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[PumpkinSpice]

I see discussion about our plummeting dollar polluting a lot of other threads, especially Canada-related news threads, so let's have a central place to discuss and complain about our rapidly depreciating dollar.

It just hit an 11 year low. We're back into the 76-cent USD range, with no signs it'll reverse any time soon.

Immediate effects?

More expensive games:

(new console releases were usually $60 not so long ago)

More expensive food:

And more!

Any sweet plans to deal with the new reality? Personally I've cut out buying games at launch. Prices always fall at least a bit after a few months (if not a LOT), even Nintendo games. I've also been trying to eat more local produce that Americans don't really import so much, like squash, potatoes, etc.

 

[6.8]

I'm just going to stop eating.

 

[McDougles]

Thanks, Harper.

 

[Kifimbo]

Thanks, Harper.

For the last decade with a great exchange rate ?

Anyway, it's gonna get worse.

 

[DopeyFish]

For the last decade with a great exchange rate ?

nah, that's thanks to the liberals

 

[Reg]

Wait till the fed starts jacking up rates. More pain to come.

 

[Clov]

I went and preordered most of the games I'll be getting this year during Amazon's E3 sale in order to make their prices more reasonable. I won't be getting much outside of that.

 

[John Dunbar]

this would be great for tourism but first you would have to find someone who wants to go to canada.

let american citizens start buying medicine without prescriptions?

 

[ItIsOkBro]

I can't believe video games are $80.

 

[Entropia]

Yeah, it sucks.

 

[Frustrated_me]

I hate it that I'm not travelling abroad this year, Canada is boring.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

I can't believe video games are $80.

plus tax :/

 

[Cloud Strife]

Bunkering down. Waiting for sales for everything.

 

[DeadlyParasite]

Sigh. This has dramatically affected business where I work. Foods and goods that would've normally sold-through weekly are now not. We have to send a lot more goods back for credit because they're reaching near-expiration dates from sitting on the shelf for so long. People are way more cautious with their money now.

Best of all, everyone gets angry at our employees because they think we're raising prices for shits and giggles when in reality we're barely breaking even because of the low dollar.

 

[fancimus]

this would be great for tourism but first you would have to find someone who wants to go to canada.

This will actually be my second trip this summer to Canada (going to Montreal this weekend). I didn't want to go just because the exchange rate is better, but it helps. We had the same thing happen in NYC back when the dollar was weak against the euro...had a lot more European tourists visiting a few years back.

 

[daevv]

I've been traveling to the United States from Canada twice a year for the last few years. Gen Con next week is my last trip for a while.

 

[3N16MA]

I can't believe video games are $80.

Thank Amazon for the E3 sale.

 

[Dazzler]

Have already cancelled one trip to Seattle I was planning for an NFL weekend in the fall

That's the only impact on me thus far apart from the rising video game costs. Have pre-ordered 25 games between Futureshop (RIP) and Amazon, so won't be purchasing anything outside of those at reduced prices

 

[Lambtron]

My wife lives in Winnipeg and I live in Fargo, this certainly helps me make more contribution to rent & bills up there!

 

[Africanus]

Hopefully it doesn't last, but I can't say this isn't pushing me to visit Canada in the next 5 years. I've always wanted to!

 

[Shaanyboi]

This is gonna last for a while. This is really gonna hurt.

 

[3N16MA]

I will be heading to NYC this summer like I always do but won't be doing much in the way of shopping. Prices are already jacked at ballparks and the exchange rate stings.

 

[Zombie James]

DAMN THE CHINESE ECONOMY FOR DOING THIS TO US.

 

[Gully State]

Was just in Vancouver a couple of weeks ago. Sure the exchange rate is nice but even with it, things seemed like they were just as expensive as here in LA.

 

[giga]

Good time to be a U.S. consumer. 😎 What should I import from Canadia? No bagged milk.

 

[Jeevez]

More expensive food:

Also note this is over a 15 year period. If you annualize this increase in costs you get the following average annual increase of each of these. Most are pretty reasonable with beef and bread being the really high ones, a big portion of that beef increase would've been this year alone as cattle prices have gone crazy.

