[Newsbot]

Title: Canadian consumers walk the �loonie swagger'
Category: Business
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2011-08-28 19:00:26
Canadian

[sandorski]

lolx, Retail Fail.

[herbie]

Funny, I just came back from the Dollar Store where nothing was over $1.25. Or under $1.25. All the signs inside had .25 scrawled after the dollar logo.

[G-prime]

there is something just magical about an article talking about how A&F isn't selling well. Maybe our country isn't as infested with toolbags as I once feared. Question: How's Ed Hardy doing?

[bootlegga]

$1:

The strong dollar is prompting Canadian consumers to behave more like Americans – to be more demanding and more willing to raise a fuss about prices.

Good to see people are reacting to this kind of pricing the way we did over books a few years back.

One of the big reasons we pay more for the same goods is because we've been conditioned to do so - and a decade ago when our currency was 25 cents weaker, it made sense - but our currencies are now on par and it's time for retailers to stop gouging Canadians.

[BartSimpson]

bootlegga bootlegga:

it's time for retailers to stop gouging Canadians.

After the rejection of the HST in BC it seems it's also time for the government to stop gouging Canadians.

[DanSC]

$1:

The strong dollar is prompting Canadian consumers to behave more like Americans – to be more demanding and more willing to raise a fuss about prices.

Perpetuating a narrative at the Globe and Mail too? I thought it was just the Sun.

[andyt]

When the shoe fits, be more demanding and willing to raise a fuss about prices, I guess.

[RUEZ]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

bootlegga bootlegga:

it's time for retailers to stop gouging Canadians.

After the rejection of the HST in BC it seems it's also time for the government to stop gouging Canadians.

The HST wasn't that much of a gouge. It was more the way it was brought in. I would have prefered a 10% HST than what we are going back to.

[andyt]

Bart is so out to lunch with the HST. If anything, it was a chance for business to gauge consumers. Which seems to have happened, because I sure didn't see any price drops when the HST was brought in.

[bootlegga]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

bootlegga bootlegga:

it's time for retailers to stop gouging Canadians.

After the rejection of the HST in BC it seems it's also time for the government to stop gouging Canadians.

Well, coming from the only province in Canada without a sales tax , I wouldn't know how bad a gouge the HST was - which, IIRC, was simply the GST and PST added together into one charge.

Still, there's no defending a 25% surcharge from A&F...

$1:

The jacket was $160 (U.S.) and $200 (Canadian), or 25 per cent pricier here.

Comparatively speaking, the retailers are doing more gouging than the government. Now that really takes some effort!

[BartSimpson]

bootlegga bootlegga:

Still, there's no defending a 25% surcharge from A&F...

Sure, there is. See, for A&F to adhere to Canadian content rules they have to hire Canadian models and then ship them off to sunnier climates to make them tan.

That kind of thing isn't cheap, you know.

[sandorski]

I think the funniest and biggest Fail here is their having a US and CDN Price on the label to begin with. I mean, how hard is it to hire someone to put Prices on for a different Market?

[Curtman]

bootlegga bootlegga:

Well, coming from the only province in Canada without a sales tax , I wouldn't know how bad a gouge the HST was - which, IIRC, was simply the GST and PST added together into one charge.

You suckers actually believe you're getting a deal still? Everything costs 10% more and you're happy about saving 7%. Still paying for health care too?

[DrCaleb]

Curtman Curtman:

bootlegga bootlegga:

Well, coming from the only province in Canada without a sales tax , I wouldn't know how bad a gouge the HST was - which, IIRC, was simply the GST and PST added together into one charge.

You suckers actually believe you're getting a deal still? Everything costs 10% more and you're happy about saving 7%. Still paying for health care too?

No, actually. We stopped paying health care premiums back in 2007, IIRC. But thanks for asking.