Canadians, what are you going to buy now that we have hit parity?
09-21-07, 11:11 AM
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09-21-07, 12:44 PM
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[QUOTE=rbart4506;5307656]Don't know where you heard that....
Whenever I travel to the states I have no probs crossing the border, into Canada, with my car stuffed to the gills with new bike stuff. All they have asked is where I live and how much I spend. I always make sure I spend less then what I'm allotted, which is $750/person/week....Which BTW is a fair bit of cash when you go with your wife...I think the people that were getting dinged were the day shoppers to the States. Travellers, as in staying for an extended vacation, usually have no problems.
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Seems like it was in the Detroit Newspapers, commenting about returing Canadians after a one day shopping spree in Duluth. Lets say, a whole bike , it is easy to exceed 750 dollars , Canadian. Then what.
Whenever I travel to the states I have no probs crossing the border, into Canada, with my car stuffed to the gills with new bike stuff. All they have asked is where I live and how much I spend. I always make sure I spend less then what I'm allotted, which is $750/person/week....Which BTW is a fair bit of cash when you go with your wife...I think the people that were getting dinged were the day shoppers to the States. Travellers, as in staying for an extended vacation, usually have no problems.
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Seems like it was in the Detroit Newspapers, commenting about returing Canadians after a one day shopping spree in Duluth. Lets say, a whole bike , it is easy to exceed 750 dollars , Canadian. Then what.
09-21-07, 01:24 PM
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Honestly everytime I cross back in I get asked how long I've been gone (7days), do I have alcohol or cigarettes (no), what's the total amount of purchases (about $1000)...I answer the first two honestly and stretch the third...They then say have a nice day...
Help me out here, fellow canucks, has anyone had problems getting back across the border??
BTW the price of bike at an LBS in the US and here in Canada don't differ that much....Not to the point where I would think about buying one down there...Now ebay and online, that's a different story...
09-21-07, 01:33 PM
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Lowering taxes actually had a better effect than raising them would have; the idea is that you give people "money back" and they'll spend more than they actually have. Our market, being a free market, depends on people spending money and if you raise the taxes, people are going to start reining in their spending.
The national and consumer debt in the US is the highest in history, while jobs are being outsourced out of the country. Huge debt, reduced productivity. Imminent collapse of the US housing market due to foreclosures is another thing Greenspan is warning about, but no one is listening, we could see bank collapses far worse than the S&L disaster mediated by GW's uncle Neil Bush.
It may surprise you, but despite higher taxes in Canada, consumer debt is much lower, jobless rate is lower, and we even have more millionaires/billionaires per capita than the US.
When you concentrate all the nation's economic policies to benefit 5% of the people, this is what happens.
09-21-07, 01:36 PM
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Well I would buy the bike when I was going down on vacation. I'd ride it for the week and then bring it home as my own. When we cross the border it's not like they want receipts for every single thing we purchase. Like I said, day shoppers have more problems, but if you are gone on vacation it's pretty easy. I have never had an issue getting back into the country with whatever I have.
09-21-07, 01:45 PM
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Ok, you can call it that...But all the cool kids are doing it 
Honestly it's not like I'm bringing a car full of stuff over....I'm allowed $1500 (for my wife and I) and the worst was when we were on our honeymoon for 2 weeks...We definitely went over the limit that time, but they never asked for receipts only the amount.
These days we are always way below the limit...the deals are better on ebay and online then at US shops...
Now come on Doc...How many people actually drive across the border and report the actual amount of stuff they are importing??
Honestly it's not like I'm bringing a car full of stuff over....I'm allowed $1500 (for my wife and I) and the worst was when we were on our honeymoon for 2 weeks...We definitely went over the limit that time, but they never asked for receipts only the amount.
These days we are always way below the limit...the deals are better on ebay and online then at US shops...
Now come on Doc...How many people actually drive across the border and report the actual amount of stuff they are importing??
09-21-07, 02:15 PM
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Yeah, things are great. Good thing Stronach has that great exchange rate to help pay for the surgery she apparently needed faster than the "system" could provide.
Funny part of this is that she's buds with Hillary. Amazing how that works.
BTW...one of my hockey friends (former teammate) got a former teammate who lives in the Toronta area into the state for brain cancer surgery. He had these really bad blinding headaches. He got into the doctor who told him he needed an MRI and it would be 3 and a half months before it could be scheduled to see if he had a tumor. Probably a couple more months for surgery if needed, which the doctor guessed would be the case.
