Comments on: Stupid Canadian Dollar…

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 28 Nov 2004 22:43:56 +0000

Why not just open an American account? That’s what I did. got about ~10k usd waiting in there until our dollar goes down.

By: Vinnie Garcia

Vinnie Garcia — Sun, 28 Nov 2004 17:52:01 +0000

I’ll have travelled to the states twice now in the last 2 months of this current year. I’m LOVING the exchange rate.

Our prices keep rising and our salaries don’t :(

By: Mike Bourne

Mike Bourne — Sat, 27 Nov 2004 04:10:49 +0000

I’ll have travelled to the states twice now in the last 2 months of this current year. I’m LOVING the exchange rate.

By: Ingoal

Ingoal — Sat, 27 Nov 2004 00:31:32 +0000

Now that sucks, for you. Now if I only knew some decent canadian shops to order stuff I need:

current conversion rate: 1€ = 1,33$ = 1,57 CAD

By: Mike Hillyer

Mike Hillyer — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 21:05:55 +0000

Oh and Don, this is not just hurting exporters. I get paid in USD, and my pay had dropped by $700 since April. Nobody likes a pay cut.

By: Nathan Wong

Nathan Wong — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 21:02:15 +0000

Yeah, the conversion rate’s screwing me too :(

By: Mike Hillyer

Mike Hillyer — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:49:14 +0000

Actually it’s the stupid American dollar, the Canadian is worth the same on the world market as it has for a while, the american dollar is getting weaker is all.

So the Canadian is not getting stronger, the American is just getting weaker.

By: David

David — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 19:28:04 +0000

It’s also a nice way for the Canadian NHL teams to make a few extra bucks… oh yeah, no hockey, I almost forgot…

By: Jeremy C. Wright

Jeremy C. Wright — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 19:26:12 +0000

There ARE benefits. It’s now cheaper to buy from the US distributors for major companies than the Canadian ones, for example.

That doesn’t mean I have to enjoy watching my paycheque get smaller every day ;)

By: Don

Don — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 19:20:38 +0000

I don’t agree with those who complain about the rising Canadian doller. All these exporters have been getting off easy for so long. So the margins are lower, come up with a better business model, is what I tell them.