Canada vs. U.S. pricing: Why we often pay more (CBC Marketplace)
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- Originally broadcast November 22, 2013
"I'm afraid we're being gouged." Marketplace hits the road putting prices to the test in Canada and the U.S. checking in on products at some of the largest retailers. It’s no surprise that Canadians pay more than our friends south of the border for some items, including how we're being shut out of cheaper US car prices. You’ll never believe what we find on our cross border shop-a-thon.
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Ha, remember when Canadian Dollars used to be close to the U.S. Dollars and when Target was in business in Canada?
Good times, good times. Except Target wasn't any more useful than the rest of them.
True. Target was just there, not being anymore useful than its competitors.
Michael Lee dumb target got rid of Zellers
Canada will never forget you
#TargetBroughtDownZellersWithThem #NeverForgetZellers
Michael Lee #NeverForgetZellers
American Target Motto: Expect More, Pay Less!
Canadian Target Motto: Expect Less, Pay More!
I thought you say for Canada “Expect Same, Pay More”
USA target always costs way more. If it’s $50 at Walmart it will be $60 at target. Uppity snobby People shop at target because they take Walmart is lower class. There are a few Walmarts near me North of Boston that are so trashy I try not to even go there go lol
They didnt switch to one currency, of course one is going to be higher
Lol I always wondered why the prices on magazines would say:
U.S. $4.99
Canada: $12.99
😔
Because all American magazines have to be translated to Canadian.
Its the exchange rate. Gotta be. LOL
Australia 🇦🇺 $15.99
Australia is Paying more😬😩😤😫😣😔😟😕🙁☹️😞😒😲😪😵
@@cindymclachlan3261 custom duty at port in Australia + local 10% gst + highest min wage in Australia
Had to pause when they said target was well known for their low prices...bish everything at target is overpriced. And their food selection is pitiful as hell
I had to squint when she said that.
Target was another U.S. retailer established to rip off Canadians. A pair of jeans normally selling at most Canadian retailers for $30 was available for $26 at Target, but Target sold the same pair of jeans in Buffalo, N.Y. for $8.
Right? I had to pause it when she said that.
i think thats why it went out of business in canada... it was a dump and prices sucked here thats for sure.
@@666dynomax
The prices didn't suck. The selection did. Even Zellers had better selection.
Don't ever buy a new car. Buy a certified used car. New cars are the biggest ripoff ever.
So buying a used car is better? Someone told me brand new cars are better are right or wrong? Let me know asap
CDubs HasIt "Certified" means absolutely nothing, that's a scam in itself
They usually come with warranties... Avoid buy here pay here lots and avoid brand new vehicles unless you just like losing 25% of your money not to mention on a new car every service must be performed by the dealership ON TIME no matter what to keep the warranty. Not so with certified used.
OK thanks for the tip
Hey dummy all cars were new at one point!
I took a overnight trip to Vancouver from Washington once and was pretty appalled by how much more expensive everything was. While being detained at the border for an hour I also learned about how many Canadians go to the US to buy groceries and stuff.
@@misikoala6368 nice to know racism exists in your country too. smh
@Mecoracon Lola considering USA military imperialism, a real possibility that Canada could be the next Puerto Rico.
You were stopped at the Canadian border or American border?
@@SK-ck9qu The Canadian border. I guess they didn't like my story about why I was coming to Canada and decided to check me out further. They found a misdemeanor on my record they didn't like and there were a few spent rifle shells under my truck toolbox that I'd forgotten were there, they had been there for years.
There they forgot to mention that there is a huge tax difference between the US and canada as well as numerous more laws/regulations which increase the price of the products that are eventually sold in canada.
The world needs more of this high quality journalism. Thank you CBC.
You sent a guy to the US when you can just compare Walmart.com and .ca?
+Phlegethon They had to make the show.
@@marinazagrai1623 It uses Canadian tax dollars though... I'd prefer that they save money where they can, something like that wouldn't affect the educational material provided to viewers or the quality of the program.
Phlegethon instore prices can vary to what’s posted online.
About 30 minutes drive from the Abbotsford border point.
Not that big of an expense.
right! or any "brand".com vs .ca
Answer: the VAT tax, the USA doesn't have a 20% tax on all production stages of the product, you only have a one time 10% tax at the point of sale.
Adam Smith 6% federal tax in us
Adam Smith. And here where I live in Arizona, the sales tax is 0%!
Travis, there is no federal sales or VAT tax in the U.S.
There is no federal sales or value added tax in the US.
The US taxes used stuff over and over and over after gas already been taxed at the stores the. We sell on used stuff apps and people have to pay a sale tax again like us fk new! R u f kidding me?
I can tell you that even after 8 years, there's still a huge price difference between the 2 countries
This is making me laugh so hard, I'm American and I thought things were expensive here, I guess to others that's cheap apparently.. 😂😂😂😂
Choi Jongho is tiny how did you think that did you live under a rock
I know your comment is 3 years old. But the US is literally the cheapest country in the world for consumer goods.
The US model is so decentralized and taxes are so low obviously the purchasing power of a US citizen would be higher than ours. It's just a different structure both have flaws
@@Der.Preusse Are you sure? You must haven't travel a lot, especially in South East Asia.
