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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
I was in Chapters the other day. I grabbed a book and asked if they were now charging the US$ price of the C$ price. She told me they still charge the C$ price. I said I would order online instead and put the book back.
Hopefully enough people do that that the retailers get the message. I know many of these retailers are constrained by contracts, but I am not, so if they want to regain my business they will need to compete on price. I will reward local retailers with my business if there is a compelling reason, but customer service worth paying an additional 10% - 30% is rare in Calgary.
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I don't know about other industries but when it comes to bookstores in Canada (ie Indigo . . . and that includes the other divisions of Indigo . . . Chapters, Coles, etc) they do not set the price of books they carry. You'll notice that the prices are printed on the books. That is because the publishing company sets the prices. There is nothing that the stores can do about it (or the staff that have to hear the same comments from every customer that comes in . . . all day long) . . . they have had to purchase there stock at the Canadian rates. So if you actually want to cause some sort of change you'd be better off sending your complaints or objections to pricing policies to the Publishing Company that is responsible.