XPost: rec.travel.usa-canada, ab.general, can.general   
   XPost: van.general, edm.general   
   From: NedKelly@usenetexchange.com   
      
   On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:13:59 GMT, Ned Kelly    
   wrote:   
   >On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:05:11 -0600, John Fleming  wrote:   
   >>On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:18:38 GMT, while chained to a desk in   
   >>the scriptorium "Canuck57"    
   >>wrote:   
   >>> $"John Fleming"  wrote in message   
   >>> $news:dqh7i3tpasn3o6gfqk766le9oa4pios9c5@4ax.com...   
      
   >>> $> Let's face it.  If the gas is costing you $100 for the round   
   >>> $> trip, it doesn't make sense to travel to the US to save $50   
   >>> $> on a $200 DVD player.   
      
   >>> $Fill up while in the US.  Their gasoline isn't taxed as much.   
      
   >>Sure.  That cuts your "shipping costs" a bit.   
      
   >>> $> Now if you are buying an entire surround sound home   
   >>> $> entertainment system, that's another matter.  Anyway, with a   
   >>> $> lot of electronics being produced in Japan, don't expect low   
   >>> $> prices in the US to stay low if they are importing the stuff   
   >>> $> with forex involving a more expensive Yen.   
      
   >>> $Quite true.  If not North American made, or at least assembled their may   
   >>> $also be duty.  But say duty was 6%, you will likely still save.  Might   
   want   
   >>> $to take advantage of the short term dip that has expanded this margin.    
   Plus   
   >>> $I can never remember electronics costing more in the US, even with current   
   >>> $currency variations at play.   
      
   >>> $I also don't know, but do states like Michigan, NY, Ohio etc. refund or   
   >>> $exempt foreign shoppers from local sales taxes.  In Montana I don't worry   
   >>> $about it.   
      
   >>Sales tax exemptions/redemptions might make things a bit   
   >>more attractive to someone living close to the border.  But   
   >>for a one day trip you only get something like, IIRC a duty   
   >>exemption on the first $50 in purchases when you make a one   
   >>day shopping trip to the US.   
      
   >>So if you are going to slip across the border on a shopping   
   >>trip, you have to factor all these additional costs into the   
   >>price paid for goods.   
      
   >Careful shoppers will arrange for at least 2 days in the USA, which gives $200   
   >per person duty free.   
      
   >For a week, one gets $750 per person duty free, with food items duty free as   
   >well.   
      
   For car buyers interested in deals in Great Falls Montana, the following will   
   help:   
      
   If anyone is interested in a listing and more information you can point them   
   to DexKnows.com and search "Auto" in Great Falls, MT.   
   There are just too many to list.   
      
   Hope this helps,   
      
   Tyler Spangelo   
   Convention & Visitors Bureau / Communications Director   
   Great Falls Area Chamber of Commerce   
   100 1st Ave N   
   Great Falls, MT 59401   
   (406)-761-4434, ext 103   
   Facsimile (406)-761-6129   
   tspangelo@greatfallschamber.org   
      
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