January 20, 201610 yr So I wonder why the Oculus Rift price for Canada is $850 when its only $650 for Australia? Both currencies are identical in value against the US Dollar. Even New Zealands price of $699 is $150 cheaper then Canada and the NZ Dollar is only worth 92 Canadian cents? Why is the pricing so high for Canada? Pete Richards I've owned every version of flight simulator since Flight Simulator 3.0 in 1988. Windows 11 Pro loaded on a 4TB Gen5 Crucial T700 SSD, 4TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD, Ryzen 9 7950x3d, AS Rock X670e Taichi Motherboard, Gigabyte Gaming RTX 4090 OC 24GB, 64GB (2x32GB) Viper Venom DDR5-6000MT/s, MSI 32" MAG 321UPX QD-OLED 260hz 4K Gaming Monitor.
January 20, 201610 yr My guess is Brokerage fees. Any product moving from USA to CAN that is not brought in through large distribution companies is going to cost much more than what is the normal. Once the Rift and Vive can be purchased at Best Buy, Newegg, NCIX, etc, we'll likely see our prices lower. I would love a VR headset, however this is a perfect example of some tech that will mature over the next couple years. Makes sense to wait at these prices as well. Cheers
January 31, 201610 yr If you find yourself in the USA for longer than 48 hours you can bring back up to $800 Cdn duty and tax free. Often I'll get a purchase or two sent to where ever I'm staying and use the exemption on return.
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