Good places to buy electronics or computer stuff online in Canada?

[puffpio]

anyone know of any good websites that has decent prices on eletronics and computer stuff that's in Canada? I want to leverage the US dollar and see what kind of prices come out

 

[FrogDog]

Here's a list of my favorite ones (in a fairly loose order from best to worst):

ncix.com
pccanada.com
robotnik.com
anitec.ca (annoying because there's no online ordering (you have to send in MO, but good prices))
cellarcomputers.com
factorydirect.ca
compusmart.com

And for really good deals on monitors try here, dfsdirect.ca

redflagdeals.com is good too for a canadian hotdeals forum.

 

[puffpio]

hmm..how come people say that the American dollar is worth more than the Canadian dollar? When I convert these prices to USD, I'm not saving that much money (I was under the impression that you saved money buying stuff from Canada)

 

[tcsenter]

<< how come people say that the American dollar is worth more than the Canadian dollar? >>

Due to their ignorance of how exchange rates work. The American dollar IS worth more than the Canadian dollar, but that doesn't necessarily mean you get more purchasing power. 'Money' is worth exactly what it will buy, no less and no more.

Some people will see that Product A costs $15.90 in Canada but 'only' $10.00 in the U.S. and think, 'Wow, things 'cost' more in Canada."

Others think that they're getting 'more' money when you exchange to Canadian dollars, except $10.00 US and $15.90 Canadian buy roughly the same thing (on average according to the exchange rate today).

There is some exchange fluctuation that doesn't immediately affect the price of an item in either country, but unless you're dropping some serious short-term money, you're only saving a couple bucks. Tariffs, taxes, and duties can screw everything up.

In Afghanistan, a wheel-barrel full of Afghan money might buy you a loaf of bread. Nobody says, "Wow, I've got one hundred thousand Afghanis ($21 US dollars), I'm rich!"