Re: Why is second-hand stuff here so expensive?
 

Shoppers Drug Mart, Freshco, Wal-Mart, that's in the area I live, a few convenience stores around that mark too. I'm sure other areas of Canada are more expensive. some of the stores round here are, Vince's Deli, Zehr's around here are.

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Ditto Cracker Barrel and Armstrong extra :)

I'd be interested to know what generally qualifies as "old" and "extra old" because I have bought Baldersons 2 & 3 year old and found it no stronger than Cracker Barrel extra.

Funny thing, I've had marble cheese slabs with more flavour than ordinary 'old' slabs. Not stronger, just more taste.

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Oh the cheese age thing is weird. Cheddar cheddar isn't aged for so long and tastes much stronger. Really oidd. Anyway we have somePC extra old in the fridge right niw. Last week I has some Quebec cheddar from Costco that was great, crumbly with the salt crystals. Very good stuff.

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No, I am not.

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Produ.../?id=257265436


Here is semi-skimmed milk which is £1.39 for 2.2L which works out to be $2.24CDN:

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Produ.../?id=254656543



I can walk into Walmart, Shopper's Drug, Sobeys, Freshco, etc. and buy 4L of milk for $3.97.

Re: Why is second-hand stuff here so expensive?
 

I drive in southern Ontario every day of the week and have done for years and I do not see these unsafe cars you are so convinced exist.


I think that estimate is ridiculous.



And that is even more ridiculous.



You sound overly paranoid and perhaps should just not bother driving here.

Re: Why is second-hand stuff here so expensive?
 

+1 to all your answers.

Re: Why is second-hand stuff here so expensive?
 

Sobeys, Walmart, Shopper's Drug, Freshco, etc. all day, every day.

I have lived in Ontario for years and never once saw milk at $5 unless you were looking for some specific organic milk or some other sort of 'special' milk or were shopping at a variety store or something.

Re: Why is second-hand stuff here so expensive?
 

There are plenty of unsafe skips on the road, certainly round St Catharines. Other people on here have seen the same. I have eyes, I've been driving for over 20 years and I've driven all sorts of cars from old bangers (which I've spent plenty of time taking apart and rebuilding) to brand new cars. I have looked at the secondhand dealers down Hartzel Road and some of the cars for sale on those lots are scary. But again looking at the more expensive used cars (and on the face of it there are plenty of decent cars for $20k), if they want to see my filthy lucre then I would want to see some (preferably full) service history. I wouldn't dream of dropping over £12k on a car in the UK without FSH (preferably with invoices). Is that too much to ask? If this the paranoia you refer to? Come on hard man, lets have it!

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We bought a car from JP Motors in Burlington when we came in 2004. We saw the ad on the Internet and took the print out around a couple of other dealers to see if they had anything similar. The other dealers said it wasn't possible to sell that car at the price advertised and told us that when we got there we would get the 'we just sold that one yesterday, but we have this one only $2000 more' story. However when we got there they gave us a choice of three similar models, for that price. We still have that car 9 years later and it is still going strong. We bought another one from them a couple of months later which also served us well, but we don't still have that. Check them out, it's not far from you.

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You are wrong! You started of saying milk was £1.99 for 2L in Tesco, which you have just demonstrated was a load of old pony.

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Cheddar on there is around 8 pounds a kilo, here it's at least $20.

LaughingCows cheese wedges. GBP1.35 for 6, here around $6

Butter, 1.60 GPB. here $5.

3.4 litres of whole milk, 1.99 GPB.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1315665/

Re: Why is second-hand stuff here so expensive?
 

That's "Cravendale" which is premium priced as it is extra filtered. Milk in Britain is typically 50-70p per litre at present (usually 60p).

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I had a look up at JP Motors last week. They had a Subaru Legacy which looked decent but the drivers seat was falling apart (drove okay though).

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I lived in a small town in Ontario which may have made the prices higher, no wal-mart, sobeys etc in town, just a metro, flying tiger, and some smaller stores. But milk was certainly not that cheap....

I am surprised you can find milk that cheap, certainly not like that out west.

Re: Why is second-hand stuff here so expensive?
 

The item that I do find expensive in Canada is sliced bread. £1-1.50 for a Warburtons or Hovis wholemeal loaf, whereas I seem to recall similar being north of $4 in Canada.