We are stroller shopping and looking at a whole range of strollers. We have settled to choose between the Quinny Buzz, Maxi Cosi Foray, Britax B3 and finally something new today in Toys R us – Gracco Trekko caught our attention. So I wanted to check online and out of curiosity wanted to check the reviews in US site and found something that is not new for Canadians- price for the same ditto product is $110 cheaper in US!
Graco Trekko in Canada Toys R Us ($269.00) Vs. Graco Trekko in US Toys R US ($159.99) . Why this on Canadians, esp on baby products ? Will Canadians be second class customers eternally to Corporate world? Will they keep giving us the excuse of the buying power of US, when the collectively corporate buying power of Toys R Us between US and Canada is greater than just one of them, especially when the product is the same-ditto!
We don’t need to have a common currency or a border less state, we don’t need to change how our government(s) work, but as we advocate for free trade and new trade and economic coalitions and deals are being formed all over the world, its high time, some sanity prevails in the world’s largest trading bloc…and until then some of my business will be going south like millions of other Canadians who take billions of their spending options to the US, rather than be treated like second class customers in Canada.
