CAD Dollar sitting at .80 cents USD

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CAD Dollar sitting at .80 cents USD

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Do you foresee it going higher? Happy with where it is now?

I know our dollar cannot sustain the growth it has seen recently, but I for one am glad to see it back at .80 cents. I don't need it to be at par with the US dollar, it's just nice to not have it down at .70 cents or *gulp* .60 cents. It makes those US purchases a little easier on the wallet.

What are your thoughts?

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Honey Badger wrote:60, 70 or 80....Honey Badger don't care!

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Try telling that to Player One. They are still pricing there games like the dollar was at .50 LMAO I could buy a NIB in the states come back pay taxes and pay at least $600 less. GO figure
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flashinstinct wrote:Try telling that to Player One. They are still pricing there games like the dollar was at .50 LMAO I could buy a NIB in the states come back pay taxes and pay at least $600 less. GO figure
DO IT, I see a great market there :roll:

Just wait till they get rid of all the games they bought at lower conversion rate.

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flashinstinct wrote:Try telling that to Player One. They are still pricing there games like the dollar was at .50 LMAO I could buy a NIB in the states come back pay taxes and pay at least $600 less. GO figure
Do they honor the warrantee locally if you bought in the US? I can see they would decline to help if they would not make any money from the after sale service.
I don't know if that would change my mind if I were looking for NIB, but I would certainly like to know beforehand.
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Word is the BoC will likely increase rates again in October so that could throw a bit more gas on the fire and bump CAD a bit more. Here's hoping the it's .90 by next May. ;)

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And then pretty much the only thing keeping Ontario factories running will be gone.
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Guard wrote:And then pretty much the only thing keeping Ontario factories running will be gone.
I thought those were long gone circa 2008?

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cdnpinballer wrote:Word is the BoC will likely increase rates again in October
How else could we possibly pay for new Canadians and 10 Mil payouts to Terrorists.

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ffs :FP:

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This is good news !
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Azatotht wrote:This is good news !
I would rather it go down!
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Re: CAD Dollar sitting at .80 cents USD

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I am waiting for all those guys who priced their pins in US dollars to start that painful task of lowering their pin prices because you guessed it.....It goes for that amount in US dollars.

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