Leupold prices
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I think the profits of the CDN retailers have gone up. Not just scopes, lots of everyday items are still unjustly expensive. I'm looking to replace my garage door opener. The unit I want is $169 US at Home Depot and the self same unit in Canada is $389, at the same retailer WTF??
Order from the states. Tougher to do that with scopes though. Basically, you're being screwed. - dan
LOL, good one. At retail this would be pretty tough to accomodate, but I would suppose that if our dollar stays strong for a longer period of time, that eventually stores will be buying stock at a much more favourable price, and at that point I think it would look a little better for the consumer. Canada is a very small gun market though, maybe there isn't enough goods movement and competition to make that happen. - dan
It's not about buying stock with the new Canadian dollar...it's about charging what the Market will bear! One example, which can be applied to all retail products.....a friend just bought a new Toyota Tundra loaded in the US. He just did the final tally. Here $58,000.00.....there $44,000.00. Do the math. The major car manufacturers charge more here because our economy and standard of living are higher than the US. And....Toyota USA will not sell a new vehicle to a Canadian...their policy! Protectionism at it's worst. My friend had an agent there buy it and put title in their name. He could buy a "Used" vehicle. Charge the Canadians more...they'll pay anything eh?
It is all part of a conspiracy of the US and Canadian governments. They take turns being on the bad end of a the dollar and give the illusion of a price difference. There are billions to be had in the missing void of currency exchange. Pennies per dollar adds up on big amounts and the money hungry governments split the take. I know this is true cause some guy that posts nothing but tinfoil hat BS in the offtopic forum posted something like this. Oh wait, there's a rule about not posting tinfoil hat BS??
Now who would we be talking about?
Donny Fenn1
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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are there any duties applied to scopes/guns based on canadian competition that may or may not exist?
i know that in snow sports there are duties applied to certain things because at one point there may have been a CDN manufacturer
for instance snowboard boots have a dutie because a manufacturer claimed they were "winter boots" bingo duty applied
i know that in snow sports there are duties applied to certain things because at one point there may have been a CDN manufacturer
for instance snowboard boots have a dutie because a manufacturer claimed they were "winter boots" bingo duty applied
It has nothing to do with a conspiracy, just somebody making money somewhere. As far as posting goes, if you don't like reading about current political developments or possibilities, don't read the thread.It is all part of a conspiracy of the US and Canadian governments. They take turns being on the bad end of a the dollar and give the illusion of a price difference. There are billions to be had in the missing void of currency exchange. Pennies per dollar adds up on big amounts and the money hungry governments split the take. I know this is true cause some guy that posts nothing but tinfoil hat BS in the offtopic forum posted something like this. Oh wait, there's a rule about not posting tinfoil hat BS??
I find the politics in the ME interesting and there is a lot of good debate, information from some of the members here who have lived or worked over there and interesting view points that come out of some of the posts. I also think Putin is underestimated in a way that will come back to haunt us in the next few years. This is getting away from the OP, thank you for the information redleg.- Location
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
What a lot of consumers forget about are the costs involved if you import from the U.S.
You've got the price of the items in U.S. dollars plus the cost of shipping in U.S. dollars. All this has to be converted to Canadian. Now if you purchased these items when the dollar conversion was 1.10 to 1.19. Your not going to devalue your product to reflect the current rate. On top of that you have to add in your borkerage fees and customs and duty.
It would be easy to compete with the U.S if Canadian retailers didn't have to deal with the issues above.
You've got the price of the items in U.S. dollars plus the cost of shipping in U.S. dollars. All this has to be converted to Canadian. Now if you purchased these items when the dollar conversion was 1.10 to 1.19. Your not going to devalue your product to reflect the current rate. On top of that you have to add in your borkerage fees and customs and duty.
It would be easy to compete with the U.S if Canadian retailers didn't have to deal with the issues above.
Smoothbore
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I know this is true cause some guy that posts nothing but tinfoil hat BS in the offtopic forum posted something like this.
I don't know about the BS, but has anyone dared to ask why the price of tinfoil is still so high?
I am sure if I drove to California, I could save money on some Reynold's Wrap.
I don't know about the BS, but has anyone dared to ask why the price of tinfoil is still so high?
I am sure if I drove to California, I could save money on some Reynold's Wrap.
- Location
- Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Just got my Savage rifles into the store and I paid $379.00 for them. Thats down from $389.00 when the dollar was 10% lower, you do the math, it doesnt add up. I can put them up for sale, match SIRs price like everyone insits and make a 12% Profit Margin (it goes down to 9% if they pay by credit card. And then some people want you to throw in a $25.00 box of ammo. Some days I wonder if I should just invest my money instead.... Truth be known it takes a lot of hard work and time to make a gun shop work, and small ma and pa shops make far less then a goverment employee but work 1 1/2 times more.
A real estate agent who sells a $300 000 house that they have listed make the same as a gun dealer who sells 300 Guns and yet the realator has no money invested, while the average Gun dealer requires 50-200K to run a shop.
A real estate agent who sells a $300 000 house that they have listed make the same as a gun dealer who sells 300 Guns and yet the realator has no money invested, while the average Gun dealer requires 50-200K to run a shop.
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Donny Fenn1
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- East Kootenays
if there is one thing i hate it is the "if i buy this will you throw in that" schpiel
it can usually be turned around by asking "what do you do for a living?"
it can usually be turned around by asking "what do you do for a living?"
On a lot of these items, the price difference is greater than 20%. Would you not be better off not buying from the Canadian distributor, instead buy it and import it from a US retailer and sell it for the same price?
- Location
- Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
You could but its imposible to find a retailer in the US who is willing to risk sending stuff to Canada. Luepold for an example tells retialers in the US that as a condition of purchasing from them you can not export their products to another country, if they do they will get cut off.
Cost efficiency...
I need 2 scopes right now and some rings and I am plannig to EBAY them and do the paperwork. I dont care about Wholesalers / Distributors / Retailers / Exchange rates.
What I care about is $$ that is leaving my pocket. It takes about 1 week, 3 faxes to get the import then export paperwork and have to to the seller. Doing paperwork is FREE and saves me money. Plus it is simple and I am no paperwork savy guy.
If our Canadian Sellers cannot figure out a way to purchase in a cost efficient mannor then they will loose as most Canadians are not about just waisting money due to stupid politics.
I am not saying to boycot retailers, I am just saying the price point right now in Canadian stores is out of line with what you can find in the USA.
My next two purchases which are scopes (over 1000) are comming from the States and there is a noticable cost savings.
HP
I need 2 scopes right now and some rings and I am plannig to EBAY them and do the paperwork. I dont care about Wholesalers / Distributors / Retailers / Exchange rates.
What I care about is $$ that is leaving my pocket. It takes about 1 week, 3 faxes to get the import then export paperwork and have to to the seller. Doing paperwork is FREE and saves me money. Plus it is simple and I am no paperwork savy guy.
If our Canadian Sellers cannot figure out a way to purchase in a cost efficient mannor then they will loose as most Canadians are not about just waisting money due to stupid politics.
I am not saying to boycot retailers, I am just saying the price point right now in Canadian stores is out of line with what you can find in the USA.
My next two purchases which are scopes (over 1000) are comming from the States and there is a noticable cost savings.
HP
