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Originally Posted by westopher
Its essentially the same when you look at it in the big picture financially. The value of goods in Canada are essentially directly linked to the exchange, even though our pay doesn't alter due to it.
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That's the kicker. Prices are crazy I suppose but it makes it worse when our dollar is weak and the US is strong. Say you spend $25K CAD on a vehicle. Well technically that less than $20K USD. In a few years(or several) say the vehicle appreciates but our dollar strengthens, now it's worth $23K USD but that's only $25K CAD due to exchange increase in our favor. No gain really.
Whether we admit it or not, we are all looking at the US dollar factor now both as buyers and sellers. The direct comparison is buying one from the US but with the shit exchange it ends up costing large nowadays. We are buying toys with shit money right now and it sucks.