Watch out for brokering fees for transporting purchased equipment coming across
the border! Surprise, surprise! Paul.
Garth Wood wrote:
> At 03:49 PM 8/10/98 -0800, several people (writing about possible camera
> purchases in Canada) wrote:
>
> >> Not only that, if you're an American with USD, it's like everything's
> >> 300ff!
> >>
>
> Not really, unfortunately. In many places in Canada, OM gear tends to go for
> very high prices, since it's relatively thin on the ground here. A
> half-decent 200/4.0, for example, goes for between $230 - $300 CDN (approx.
> $151 - $197 USD at today's interbank exchange rates). After converting to
> USD, you might find that U.S.-based deals are *better* than Canadian ones.
>
> Just my $0.02 ($0.01315 USD) worth. ;-)
>
> Garth
>
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