Ok, this has been bugging me for the last few weeks and wanted to start a thread on it. I always knew there was a discrepancy between Canadian and American pricing. You normally here about this with regards to large ticket items like vehicles, and even the opposite end of it regarding booze down in the States.
However, over the last few months of doing birthday/holiday shopping for significant others and family, I've noticed a huge gap in pricing over seemingly random items, and can't understand why the heck us Canadians have to pay so much more for random goods. I've noticed this comparing items on Amazon.ca/com and Costco.ca/com. And the worst part is, if you find an item on Amazon.com that's priced significantly cheaper than on the Canadian counterpart, a lot of the time Amazon.com won't ship the goods to Canada.
Some examples I've noticed lately:
Novaform Kitchen Mat
Amazon.com: $61.95 (actually, this one ships to Canada so would be cheaper to get it shipped to Canada than buy on Amazon.ca)
http://www.amazon.com/Anti-fatigue-N...rm+kitchen+mat
Amazon.ca: $198.59??
https://www.amazon.ca/Anti-fatigue-N...rm+kitchen+mat
There's a huge price difference on this item between Costco.com and Costco.ca as well.
Pantry Elements Jumbo Silicone Baking Cups
Amazon.com: $15.99
http://www.amazon.com/Pantry-Element...elements+jumbo
Amazon.ca: $90.07!!??
https://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_no...elements+jumbo
There's way more of these types of extreme differences I've noticed in the last few months. What gives??