Oft him anhaga are gebideth

[flemmings]

The Millennium is upon us. I buy something online today- from Singapore but priced in US dollars of course: 'international money,' my father used to call it; and up comes the bill:

TOTAL: 35.00 USD
From credit card xxxxxxxxx: 33.46CD.

This has never happened, not *once*, in all the decades I've been a (credit)card-carrying adult. And I cherish it, I cherish it with all the fervour of someone who used to get statements saying

TOTAL: 35.00 USD
From credit card xxxxxxxxx: 54.46CD.

Otherwise Detective Bluecat 5 is pwning me flat. Alas, this month I evidently don't understand Japanese. Or not Motoni's Japanese, in any case.

Comments

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

It seems so crazy doesn't it?

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

The end is niiiighhhhh!!!
(Go buy! Go buy!)

It won't last- it never does- but in the meantime my gawd is it sweet. If you buy online. Going to the store and still seeing 'US 8.95/ Canada 12.95' on books and magazines bites hard.

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

*goes on a spending spree*
Whee!

[baka-gaijin.livejournal.com]

wheeeeeeeeeee for the Looney!

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

Hope the magic stays!

[petronia.livejournal.com]

It's become a speculative bubble. XD 50-year high I think? Spend while it lasts; oh if I only had the income.

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Envy, envy, envy, envy.

(Maybe it'll last until I can find myself a job in Canada? I can hope.)

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! But come back soon to take advantage of this quite literally once in a lifetime situation. (OK, it's twice in my lifetime, but sheesh, I was 7 the last time and got a quarter a week allowance.)

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

You know we're all gonna carpetbag up across the border while supplies last, right?

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

You'll pass the Massed Hordes carpetbagging down to get the bargains stateside. To date, half a dozen major retailers including Walmart have announced they're slashing prices just to keep the Massed Hordes buying here.

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

I believe it. For years we've had weekend shoppers from BC hitting our store for the bargains. Not only am I in off-price retail, but Oregon has no sales tax.