Fresh or frozen beef - 5.3%
Fresh or frozen pork - 3.1%
Other meat - 3.2%
Fresh or frozen chicken - 3.3%
Other poultry - 1.7%
Ham and bacon - 2.8%
Other processed meat - 3.3%
Fresh or frozen fish - 2.2%
Canned/preserved fish - 1.9%
Seafood/marine products - 1.2%
Fresh milk - 2.6%
Butter - 2.5%
Cheese - 2.2%
Eggs - 3.6%
Bread, rolls and buns - 4.9%

 

[Piecake]

nah, that's thanks to the liberals

Pretty sure its thanks to oil

 

[Slavik81]

Pretty sure its thanks to oil

Yeah, the price of oil is down around it's 2004 pricing, along with the Canadian dollar.

 

[Syph Medwes]

Thanks, Harper.

Every damn thread

 

[cruets]

Was in Vancouver for the women's world cup last month . Thanks weak Canadian dollar

 

[DSFan1970]

Good time to be a U.S. consumer. 😎 What should I import from Canadia? No bagged milk.

Poutine. A good time to buy A condo or a house?

 

[RedRooster]

Good time to be a U.S. consumer. 😎 What should I import from Canadia? No bagged milk.

Bagged... syrup?

 

[Amory]

Yo Canada, bro, does your dollar even lift, bro?

 

[giga]

Poutine. A good time to buy A condo or a house?

I don't like the cold.

Bagged... syrup?

Good idea!

 

[Zimbardo]

never paying $80 for a game.

bastards.

 

[RedRooster]

I'm going to look like such a genius when gas prices come down, having bought a truck as my sole vehicle.
If they don't, then oil is going back up and our dollar will get better. Everything is coming up milhouse regardless!

 

[cameron]

Any savings from price cuts on aging hardware will be offset by the crappy dollar. Pooh.

Boned myself by passing on video card and QHD monitor deals from last fall/winter. Wait for the Rx 300 I said. Prices will drop and deals will be had I said.

 

[Kieli]

Imagine if you were earning an American wage.

It's like getting a 25% raise for doing absolutely nothing in a scant 2 years.

Absolutely bonkers.

 

[Slavik81]

Good time to be a U.S. consumer. �� What should I import from Canadia? No bagged milk.

Buy Assassin's Creed and visit Cirque Du Soleil. Maybe stop by Tim's and order a double-double. Give Bieber and Alex Trebek a high-five.

 

[giga]

What's the most scenic place in Canada if I wanted to take advantage of my USD? I like fall colors.

 

[AlphaTwo00]

Wait till the fed starts jacking up rates. More pain to come.

Can't wait for that so it would crush the continuous rise in house prices though.

 

[RedRooster]

What's the most scenic place in Canada if I wanted to take advantage of my USD? I like fall colors.

Go to Banff(west) or Montreal(east) in early October.

 

[Blackhead]

What's the most scenic place in Canada if I wanted to take advantage of my USD? I like fall colors.

Eaton center Apple Store

 

[TheOMan]

I'm glad I get paid in USD.

Imagine if you were earning an American wage.

It's like getting a 25% raise for doing absolutely nothing in a scant 2 years.

Absolutely bonkers.

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Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC3eOhzF83U

 

[vpance]

Imagine if you were earning an American wage.

It's like getting a 25% raise for doing absolutely nothing in a scant 2 years.

Absolutely bonkers.

Yup quite insane. I'm glad most of my money is in USD since last year, and now pretty much all of it.

 

[matthewwhatever]

Imagine if you were earning an American wage.

It's like getting a 25% raise for doing absolutely nothing in a scant 2 years.

Absolutely bonkers.

My work's parent organization is American. Our salaries are in Canadian dollars, but bonuses and awards are in US dollars. Getting a bonus is always nice, but now it's really, really nice.

 

[American Eskimo]

This is directly tied to Canada fucking over the environment every step of the way in Alberta right?

If so, good. Very good.

 

[sindbadthesailor]

$80 games? Feels like 2003 again.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

plus tax :/

=/

At this rate many games are shorter than the hours you have to work to pay for them!

 

[RedRooster]

This is directly tied to Canada fucking over the environment every step of the way in Alberta right?

If so, good. Very good.

Now they just have to double production to pick up the slack.