Canadian Dollar equal to US Dollar - Blu-ray Forum

glenn22 · 09-20-2007, 02:17 PM

It was announced this morning that the Canadian dollar was equal to 1.0013 US dollars! Now my fellow Canadians, that means we can import stuff from the US for cheap! =D

aristotles · 09-20-2007, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by glenn22

It was announced this morning that the Canadian dollar was equal to 1.0013 US dollars! Now my fellow Canadians, that means we can import stuff from the US for cheap! =D

No, you are looking at the wrong rate. 1 USD = 0.9980 CAD. It is close to par. Things may change later in the day.

glenn22 · 09-20-2007, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by aristotles

No, you are looking at the wrong rate. 1 USD = 0.9980 CAD. It is close to par. Things may change later in the day.

Ok well at one point it was slightly above... anyways, on the radio they just had one of the guys (captian scotty, if you listen to the fox in vancouver) exchange a loonie for an american dollar. He had to pay 1 loonie and 3 cents to get it.

MrBogey · 09-20-2007, 05:15 PM

There are consequences to all of this.

It may not work well for Canada in the long run IMO.

glenn22 · 09-20-2007, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBogey

There are consequences to all of this.

It may not work well for Canada in the long run IMO.

There are consequences for sure. Less tourism here, lumber profits go down a bit, etc. But for short term it helps the little man that wants to import from the US.

Blubaru · 09-20-2007, 06:27 PM

The US dollar will go back up in value.

A weaker dollar means that the US is more competitive in the global market.

People will buy same quality good in the US for cheaper and that will strengthen the US economy and up the value of the US dollar. Then the US will start to buy cheaper foreign products and our dollar will fall again.

It’s a back and forth effect.

Slackr89 · 09-20-2007, 08:33 PM

1USD = 1.00222 CAD
we overtook it.

GasCat · 09-20-2007, 08:42 PM

Just remember we can still kick your butt.

aristotles · 09-20-2007, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by GasCat

Just remember we can still kick your butt.

Not without kicking your own. The US depends on Canada for much of it's oil, water, lumber electrical power and import/exports. Canada is the US's largest trading partner.

You also have not seen a drunk Canadian. A drunk Canadian can really kick butt.

Blubaru · 09-20-2007, 11:40 PM

I hope all of you Canadians use those Canadian dollars to buy cheaper American blu-rays and help inflate the Nielson numbers.

Blubaru · 09-21-2007, 02:15 PM

Ooop USD is back up to 1.0011

Looks like it was hitting resistance at 1.0057.

The trend is still there. We will probably see some sort of drop within the next couple of hours.

richieb1971 · 09-23-2007, 12:06 AM

Crap $ is getting on my nerves.. Still got $4000 worth of USD I haven't changed up for a year in the hope it would grow stronger.. yeah right!

ziggy66 · 09-23-2007, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Blubaru

I hope all of you Canadians use those Canadian dollars to buy cheaper American blu-rays and help inflate the Nielson numbers.

I've been doing that. Blu Ray prices here at Futureshop and Best Buy are such a rip off.

Kristin Simard · 10-07-2007, 05:34 PM

Today: $98.05 CAD to the US $100.

How many people are going to the US to buy Blu-ray players, screens, etc.?

There is still a tremendous savings on high-end products:

Rolls-Royce:

shatta · 10-07-2007, 05:52 PM

i was in canada for caribana last august...and i did almost everything with us $...pay bus fare, buy food etc...cause it didnt really matter to get back 2cents change...

Kristin Simard · 10-07-2007, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by shatta

it didnt really matter to get back 2cents change...

True, but the point is that sticker prices on many things are still high in Canada. If you are Canadian, going to America and paying in USD still pays off. I know several people who are going to America to buy cars. People should do the same for BD players and screens.

Smackos · 10-07-2007, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by richieb1971

Crap $ is getting on my nerves.. Still got $4000 worth of USD I haven't changed up for a year in the hope it would grow stronger.. yeah right!

What are you.. a goodfella...!

Send it this way... I'll exchange it for ya! In return I'll send you my maxed out credit cards and a thankyou note..

Look at it this way.. could be worse.. you could have invested that $4000 in stocks in Toshiba..

kx11 · 10-07-2007, 07:03 PM

they wasted that oil money on HD-DVD (j\k) :P

pedigree · 10-07-2007, 08:37 PM

canada surpassed US
http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi

Banjo · 10-07-2007, 09:08 PM

Anybody noticed Amazon.com increased shipping fees to Canada?

09-20-2007, 02:17 PM	#1
glenn22 Power Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Vancouver, Canada	Canadian Dollar equal to US Dollar It was announced this morning that the Canadian dollar was equal to 1.0013 US dollars! Now my fellow Canadians, that means we can import stuff from the US for cheap! =D

09-21-2007, 02:15 PM	#11
Blubaru Expert Member Member since:Oct 2006 Location:Tonight! you!	Ooop USD is back up to 1.0011 Looks like it was hitting resistance at 1.0057. The trend is still there. We will probably see some sort of drop within the next couple of hours. Last edited by Blubaru; 09-21-2007 at 02:18 PM.

10-07-2007, 05:34 PM	#14
Kristin Simard Special Member Member since:Aug 2007	Canadian Dollar slipping Today: $98.05 CAD to the US $100. How many people are going to the US to buy Blu-ray players, screens, etc.? There is still a tremendous savings on high-end products: Rolls-Royce:

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richieb1971 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:89 Blu-ray collection:706 Trading Score:16	Crap $ is getting on my nerves.. Still got $4000 worth of USD I haven't changed up for a year in the hope it would grow stronger.. yeah right!

10-07-2007, 05:52 PM	#15
shatta Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:New York	i was in canada for caribana last august...and i did almost everything with us $...pay bus fare, buy food etc...cause it didnt really matter to get back 2cents change...

10-07-2007, 07:03 PM	#18
kx11 Special Member Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray collection:28	they wasted that oil money on HD-DVD (j\k) :P

10-07-2007, 08:37 PM	#19
pedigree Power Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Montreal, Canada	canada surpassed US http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi

10-07-2007, 09:08 PM	#20
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