Better Value in Dollar

Over 8 month back when “Better Value in Dollar” site was being built, I thought we Canadian will soon get the good prices of Americans. Sadly, this is not true, after a strong show of Canadian economy and the Lonnie.

Douglas Porter, deputy chief economist at Bank of Montreal, published another survey result of 19 essential daily products (coffee, doughnuts, books, and handbags, etc.) yesterday. Canadians are still paying 18% more than US counterparts, before taxes are calculated. This gap is better than a year ago at 24%. Your dollar has better value south of the border.

We have found a different way to get a good bargain. You can mail order (usually cheaper than regular store price) and deliver to the border for pick up. Read our article here.

BTW, though Americans are screaming for high gas price, they are only paying a national average of US$1.07/liter (US$4.05/gallon), comparing with Canadian national average of CA$1.31/liter). Well, fellow Canadians, it may be worthwhile shopping for gas across the border.

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As the saying goes, if you are a wholesaler, you ask for the “China Price”; if you are a consumer, you ask for the “US Price”. It’s well known that US is the shopper heaven, where the best deals in the world can be found. People talk about the free ports, such as Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai, offer good deals. But the fact is that Singaporeans come to US to buy Levi’s jeans and people of Dubai come to US to buy iPod.

There are many US factory outlets and shopping malls close to the border.  We shall cover the subject in our articles on factory outlets and car shopping.

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