He came here. Got the MRI the day after he arrived, had a tumor, and they did surgery the next day. He's not in great shape, but he'll live. We can make an educated guess that had he followed the socialist system, that would not have been the case.
Good thing the exchange rate is so good.
The really funny part is the daughter of a friend of ours from Florida is married to the son of a former PM. She gets in to get whatever she wants, whenever she wants. Imagine that.
Before you jump my @$$, my wife's family is from Canada.
Go Habs.
Now what does any of this have to do with road cycling?
Funny part of this is that she's buds with Hillary. Amazing how that works.
BTW...one of my hockey friends (former teammate) got a former teammate who lives in the Toronta area into the state for brain cancer surgery. He had these really bad blinding headaches. He got into the doctor who told him he needed an MRI and it would be 3 and a half months before it could be scheduled to see if he had a tumor. Probably a couple more months for surgery if needed, which the doctor guessed would be the case.
He came here. Got the MRI the day after he arrived, had a tumor, and they did surgery the next day. He's not in great shape, but he'll live. We can make an educated guess that had he followed the socialist system, that would not have been the case.
Good thing the exchange rate is so good.
The really funny part is the daughter of a friend of ours from Florida is married to the son of a former PM. She gets in to get whatever she wants, whenever she wants. Imagine that.
Before you jump my @$$, my wife's family is from Canada.
Go Habs.
Now what does any of this have to do with road cycling?
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Don't know but not even Liberals want to use it.
FWIW, a lot of countries are a bit peeved with the US for allowing its currency to sink. But hey, it makes Canadian oil more expensive so that's a good thing, right?
The falling American dollar must be the reason why those Flying Pigeons on eBay are so expensive.
FWIW, a lot of countries are a bit peeved with the US for allowing its currency to sink. But hey, it makes Canadian oil more expensive so that's a good thing, right?
The falling American dollar must be the reason why those Flying Pigeons on eBay are so expensive.
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Well I would buy the bike when I was going down on vacation. I'd ride it for the week and then bring it home as my own. When we cross the border it's not like they want receipts for every single thing we purchase. Like I said, day shoppers have more problems, but if you are gone on vacation it's pretty easy. I have never had an issue getting back into the country with whatever I have. I think they're more worried about you bringing in tobacco and booze, then bike stuff...
Honestly everytime I cross back in I get asked how long I've been gone (7days), do I have alcohol or cigarettes (no), what's the total amount of purchases (about $1000)...I answer the first two honestly and stretch the third...They then say have a nice day...
Help me out here, fellow canucks, has anyone had problems getting back across the border??
BTW the price of bike at an LBS in the US and here in Canada don't differ that much....Not to the point where I would think about buying one down there...Now ebay and online, that's a different story...
Honestly everytime I cross back in I get asked how long I've been gone (7days), do I have alcohol or cigarettes (no), what's the total amount of purchases (about $1000)...I answer the first two honestly and stretch the third...They then say have a nice day...
Help me out here, fellow canucks, has anyone had problems getting back across the border??
BTW the price of bike at an LBS in the US and here in Canada don't differ that much....Not to the point where I would think about buying one down there...Now ebay and online, that's a different story...
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Don't know but not even Liberals want to use it.
FWIW, a lot of countries are a bit peeved with the US for allowing its currency to sink. But hey, it makes Canadian oil more expensive so that's a good thing, right?
The falling American dollar must be the reason why those Flying Pigeons on eBay are so expensive.
FWIW, a lot of countries are a bit peeved with the US for allowing its currency to sink. But hey, it makes Canadian oil more expensive so that's a good thing, right?
The falling American dollar must be the reason why those Flying Pigeons on eBay are so expensive.
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With Bush and his cronies in office it's a wonder that the US citizens aren't already forced to use the peso.
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Choose a medium one that's overburdened. I recommend Calais, Maine. (no, they don't pronounce Calais correctly there)
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I'm sure the northern third of Ohio would fit well into the new Canada. Cleveland looks just like such fine regions as Hamilton, ON.
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Lowering taxes actually had a better effect than raising them would have; the idea is that you give people "money back" and they'll spend more than they actually have. Our market, being a free market, depends on people spending money and if you raise the taxes, people are going to start reining in their spending, which gives the government far less money than they would get by more people spending more money because of a perceived increase in available money for spending.
One of the few things that Bush did right, and of course, you never hear about it because ....well, because it's one of the things he's actually done right, and no one wants to hear that right now.
One of the few things that Bush did right, and of course, you never hear about it because ....well, because it's one of the things he's actually done right, and no one wants to hear that right now.