Play-Asia.com's new Canadian prices suck

[Siggy Stardust HD]

I haven't been to Play-Asia.com since a month or two but I decided to check some items out today and I noticed they changed the Canadian prices of all their items. Compared to the US prices the Canadian prices are almost $10-12 more per item and I did not notice this before when I shopped there a few months ago. Has our dollar gone that bad or has Play-Asia decided to f**k with us Canadians? I have bought so much itmes from them this year but now I'm not going to be shopping there unless there's a deal that's too good to be true.

 

[maigoyume]

You could always just pay in USD.

The current exchange rate is

1 CAD = 0.862559 USD

Keep in mind using a CC or exchanging money will result in at least a 2% loss (usually 2-5%).
So you'd be getting 1 CAD = 0.842559 USD at most.

 

[Rocky071]

That's really disappointing... is shipping a lot cheaper or something?

I really hope we're not paying extra "north of the border" tax -_- I mean our dollar is...

86 cents!?

What the , stupid Canada -_-

 

[afterburn999]

Play-asia was already a rip off because you had to pay brokage fees but this is even worst. Too bad they are pretty much your only choice for imports.

 

[maigoyume]

I've only had to pay customs tax twice out of the 20 something packages I've gotten from them.

Their prices are decent, more so once you use a $5 or $10 off coupon.

Edit: Well we're boned

1 CAD = 0.858169 USD

 

[EvilMario]

[quote name='afterburn999']Play-asia was already a rip off because you had to pay brokage fees but this is even worst. Too bad they are pretty much your only choice for imports.[/QUOTE]

Never had issues with Play Asia while in the States, so I can't comment on the brokerage fees, but I've heard Yes Asia is decent. If I was incredibly worried about customs taking a big chunk of change, I might have it sent to someone I know in the States first, then forward it to me gifting it, etc.