Oct 29 2010
BMW is still out there price gauging Canadians, but now we have the SWISS folks going after the car company for preventing them from buying in other countries where prices are less expensive.
The NAATA.org folks have highlighted the story!
Wonder when Canadians and the SWISS are just going to wake up and stop buying until the prices are more competitive…. EVERBODY KNOWS….EVERYBODY KNOWS…
Oct 23 2010
So we left yesterday morning at 8:15a.m., enjoyable ride thru to Cornwall and then onto the WalMart in Massena N.Y. ( waited no more than 5 minutes at the border)
My new-found MalMart friend, Steve had set aside 4 tires for me, and to my surprise they had the wrong price! $74 each instead of $80. My lucky day. So for a total of $326.72 I picked up my 4 PaceMark SnowTrakker Radial ST/2 and headed home. Each tire included a N.Y. State Tire Tax of $2.50 and then a 7% N.Y. State tx was added and included in the total.
Did some grocery shopping and picked up some winter boots at a great savings. Filled up my gas tank at $2.97 per Gallon ( around .7435 cents per litre) Canadian at par. and drove to Canadian Customs.
I paid $15.66 GST on the Tires and $3.33 on the boots and drove home. I arrivided safe and sound around noon.
Note: Steve was wrong about the country of Manufacture. It was the U.S. not Canada, but he did tell me several other models were built in Canada.
In Summary, this is one Canadian that is not going to be taken to the cleaners by overpriced Canadian Tire and Auto manufacturers….. I enjoyed myself on a cold but sunny October morning, and I met many Canadians doing the same thing. Saving their hard earned $$$$$$!!!!
Just went onto the Goodyear web site and registered my purchase.
Oct 21 2010
Well, the other day I went over to my friendly Canadian Tire dealer to have my Winter Tires installed.
One look at the tires and the specialist indicated that they were finished and if I put them on the car the Quebec Tire Police (not to be confused with the Language folks) would certainly arrest me!
