Asus Eee (low cost notebook) pre-oder offer sighted

[Giles Orr]

On 9/28/07, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> | From: James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
> | Hmmm...  Considering the virtual parity with the $U.S., I wonder why the
> | significant price difference?
>
> I'm not sure that there is a real price difference:
>
> US$250 is listed on a non-US site (note: they use the spelling
> "colour") which seems to be wrong about a number of detals.  Perhaps
> that price was in some publicity bumpf from before the recent fall of
> the US dollar.
>
> C$290 and C$260 from different Vancouver stores.  One of which has
> been partly taken down.

I heard (or read, I don't even remember anymore) that Canadian/U.S.
price differences are likely to persist for months, even if the loonie
stays equal to the U.S. dollar.  Vendors in Canada don't want their
prices to fluctuate with the dollar because that would probably upset
people even more than a price that's simply higher.  So the vendors
favour themselves by keeping the price high.  Think about how this
would look with big ticket items: "But ... I was on the lot yesterday,
and the Corvette was $77,000!"  "Well sir, the Canadian dollar went up
by half a point last night, so now it's $83,000.  You could always
come back tomorrow ..."

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