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

[Mike Kallies]

On 10/1/07, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 09:33:17AM -0400, Giles Orr wrote:
> > 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 ..."
>
> If the car comes from the US and the canadian dollar went up, the price
> of the car should be lower and the customer should be happy with the new
> lower price.
>
> Of course people with inventory already paid for the stuff, and don't
> want to lower the price for stuff they already bought since that cuts
> into profits quite badly.


According to Wikipedia, the Buick LaCross/Allure is manufactured in
Oshawa.  Also by Wikipedia, it's the same car.

Popping on to the websites for Canada and the U.S. and comparing base
models (The "CX": base model for both cars)

Buick Allure:   $27,745
Buick LaCrosse: $23,995

Guess which one is the Canadian price?


-Mike
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