It is amazing to me how fast the VE prices are rising. Only nine years
ago, back in 1997, Canadian postage to the United States was CDN$.52.
Now it is about to hit CDN$.93 at the ten year mark, just shy of a 79%
increase! In the meantime, as noted in the earlier post, the Canadian
Dollar has appreciated greatly. From a low of approximately US$1.00 to
CDN$1.60 back in 2001 to now around US$1.00 to CDN$1.12.
In the same period, the United States went from US$.42 for up to 1/2
ounce to US$.60 for up to one ounce (no more initial 1/2 ounce).
Thank god for email between here and Canada...
73,
Robert de N2JTX
(who spends some time in VE land with family)
Peter Dougherty wrote:
At 12:09 PM 08/08/2006, Nenad Stevanovic wrote:
Overseas from $1.49 on Jan.15 2007 goes to $1.55
US from $0.89 " to $0.93
Domestic from $0.51 " to $0.52
Considering the strength of the Canadian dollar against the USD these
days, Canada's becoming one of the most expensive places to mail cards
from. I think DL is still the most (€1,70, or $2.18 as of this
morning), but this is starting to come pretty close for international.
For trans-border mail, it should also be pointed out that it's not
really 93 cents for postage. I think the breakdown is 50 cents for
actual postage, and 43 cents for long-term storage.
Cheers,
Peter,
W2IRT
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