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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
The two products you listed are both available to order on Amazon, but from different retailers in each country. Who knows how the scale, overhead, supply chain, and numerous other variables differ between these variable retailers?
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
A lot has to do with import/export laws. While we seem similar to the US, we're still a completely different country.
Though the above items are because the two lower priced ones are sold by Amazon, while Amazon is just acting as an intermediary on the two higher priced items (they are being sold by completely different companies).
It's not like the actual Amazon price is 200% different.
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A lot of it just price gouging. Many manufacturers set their pricing by country and dont allow retailers to sell outside of their own country. Thats why often times you will see on US online retailer websites that they cant ship certain brands to Canada. You can bet that those brands pricing in Canada is significantly higher.
Using the geographical size of Canada as an excuse is a joke. If I can order something online by myself from the USA or Europe and save anywhere from 20 to 50% or more even with the weak dollar, then a business should be able to figure out how to do it.