my dad was going to buy a apple macbook, but the price difference is $200.00 beween the apple.ca and apple.com, whats up with that? and can he buy it from usa? saving 200.00. our money is still stonger then the american doller is not?
Simple questions dudes, why the price difference, between apple.ca and apple.com, I should be paying less for a computer in Canada then in an America…
Yes you should be paying less, but retailers in Canada have not significantly lowered their prices yet to bring prices in line with America. Maybe it will start to happen before the Christmas buying season heats up.
Hey now. We’ll answer you when and if we feel like it. Clearly most people didn’t feel like it. Move on… don’t get all impatient like we owe you an answer.
Hey Michael…Hes not your kid, so dont try to lecture the young buck cause he dont listen to his old man…he aint gonna listen to you. No offense to you Mike.
Yeah you’re right. I shouldn’t talk harshly to him or he might start a thread about how he’s going to leave because nobody loves him. 
Um, so why don’t you just buy from a US website if it’s cheaper?
For example, 10.5 Leopard is almost 30% cheaper at Amazon than on the Apple site.
Macbooks are cheaper on Amazon too.
Your price complaints are like complaining about high prices in Rupert. If it’s cheaper elsewhere, then go for it, buy it there!
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Um, so why don’t you just buy from a US website if it’s cheaper?
For example, 10.5 Leopard is almost 30% cheaper at Amazon than on the Apple site.
Macbooks are cheaper on Amazon too.
Your price complaints are like complaining about high prices in Rupert. If it’s cheaper elsewhere, then go for it, buy it there![/quote]
In theory that should work, however, I’ve tried and most US sites (in which there is a Canadian “equivalent”) won’t let you do it. Unless you have an American address for the stuff to be shipped to, the sale won’t work. I’ve tried Apple.com and Amazon.com (I think for books it would work, but not for computer stuff or tools)…but try it. I’d sure like to hear that it now works. Amazon.ca seemed to have updated book prices.
I didn’t even look…
As someone who has to buy Windoze on a regular basis, all I saw was Leopard, right there in my face, a full version, for around the price I buy Windoze OEMs wholesale.
Getting it cheaper did not even enter my mind.
All I saw was Vista Ultimate, a bloated POS I know runs best only on the latest computer with 2 GBs and 512+video $599 and beside it Leopard that would work fine on my Mac mini for $129
Matching the US price would be proper. But they don’t fucking NEED to with competition like M$oft…
I think he got busted by his father for porn, were you involved with it? you didnt show enough love for him?
Actually, $129 is the official US price and the official Canadian price as well, but you can definitely get it cheaper if you look around.
You can always get anything less from an unheated mail order warehouse.
You just have to deal with the frozen brain that constitutes the ‘support’ and ‘help’ and ‘shipping’ department. The other employee is the one that charges your credit card instantly and makes up the excuses why it hasn’t shipped for the first guy.
The Canuck dollar is 1.07 US today. 
If Bush goes after Iran, it’ll reach its 1864 record of $2.78. Provided Stevey Wonder doesn’t join in.
(but that’s a new thread, coming up)
Okay, here’s an answer to the original question on this thread…
A guy from Apple Canada spoke at our mac user’s group and said Apple charges its Canadian dealers more - even now that our dollar is past par. Apple Canada dealers are getting screwed by Apple in the US, he said. Apple won’t listen to Canadian dealers on this point. So maybe Canadians need to start sending emails of complaint to Apple’s US headquarters.
It’s not just Apple, of course. I’m sure Microsoft et al, do the same. Many other US-based companies charge Canadian dealers extra - just as with cars and books.
Can Canadian dealers and stores force them to change? I hope so, but it’s not easy trying to force American business to do anything… look at our trade disputes - they just fight dirty and set their own rules. If Canadians buy their stuff directly from the States, the US can’t lose - just the Canadian stores and dealers who go out of business.
The best hope would be if we stop buying double-priced products, period. If they sell to Canadian dealers for the same price, then buy. If they charge Canadian stores extra, then don’t support that company in any way.
Easiest place to find out is to ask the manager at whatever store it is why the Canadian price is higher - like, is it local store policy or are the US suppliers charging more because they’re in Canada? And if the US suppliers charge extra, ask who we can email to complain (and let them know we’re not buying until they price fairly).
Grrr
Dragging this one back from the dead… just another tidbit to add to that. Everyone’s up in arms about the fact that Canadian and US prices don’t keep track of each other. So when the Canadian dollar suddenly – and against all analysts predictions – spikes up above the US dollar, prices should have followed.
In theory, that’s true. We as consumers want it to equalize immediately, but think a little bigger picture. Apple, like many car dealers and purveyors of other big-ticket items, would have done the accounting for sales to Canada months ago, back when the dollar was lower. With the level of volatility in the currency right now, nobody’s going to change their pricing, because they might have to change it again next week. That’s why car dealers are offering rebates, rather than changing their pricing: they can cancel those rebates when they need to.
If the Canadian dollar was to stay nice and high for three months, or one fiscal-year-quarter, you’d probably see a change. Until then, don’t expect to see prices changing much.