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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2013 8:20:29 GMT -8
Canadians are paying far more than Americans for the same products because of a systemic and unjustifiable markup scheme by many manufacturers, a retail expert says. A Marketplace report on Canada-U.S. price gaps found Canadians paying higher prices — more than double in some cases — for the same retail goods because of an industry phenomenon called "country pricing." "Multi-national brands, they have two different price lists … (one) for retailers in Canada, and (one) for retailers in the United States," says Diane Brisebois, president of the Retail Council of Canada. "And I can guarantee you that the price lists for retailers in Canada [have] prices that are between 10 to 50 per cent higher than the prices in the United States." In some cases, the final sale price is much more. Marketplace's investigation found a bottle of Bayer Aspirin, which costs $5.96 at a U.S. Wal-Mart sells for $13.86 at a Canadian one, a 132 per cent difference.
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Post by ✿Lexxy✿ on Feb 8, 2013 8:25:06 GMT -8
Sucks for you!! Seriously I've noticed it on books. There is always US price & Canada price. Yours is usually about $2 more on a paperback and a little bit higher on hardback. It has always been listed like that. I don't know about other products.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2013 8:27:18 GMT -8
Sucks for you!! Seriously I've noticed it on books. There is always US price & Canada price. Yours is usually about $2 more on a paperback and a little bit higher on hardback. It has always been listed like that. I don't know about other products. Its always been like that, even when our dollar is higher than yours the book price is sometimes 10.00 more. Rat bastards....
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