A few thoughts on the higher Canadian price:
- Using .80 exchange isn't the real story. If you walk into a bank with 80us you won't walk out with 100cdn; ditto the other way around. (You'd go quickly broke changing your money back and forth!) Also .80 is the new high, reached this week... product in the channel now was bought with a lower loonie.
- Distribution's more expensive in the GWN. Smaller population centres, more space between, higher transportation costs.
- Maybe customs differences? Don't know.
I'm not justifying the differences; they bug me too... e.g. the US panny consumer (including OTA ATSC tuner / cablecard we don't get) is about the same price as their commercial model; here it's $800-1000 more. Why?
Just my .0160... Perry.