Price difference between Canada and the U.S.

I tell ya, one thing that's really getting me going as of late is the bloody price difference between games. Us Canucks are still being forced to pay ten bones plus tax extra despite the fact that our dollar is now worth more than that of our neighbours below us. Now I know its only been recently that our dollar went higher, but its been just about on par with the American dollar for months now. If you ask me, its about damn time that the game companies, and game retailers smartened up and lowered the cost of games in Canadian dollars. Price difference between Canada and the U.S.
Games will probably come down eventually. Some books and mags have already lowered their prices. I've said it before in the multiple times this thread has come up that Canada hasn't always gotten the shaft. WHen the exchange was 65% years ago, we weren't paying an extra 25 bucks for a game.Price difference between Canada and the U.S.
See there are two problems that arise:

First, alot of items are bought in bulk, and when it comes to videogames, are bought in advance. This means that games you are buying now were bought 6 months ago when the dollar wasnt as high and unfortunately until this stock is cleared there will be little chance of us seeing a price drop

Second, transporting goods cost money, and unfortunately Canada is farther away and cost more to ship to than the US(where most of the distribution warehouses are located) and hence Canadians get to help offset that extra cost in shipping with a higher price tag
this is nothing in comparison to europe
yeah but in the end you choose to pay that much to play videogames. so its really your own faults.
I don't think you are going to find any sympathy from the europeans. They have to pay even higher mark ups. But it's all relative.
Some newer releases are selling for $65 instead of the previous $70. It still sucks, but it's a start.Really, stores have absolutely no incentive to drop the price because we have no choice. The alternative is to drive to the US and buy games there, or order them from US stores online. Still have to pay shipping or gas either way, which amounts to at least $10 of effort anyway.Price drops on consoles need to happen too, and fast. The PS3 is incredibly overpriced at almost every store, and still fetches $660CDN for some utterly bizarre reason.I'm also waiting for Microsoft to alter the Canadian XBL store for Point pricing, since it's STILL $15.50 for 1000 points. I'm sorry, what? That's what it was set back at the console's launch when the Canadian dollar was prancing around at 70 cents or so, and other than sheer greed or chronic laziness I cannot imagine why we still have to pay one and a half times the going rate on points. I'm currently out, and I'd love Puzzle Quest this Wednesday, but I'm not buying any XBL points until I'm paying the same that Americans are.Anyone know if the same issue exists for Nintendo's point system?
That's nothingI'm actually shopping for an Onkyo TX-SR605 AV receiver. It is sold between 400$ and 450$ in the states. It is sold here at 700$.That's incredible. Sadly online stores from USA don't ship AV receivers to Canada because evenwhile adding all the fees (shipping, duty, brokerage) i would still save around 150$.
It should be, patience buddy