Posted by Bob Mann on October 12, 2007, 7:38 am
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:48:32 GMT, Calgary
>Better yet it was not $175.00 Canadian, it was $15.39 US (plus
>freight), which will be even less after the currency conversion. It's
>kinda fun cross shopping in US currency now that the Loonie is worth
>more than the US buck.
The only problem comes when selling on items you already bought.
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Bob Mann
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aren't getting any
Posted by Fake Name on October 12, 2007, 9:06 am
>The only problem comes when selling on items you already bought.
I haven't done that before. I was, however, about to do just that. Is
there something I'm missing? Is the "problem" that others can view my
history and see the item and what I paid for it when I bought it?
Posted by Bob Mann on October 12, 2007, 12:35 pm
wrote:
>>The only problem comes when selling on items you already bought.
>I haven't done that before. I was, however, about to do just that. Is
>there something I'm missing? Is the "problem" that others can view my
>history and see the item and what I paid for it when I bought it?
No.
Just that I bought something about a year ago in US$ and recently sold
it locally in CDN$. (it wouldn't have mattered if I sold it on ebay in
US$ though) The price on the item new dropped from $549 to $469 Cdn.
The value of my used item dropped about the same. (from $400 to $340)
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Bob Mann
Sex is like air; it's not important unless you
aren't getting any
Posted by Calgary on October 12, 2007, 2:55 pm
>On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:48:32 GMT, Calgary
>>Better yet it was not $175.00 Canadian, it was $15.39 US (plus
>>freight), which will be even less after the currency conversion. It's
>>kinda fun cross shopping in US currency now that the Loonie is worth
>>more than the US buck.
>The only problem comes when selling on items you already bought.
Well stuff I sell used has pretty much depreciated to the low end of
the value spectrum and the value of the dollar doesn't have a lot of
impact on it.
Now our saleable resources, tourism, items we grow, manufacture or
otherwise develop and market internationally will take a beating. But
maybe it's time our industries structured their business plans based
on market conditions and not a devalued dollar. I have always thought
the 70 cent dollar was an artificial crutch used to prop up Canadian
business.
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Posted by Bob Mann on October 12, 2007, 12:37 pm
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:55:14 GMT, Calgary
>>On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:48:32 GMT, Calgary
>>
>>>Better yet it was not $175.00 Canadian, it was $15.39 US (plus
>>>freight), which will be even less after the currency conversion. It's
>>>kinda fun cross shopping in US currency now that the Loonie is worth
>>>more than the US buck.
>>
>>The only problem comes when selling on items you already bought.
>Well stuff I sell used has pretty much depreciated to the low end of
>the value spectrum and the value of the dollar doesn't have a lot of
>impact on it.
>Now our saleable resources, tourism, items we grow, manufacture or
>otherwise develop and market internationally will take a beating. But
>maybe it's time our industries structured their business plans based
>on market conditions and not a devalued dollar. I have always thought
>the 70 cent dollar was an artificial crutch used to prop up Canadian
>business.
>
I could never see a reason for the dollar to be that low either.
I'm just selling off some of my musical equipment and since it's all
valued in US$ I'm taking a bit of a hit.
On the plus side I just bought something else for $200US that I would
have had to pay $400CDN for here.
--
Bob Mann
Sex is like air; it's not important unless you
aren't getting any
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>freight), which will be even less after the currency conversion. It's
>kinda fun cross shopping in US currency now that the Loonie is worth
>more than the US buck.