When are companies going to adjust to the dollar?

[TheZoof]

Hey all!

I was just looking at the top of Blu-ray.com and noticed some good prices on some great movies! I was about to order them up and then of course I realized these are US prices.

I click the little Canada sign and sure enough all the ones I wanted to buy aren't much of a deal at all and in fact are almost 50% more in a lot of cases.

It isn't just amazon.ca that is guilty of this but most of the stores.

Sure we do get our deals but when are the retail pricepoints going to be adjusted to reflect the actual dollar of the two countries.

US dollar vs CAD dollar are almost on par...


/vent

[thecardman23]

agreed! i deslike amazon.ca very much for not offering us as greater deals as the americans seem to get ALL THE TIME with amazon.com. anyhow, i wont complain cuz between sig, bbv and dvdng (plus the trade forums here) i get everything i need sooner or later.

p.s - i think this thread should go in the discussion area or sometin

[tony_tony_chopper]

do you mean CANADIAN companies charging the same prices in CANADIAN dollar as US companies in US dollars ??

because if thats what you are talking about, i can safely say, never

one simple fact, Us population 300 millions, Canada population 30 millions, same reason why prices are cheaper at walmart, more they buy , cheaper it is

the only good thing that comes from having a parity dollar is buying goods from the US internet stores and shipping them here

[danman227460]

No. Last year when the dollar was on par, the games dropped to 59.99 which was in line with US prices.

The excuse they use is that they buy stock from a retailer at X price. So they sell it X price. If the dollar goes up and their new stock is at Y price, they will sell it at Y price. So they have to wait for their current stock to deplete before ordering more which means that the dollar could go down by the time new stock is needed which means no change in pricing.

So we might see some deals when the dollar hits but I doubt it.

[Jimbo976]

The dollar would have to stay close to par for an extended period of time before the studios started giving better MSRP's in Canada which would lead to lower actual selling prices here. It isn't really amazon.ca's fault - the pricing is set by the studios. They did this to some degree last time the dollar was near par but this time around it's only been for a short number of weeks.

[Fishy]

Just get that damn "Amero" going and we'll all be paying the same price.

[Steve46]

I would love to see Amazon CA be more competitive.

Import duty kills many of the deals. I might have to make an exception for The Prisoner though. Amazon US has it for $40 cheaper.

[Gannet]

Originally Posted by Jimbo976

The dollar would have to stay close to par for an extended period of time before the studios started giving better MSRP's in Canada which would lead to lower actual selling prices here. It isn't really amazon.ca's fault - the pricing is set by the studios. They did this to some degree last time the dollar was near par but this time around it's only been for a short number of weeks.

This time the dollar is seriously in trouble. The national debt is $12 trillion and we're looking at trillion dollar deficits for the next few years. Hyperinflation isn't even out of the question now. Keep going down this road, the dollar will lose its status as the world's reserve currency within a few years. Just like the pound sterling did before.