Canadian cross boarder shopping (Long)

[canoetrpr]

Hmm. the CK25 definately looks like a good deal for a machine with a hoe.

 

[used4me]

Hi All,

Not long ago there was 1 in the Barrie area for $16k or so but no BH.

Thought about it but not for too long as I have a very strict budget according to my CFO with dire consequences for breaking it.

Once in a while you see something here Free Kijiji Canada Classifieds | Free Ads | Petites Annonces Gratuites where you can pick your locale and see what there is in the area.

Later.

TJ

 

[RAILTRAC]

I had a few chuckles over reading this thread about paying PST do you or don't you. All I know is that in Alberta there is no provincal sales tax only GST. But check this out.
P.E.I. issues warning on border shopping

 

[CinderSchnauzer]

I had a few chuckles over reading this thread about paying PST do you or don't you. All I know is that in Alberta there is no provincal sales tax only GST.

Ahhh! The "Alberta Advantage" When so many things are at least 15% - 25% more expensive to start with one needs all the help one can get.

Even the necessities of life, like Tim's, Beer and JD's get caught in the net.

 

[RAILTRAC]

Ahhh! The "Alberta Advantage" When so many things are at least 15% - 25% more expensive to start with one needs all the help one can get.

Even the necessities of life, like Tim's, Beer and JD's get caught in the net.

January 1, 2008 it's only 5% GST to import a JD in Canada but only in Alberta. Then I go to Tim's and see the price is increasing, but I can at least get a 6 pack of Big Rock on Sunday because the liquor stores are no longer run by the province.

 

[CinderSchnauzer]

January 1, 2008 it's only 5% GST to import a JD in Canada but only in Alberta.{quote}


{Quote} Then I go to Tim's and see the price is increasing, but I can at least get a 6 pack of Big Rock on Sunday because the liquor stores are no longer run by the province.

The 5% GST is the part we know. The real tricky question is the CDN$. After hitting a high of $1.10 for a few minutes about a week ago, today's closing "BUY" rate was exactly $1.00. Come January - who knows?

Importing may be the way to go. I don't know where a person can get CDN MSRP for JD except from the JD store. At least JD US$ MSRP pricing is available on the website configurator and there are US dealers that advertise discounted prices on the Internet. I was told that CDN JD stores have had price reductions lately, so it could pay to go in armed with good information and see if they are willilng to move on price. Stoped at a couple of ALTA JD stores this summer and they seemed to have a "get lost - don't bother me" attitude if the word "discount" was mentioned.

This summer before I left home - went to the provincial government owned liqour store and bought 3 x 24 x 473ml tall boy cans for $123.00. A month or so later went to the private Real Canadian Liqour Store in Edmonton and bought 3 x 24 x 355ml cans of Kokanee - couldn't find my brand or tall boys. Paid $106.70. That's 33% more beer from the gov'ment store, also open Sunday, for only 15% more money. Sounds like private ownership = higher prices / less choice.

And just to keep this on subject, my experiments have confirmed the theory that a beer goes flat, when cutting grass, if left sitting in the cupholder of a riding Lawn Tractor.

 

[RAILTRAC]

I'm still chuckling over were this thread was going after making a left turn at Alberta. The 3 things dear to all Canadian's taxes, beer and Tim's.
Try one of those insulated beer holders it will keep it cooler a bit longer. I'm not sure if it will fit the cup holder?

 

[CinderSchnauzer]

Try one of those insulated beer holders it will keep it cooler a bit longer. I'm not sure if it will fit the cup holder?

Keeping it cool isn't the problem. The first time I heard this here on TBN, I thought guys were kidding. All the bouncing around shakes out the CO2 and the result is a cold FLAT beer. I'm hoping Turfs and larger wheels on a 3320 will solve the problem.

 

[GarthH]

As a fellow Cdn it is a very good topic.

We need more people to import things from the US. Eventually the Cdn offices will figure out they need to move. Why move when they are probably banking 50 points between the dealer and the cdn office.

It doesn't make any sense about the border collecting PST. That is why the government has been pushing the HST for rest of the country. Why would any of the provinces do the buy in?

I recently bought a 07 Rav4 from Hertz in the US. Savings was at least 1/3, more than 10K. My import process was pretty easy otherthan we had not thought about a few things at the border so it took a few hours to clear it ourselves.

PST legislations are very specific to each province. I alway say they are a mess since there seems to be more exemptions and rules than anyone can figure out. In Sask the tractor would be exempt if it was used exclusively for a farming business. GST taxes have exemptions if the tractor is over a certain number of horse power; but the others are correct they are recoverable if the machine is to be used for a registrant. Of course on the future sale you need to collect GST.

Again congratulations. Its like winning a lottery or a deal at an auction. It is well worth your effort and the best thing is it looks really good.

Garth

 

[JDCAN]

As a canadian it was a shame I had to buy from USA to get a fair price. It is really John Deere's fault for setting the terms. John Deere needs to do a better job to make the pricing more level.

The other side of things is the USA dollar drop has been done on purpose, it's a way to get the world to pay for the USA war.

USA is the biggest retailer in the world, lowing the USA dollar gets the rest of the world shopping even more from USA retailers/mailorder.

Next time you fellow Canadians want to save a few grand buying from USA figure out if you are happy supporting the USA war efforts, since after all your dollars being spent in th USA are going to paying the war efforts.