Date:         Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:12:45 -0400
Reply-To:     Alain Pierre Hovasse <aphovasse@home.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alain Pierre Hovasse <aphovasse@home.com>
Subject:      Re: Buying tires from Canada...
Comments: To: "Anthony L. Mourkas" <frankenstein@telplus.net>
In-Reply-To:  <200006191310.JAA12667@pop.midmaine.com>
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Well, I think in this case you could save some money: My four new Yokohama
Y370's just cost me CDN$ 419 installed, including various sales tax here in
Toronto. You'll pay less in other provinces without the &%^$ provincial
sales tax.


on 6/19/00 9:03 AM, Anthony L. Mourkas at frankenstein@telplus.net wrote:

>> Just a thought, but with the current exchange rates so favorable to us
>> here in the States, would there be any advantage to purchasing a set of
>> tires from, say, Canadian Tire or Sears in Canada?
>>
>> Would I be subject to duty or some sort of tax? At US$1 = CN$1.50,  a
>> $400 set of Michelin MXT's or Yokohama Y-370's would only set me back
>> about $270.
>
>> Am I missing something?
>
> Granted the exchange rate is favorable, however, you are assuming that
> the set of tires that sells in the USA for $400 US dollars would sell in
> Canada for $400 Canadian dollars.  This is most likely not the case.
>
> In my summer travels to Canada the past few years I have often found
> Canadian prices to be higher in "dollar" terms than those in the US.  IE:
> that soft drink that costs $1.00 US in a vending machine in Maine may
> require $1.50 in Canadian coins in Quebec.  Or, that seafood dinner that
> costs $12.95 in Maine might cost $19.95 in New Brunswick.
>
> I suspect that tire pricing would be similar.  Wouldn't hurt to
> investigate though.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Tony
>
> Anthony L. Mourkas
> Hampden, Maine, USA   ......and planning at least three trips to Canada
> this year!
> 1984 Vanagon Westfalia
> 1987 Vanagon GL Syncro
> 1991 Jetta Eco Diesel