economy changing your plans?

[stangstevers]

Metro is one of the more expensive stores to get food from, I always go to Freshco, Price Chopper, No Frills and Walmart too

No-Frills shopper here. We exclusively use the PC mastercard for everything and collect points. Don't pay too much for groceries (and no, we don't carry a balance).

[03svt]

I have to order some parts for my cutlass to get the build going for this spring...with the dollar right now I'll be in 3k+truck freight for 2 fenders and 2 1/4 panels..I'm going to hold off a bit, I'm in no rush.

[Ray721]

Our Economy fucking sucks!!!

[toofast306]

Just had a chat with my lunch guy - the prices of veg has increased three-fold for him, if not more.
Wait 'til the menu prices have a chance to catch up with reality - eating out will soon be a luxury.
And let's not forget the price of gas - it ought to be closer to .75, yet we feel happy that it's less than a buck.

[Jack Raccoon!]

Timmy, we were in Alaska in August. 5 gala apples were $16. U.S.




My wife went through this in the 90's when the $ was like 65 cents. She didn't want to go south because of the $$$. I asked her if she wanted to be warm for a couple of weeks or shovel and shiver? We went south lol. There are plenty of ways to save on vacation. Gas is still far cheaper. Eat breakfast/a couple dinner's in your condo...

Mexico in 3 weeks. Peso vs. CAD is stable
Lake Lure, NC in June. Love it there. Nothing will keep me away.
River Cruise in August. Prices where in CAD and a better value then U.S. pricing.

I'm 54 soon. Just hanging out waiting for the big one. I'm tired of this hell hole city. And I want to die $1 in debt. CAD won't hold be back...

[92redragtop]

Metro is one of the more expensive stores to get food from, I always go to Freshco, Price Chopper, No Frills and Walmart too

Yeah Metro is much more expensive than even Zehrs/Fortinos on many items.

[92redragtop]

No real impact on US purchases since I have some US income so that gets used to fund non-Canadian spending....natural hedge.

Have noticed it with food but a few years ago I started buying the fresh stuff on a local/seasonal basis or at least minimizing travel distance for things that cannot be sourced locally/in-season, although this was mostly for freshness and quality (eg. I'll only buy oranges/grapefruit from US not South Africa or Israel - yes, those are the choices).

Anything from western or southern US has double impact of exchange rate and higher prices due to reduced crop yield from drought or floods.

[92redragtop]

Our Condo fee's this year will cost $2100 more than 2 years ago.
Brutal.

You pay your fees in CDN dollars (north to south)?

[Armen]

I had some mods planned for the car. I'll do the brakes for sure but the other... I dont know yet.

[hsousa88]

Really want to do a 5 lug/disc brake conversion... priced it out last night and WOW.

Dunno, maybe in a couple of months.