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Canada is the cheapest place to buy ipods?
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Strangely enough, much of it is because of lower oil prices.
As the oil prices have dropped, so has the value of the CAD$ vs the US$.
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Buying songs on the iTMS is also cheaper in Canada.
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We just had lunch at Mother's Dumplings. The bill, for three, came to $20.00 including tip.
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Originally Posted by Mastrap 
We just had lunch at Mother's Dumplings. The bill, for three, came to $20.00 including tip.
I'll have to check that out. I went looking for it the other day and ended up at the dumpling place right beside it. I was told that there was a good dumpling place on Huron, just north of Dundas, and ended up in the wrong restaurant.  The one I went to was very good, but the place is a total hole in the wall.
I'll get to Mother's Dumplings soon enough though. I trust it's a little nicer inside?
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Mother's Dumplings rocks. It' like sitting in your mom's kitchen, except there's more tables. Try and sit in the back room, where all the cooking happens. Don't expect fine dining, it's a small Chinese cafe but clean and tidy.
We had a large bowl of freshly made thick wheat noodles in a beef broth and two kind of dumplings. Enough to generously feed three people.
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Here on Iceland......... $299....... 
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Do they take into account sales tax in each country?
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Originally Posted by Andy8
Do they take into account sales tax in each country?
It doesn't say, but I betcha they don't.
The Canada price is only $4 cheaper then the US for the US$149 2GB nano. Since the US price doesn't include any tax from any state, Canada might not contain the 17% GST.
Without tax, the comparisons are meaningless. At least in the US, I can buy from Amazon tax free. I don't know about mail order in Canada (and tax). Any Canucks here that can? (Eh?)
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Originally Posted by Eriamjh
It doesn't say, but I betcha they don't.
The Canada price is only $4 cheaper then the US for the US$149 2GB nano. Since the US price doesn't include any tax from any state, Canada might not contain the 17% GST.
Without tax, the comparisons are meaningless. At least in the US, I can buy from Amazon tax free. I don't know about mail order in Canada (and tax). Any Canucks here that can? (Eh?)
GST is 6%. Some provinces have PST as well though. Alberta doesn't.
You can order movies and books from Amazon.com in the US, but you can't order iPods from there. I ordered some HD DVDs from Amazon.com, because Amazon.com usually has better prices than Amazon.ca (although shipping from Amazon.com is more expensive).
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GST (Good and Services Tax) in Canada is 6%, not 17%. However, the PST (Provincial Sales Tax) ranges from no PST in Alberta (oil riches) to 10% in PEI.
Edit: Beaten to it.
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Shows you what I know about Canada! And I live near Detroit!
Was the tax burden in Ontario/Windsor ever near 17%? For some reason that's the number that sticks out in my head. Michigan sales tax is 6%. Does Ontario charge other taxes on top of the 6% GST?
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Ontario also has an 8% Provincial Sales Tax (PST)
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Originally Posted by Eriamjh
Shows you what I know about Canada! And I live near Detroit!
Was the tax burden in Ontario/Windsor ever near 17%? For some reason that's the number that sticks out in my head. Michigan sales tax is 6%. Does Ontario charge other taxes on top of the 6% GST?
GST is 6% and Ontario PST is 8%. GST was 7% last year. So, this year, the total is 14%, and last year it was 15%.
The strange part is that if I order HD DVDs from Amazon.com in the US, the tax I pay is exactly 0. I don't know why. Usually customs will let cross-border orders go if it's say a $20 order, but usually orders over $20-30 means I have to pay tax. However, not with Amazon.com HD DVD orders, regardless of how much I spend. 
P.S. There are some differences in pricing practices for upgrades for Macs too. In the US, the pricing for the 24" iMac 7600GT CTO upgrade is US$125, but in Canada it's only CAD$90 (US$77). 
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