You are missing nothing!! Go to the tire store and have them installed. No problems. You are exploiting no one....it is called the global economy. Adam Puzerewski ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Schmitz" <djs@gene.com> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 3:44 AM Subject: [VANAGON] Buying tires from Canada...
> 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. That's almost enough difference to consider planning a trip > to Vancouver BC, always a neat place to go during the summer anyway! I > could drive up there, buy new tires, save a bunch of money, and have a > small vacation all at the same time. The difference in tire cost could > almost pay for the gas! > > Am I missing something? Should I feel guilty about exploiting the > relatively strong US dollar by using it to purchase tires up north? Is > it this kind of consumerist attitude that contributes to the rest of the > world labeling us "ugly Americans?" (they're just tires, after all) > > I don't want to offend anyone, least of all the nation of Canada. But a > favorable exchange rate is a favorable exchange rate! One must be > practical, especially when one drives a vehicle for which cheap, > garden-variety tires simply will not do. > > Dan |
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