Originally Posted By: Scum_Frog
Originally Posted By: Loris
I can't wait for my NY trip next weekend. I'm stocking up on oil and car detailing goodies too. I'm all for supporting our local economy - but not when i'm being shafted at the cash registers! Long live the US/Canadian dollar parity!! lol
Tires is another product that we gert screwed on. You can easily save around 200-400 by crossing the boarder on a set of 4 tires.
Not really. I called around Buffalo area for 15 inch Cooper tires and I got quotes ranging from $470 to $530 or so, I got them in Ontario for $500 tax in, perhaps if you shop for some high end tires the savings are there, but that was not the case for me. Same with oil, I got Valvoline white bottle for 9.88 for 5L jug and PYB for $11 a jug.
Perhaps shops around Buffalo got smart and jacked up the prices, hoping to get unsuspecting Canadians, which seems to be working, but I would not automatically assume that you can get a better price in states, you just have to shop around. A lot of times the price difference is too little to justify the time and cost of going across the boarder.
And yeah I support our local economy too as much as I can, I just support the ones that charge fair prices