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Quad18star
09-29-2007, 06:29 PM
I was pretty shocked when i watched the stock market Friday night and noticed that our Canadian Dollar closed above the US dollar for the first time in almost 31 years. The CDN dollar was somewhere around $1.0052 to the US $1.00 and the reports were saying that it could rise to anywhere around $1.03 to $1.06 to the US dollar in the next quarter.

So what does that mean ??? I'm spending money and I think you guys in the USA will be getting a lot of Canadian business in the next little while. Things are generally cheaper in the USA for the same product ( usually a 20% mark-up from American prices) so a lot of people will be heading cross border and making purchases.

Any Canadians planning on doing any spending ??

I may head across the border in Sault Ste Marie Michigan and pick up a few things such as a TV , entertainment units , surround sound and maybe even a snowmobile . I've already made a few purchases tonight on Ebay for other things . :devil:

NPelletier
09-29-2007, 06:31 PM
isnt candians dollar being $1.005 to every 1 american dollar still less?

Quad18star
09-29-2007, 06:47 PM
Originally posted by NPelletier
isnt candians dollar being $1.005 to every 1 american dollar still less?

Maybe I worded it wrong ... but if I was to go exchange money right now .... for every $1 CDN I gave them , I'd get $1.005 US dollars .

3 months ago , if i exchanged $1 CDN , I'd have gotten $0.70 US.

I bought something on Ebay tonight ... it was $39.99 US ... I paid somewhere around $39.80 CDN for it . 3 months ago it would have cost me somewhere around $45-$50 CDN.

07250ex
09-29-2007, 11:25 PM
Well it wont affect me so i hope you enjoy and get the best out of it while it lasts =]