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Spacing.ca and the Rise of C$

by Mark Evans on November 15th, 2007

Although I’m an avid reader of Spacing.ca, I purchased a magazine subscription today as a way to support what I see as Toronto’s best city-focused blog.

What I found particular fascinating was the pricing, which shows a lower US$ price - $29 Canadian for six issues vs. US$31. When was the last time you saw that?

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3 opinions for Spacing.ca and the Rise of C$

  • Matt
    Nov 15, 2007 at 12:07 pm

    is pricing a good thing or bad thing?

    Spacing actually has to raise US price now becuz its so expensive to Canadians to mail to the US.

  • Mark Evans
    Nov 15, 2007 at 12:16 pm

    Matt:

    I probably wasn’t clear - I think it’s interesting to see U.S. prices higher than Canadian prices after so many years of having the gap the opposite way. Of course, there are downsides to a higher dollar but many consumers aren’t thinking about it right now.

    Mark

  • Matt
    Nov 15, 2007 at 12:22 pm

    I’ve always seen it that way. Maybe its just the mags I read.

    Anyway, it costs us almost $4 just to mail our copies into the states. That’s $24 of the $31 for a 6 issue sub. Now that $31US is close to $30 Cdn.

    So even though the dollar is soaring its harder for us to make back the money now. US subs may jump to $38.

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