Conan Ford wrote:

"FireStarter5" wrote in
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Sonystyle.ca lists it for $329.99 Wow!

I can't see an authorized retailer selling it for much less. I doubt
they would even knock the $30 of the price to make it even.

Sonystyle.com has it for $159.95

With the current exchange factored in plus Prov. and GST, the price
should be around $225 CDN (not including massive Sony mark-up and S&H)





Unfortunately, people here got accustomed to paying outrageous prices in
Canadian dollars back when the Canadian dollar was $0.60 US. Now that it's
around $0.81 or so, they still pay those same outrageous prices. Slowly,
internet and mail order eats into the local market, and eventually the
prices come down.

Apparently Amazon will only ship books to Canada. This on top of Canada
turning back all Liypn's radio shipments in order to satisfy the greed
of Kaito Canada. It seems that the Canadian government is quite willing
to act to preserve massive profits being made off Canadians by foreign
(American and otherwise) companies. The American conservatives here
always laugh at Canada for being liberal, but when it comes to the
almighty dollar the Canadian government at least is just as conservative
as America. Plus the Canadian government probably gets massive tax
revenue off all imported goods sold in Canada, and they're loath to
disrupt the racket. My recommendation to Canucks: rent a post office box
in America and use that to get all your goodies at American prices.



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