04-06-2010, 10:40 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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Real estate.
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04-06-2010, 10:45 AM
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Appealing my suspension
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Just outside Enemy Lines
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Tires, or parts for your vehicle. The tires that would cost me $1200 here....I got them shipped to Oroville Washington and pick them up myself for $620. Even after I bring them accross the border pay PST, GST, the 8% Asian import duty, and over pay a local shop to put them on the rims I'm still $350 ahead.
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04-06-2010, 10:47 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
I have no money, but what should I quickly buy from the states?
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You might want to wait until the dollar is higher so that your cc company might then actually give you a par rate. You are still going to get dinged 3% or whatever.
Even on US dollar accounts you dont get the floating rate. Its another classic bank scam.
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04-06-2010, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by mykalberta
You might want to wait until the dollar is higher so that your cc company might then actually give you a par rate. You are still going to get dinged 3% or whatever.
Even on US dollar accounts you dont get the floating rate. Its another classic bank scam.
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How is it a scam? They sell US currency just like any normal business selling a product. With a mark up for profit.
They even post the cost of US currency. Its not like the price changes when you get to the counter. When you buy something at Safeway, the price is right there for you too.
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04-06-2010, 11:01 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by albertGQ
How is it a scam? They sell US currency just like any normal business selling a product. With a mark up for profit.
They even post the cost of US currency. Its not like the price changes when you get to the counter. When you buy something at Safeway, the price is right there for you too.
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Which is why I advised the OP to wait because while the financial industry sponsored media might say our dollar is at par, if you buy something the dollar currently isnt at par.
I can bypass Safeway and buy my food the Farmers market, I cannot bypass the banks when purchasing currency.
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04-06-2010, 11:10 AM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by mykalberta
Which is why I advised the OP to wait because while the financial industry sponsored media might say our dollar is at par, if you buy something the dollar currently isnt at par.
I can bypass Safeway and buy my food the Farmers market, I cannot bypass the banks when purchasing currency.
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You said it was a scam. How is it a scam?
If you buy it at the Farmers market, you would also be paying a mark up. How come you're not b*tching about that?
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04-06-2010, 11:32 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Calgary
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04-06-2010, 11:34 AM
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CP Pontiff
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: A pasture out by Millarville
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A blueberry muffin and a diet coke.
At a 7-11 in San Clemente California on Saturday morning it was $2.50 USA and at a 7-11 in Calgary this morning it was $3.02 CDN.
And yeah, probably real estate, although their real estate tends to be inflated by the deductibility of mortgage interest. But that's a permanent thing.
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04-06-2010, 11:35 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by FireFly
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Mmmm, sodiummmmmm!!!
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04-06-2010, 11:41 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CGY
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Originally Posted by The Goon
Real estate.
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Cha-ching!
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04-06-2010, 12:10 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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If you're going to buy real estate in the US you should probably consider setting up a family trust and do it properly....
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04-06-2010, 12:11 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Tires, or parts for your vehicle. The tires that would cost me $1200 here....I got them shipped to Oroville Washington and pick them up myself for $620. Even after I bring them accross the border pay PST, GST, the 8% Asian import duty, and over pay a local shop to put them on the rims I'm still $350 ahead.
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The cost of gas, wear and tear on a car, as well as the time spent driving to Washington makes the $350 dollars look not so great a savings. If they could ship it up here for that price, that's a different story.
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04-06-2010, 12:12 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by albertGQ
You said it was a scam. How is it a scam?
If you buy it at the Farmers market, you would also be paying a mark up. How come you're not b*tching about that?
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Because The Man doesn't sell apples at the farmers market
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04-06-2010, 12:31 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
I have no money, but what should I quickly buy from the states?
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in my opinion, any disposable income should go towards buying physical gold and silver or pay down your debt if you have any. spending money 'just because' is not a good idea.
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04-06-2010, 12:35 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Enil Angus
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Originally Posted by moncton golden flames
in my opinion, any disposable income should go towards buying physical gold and silver or pay down your debt if you have any. spending money 'just because' is not a good idea.
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Why so you can pretend you're living in 15th century France and buy salts and spices from your pouch of gold sovereigns?
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04-06-2010, 12:38 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Pastiche
Why so you can pretend you're living in 15th century France and buy salts and spices from your pouch of gold sovereigns?
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so you can secure some wealth and get out of inflating fiat currency.
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04-06-2010, 12:41 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Lethbridge
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I don't know why anyone would want to purchse U.S. currency..............they are going to destroy the dollar.
I'd go with gold and silver like moncton said....
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04-06-2010, 12:46 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
they are going to destroy the dollar
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i think it's already been destroyed, it just hasn't filtered thru yet. printing trillions of dollars with nothing to back it? the fed will crash.....it's gonna get ugly down there, and when america sneezes the world catches a cold....but this will be pneumonia.
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04-06-2010, 01:11 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: I'm right behind you
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Originally Posted by moncton golden flames
i think it's already been destroyed, it just hasn't filtered thru yet. printing trillions of dollars with nothing to back it? the fed will crash.....it's gonna get ugly down there, and when america sneezes the world catches a cold....but this will be pneumonia.
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Awesome, I'll be sure to post my suicide on CP when the fan adequately distributes its contents.
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Canadian Dollar at par with US dollar
