Even when the dollar was at par things were still often more expensive here. But yeah, it is annoying.

Actually it always bugged me when we would get the BS reason of the Canadian economy is doing better (so we need to subsidise them?)


DJY: I think the US/Canada comparison works better but it is tougher for the UK. 1) The MRSP in Canada/US does not include taxes while MRSP in the UK does. So that is one big difference right there

2) The Canada/US model will be exactly the same, the closest UK model (in electronics) will necessarily need different components (120 vs 220 different plug) and the UK might have added features (many TVs/disk players here don't support 25/50/PAL while everything there will also support 24/30/60/NTSC) or laws that might actually increase the cost to the manufacturer (such as environmental regulations or warranty period)