Diary of a Demented Store Owner

Monday 2 May 2011

A Boring But Necessary Post (We can't always Be Peace and Love)

I awoke this morning only to find myself all awash with warm and fuzzy feelings for America.
This is a country awash in the spirit of free enterprise. A country willing and longing to do business. A country that will treat you with respect and a sense of fair play.
Something woefully lacking in recent years here in Canada. At least in our tiny little industry of stained (and fused) glass.
After waking up this fine morning, changing out of my jammies (May 1st means I get to wear the ones with the pink bunnies on them), I check the value of the Canadian dollar and see it sitting at a lofty $1.0545, where it's sat for several months now.
If one of our One and Only Canadian Stained Glass Suppliers (OOCSGS) had any sense of fair play they'd be properly accommodating this strong Canadian dollar with a 5% or greater rebate.
Not happening.
After all when our dollar was below par, we were hit with a surcharge that varied from 2.9% to upwards of 20%.
So, what to do? My family demands wieners in their mac'n'cheese.
So coming this week, we have another truckload from the U.S. A place where our $1.05 is actually worth $1.05.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So Mike:
When are you going to do business with U.S. ?
Ray
Creator's Stained Glass Inc. USA