'd drive across the   
   border and get one there. We're getting screwed by retailers here, and I   
   don't believe it's the fault of distributors. Interestingly, no shop I   
   phoned in the US would ship to Canada. It's almost like there's collusion   
   between the two countries to make us buy everything here at the higher   
   price.   
      
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