@@Nhatanh0475 I am referring relative to buying power. For example electronic parts are reasonably more expensive everywhere else. The US is also known for having cheaper petrol prices than most of the world.
The Canadians would die crying if maple syrup was cheaper in the U.S.
+Michael Albrecht It is actually!
+Michael Albrecht oops
+jasonc_tutorials What does that even mean?
Michael Albrecht oops. I replied to wrong thread.
Lol
The taxes are more there during every stage of retail from importing to shipping to retail. You have to pay for the free healthcare somehow.
Franky Flowers which mean healthcare isn't free
With sales tax and income tax.
Paul Williams you have a difficult time with common concepts huh?
Paul Williams nothing is free, genius
There is also the higher minimum wage (have to charge customers more to pay employees more and still have the same levels of profits).
I was engaged to an American and when he came over here to Ontario Canada he was shocked and calls my city the California of Canada because of just how expensive it was in comparison to things in his area of Philadelphia PA.
You should move done there...
We are a family of 3 looking for air tickets to Halifax, Nova Scotia in August 2016
Vancouver to Halifax: $890 per person with taxes inclusive
Seattle to Halifax: $596 per person with taxes included
We had to fly out of our country to fly back in at a cheaper price!
We also had to spend 2 nights in a hotel in Seattle and pay for park and fly and factor in our gas going and coming from home and it was still worth it
green tea I know. Try Boston to Seattle and you will flip!
Thanks big government, taxes, heavy regulations, and state bureaucracy.
As somebody who grew up in Canada and now lives in the US, I'm not surprised. Many people champion Canada's social benefits without taking into account the additional costs those incur.
Garrett Kajmowicz What social benefits cause a store to charge more in Canada but not in the USA?
Garrett Kajmowicz Tax payers foot the bill for our social benefits, not corporations. Canada has a very business friendly tax system. Corporations just know they can get away with it because of our lack of choice.
politcally correct so corps are not footing the bill for taxes on goods, higher income tax, and the like?
Garrett Kajmowicz TAX IS NOT INCLUDED IN THESE PRICES
That's not entirely why, admittedly, that's HALF the reason why we pay more, but America is just a big bully on our backs who will always make sure we get crappier deals, even if we got rid of our free healthcare we'd still be paying more unless we let the US annex us.
Why are you comparing Bellingham with Toronto? You need to compare Bellingham with Vancouver.
S. Thomas Lewis what they should have done is Toronto with Manhattan NY 8.875% Niagara Falls New York 4% or Newark and Elizabeth NJ 6.875% which will be reduced to 6.625% on January 1st 2018
What,14%, are you guys that wealthy?, no wonder u guys have safer cities.
S. Thomas Lewis kol
There is no comparison favorable to Canadians unless they were shopping for Maple Syrup and even that is priced by Canadian Government! The villain is Capitalism and its greed for profiteering and monopoly.
@@homayounshirazi9550-- yeah, the capitalist side of Canada gouging them. Wait, in USA they get gouged too!! basters businesses..
Prices vary in the states from location to location. I go to the next city over because everything is cheaper.
you think your prices suck, try shopping in Australia
Try South Africa... We pay minimum 3 times more than anyone else for any product. Always the same excuses too, import costs, blah blah blah. Yet if I pay stuff from over seas and bring it in import costs are ridiculously low and I still spend half of what I'd pay in S.A itself.
It's just a means to make more money always. Let's face it, no big company(and for that matter, rich person) ever got rich by NOT exploiting people and Africa is one of the most exploited places out there. Heck, some of our best fruit gets exported to the UK leaving us with the crap and we still pay twice as much for it.
It even includes things like broadband connectivity where we end up paying 10 times more for speeds 25 times slower!
I haven't been to Australia, but I do have some family that moved there and they reckon it ain't so bad in terms of pricing, perhaps that is because they still view it in terms of Australia vs South Africa and not like you(a life long citizen? ) would view it, America/Canada vs Australia.
Oh well, enough of my rambling.
Yes but the comparison is that US and Canada are bordering countries and one item made in Canada is sold cheaper across the border in the US. Doesn't make sense and not to compare with every place on the planet.
+Luciano Lopes Lima Yes good point.
howl try to shop in Brazil..........
Try Britain. And Denmark. And Japan.
This isn't the case with just Canada, this is also happens with Australia.
australia is an isolated island ofcourse it will cost more
Thats because the amount of money to ship all that stuff to ya'll is crazy.
Tell me about it! I wanted to buy a bottle of rubbing alcohol in Australia, which would cost $USD 0.99 in the U.S. and it was $AUD 10.00!!!
but aussies make alot more money. alot more
We Australians do make way more on average then the yanks
We see a variety of pricing across targets stores in low Angeles California. In the SF valley target brand sunblock was $6.99 when we went to a Santa Monica target for the same product it was $8.00
People who watched in the USA:haha
People who watched this in Canada: LETS START A REVOLUTION
OH come on, get it together target, don't tell me bilingual packaging is more expensive.
A lot of packaging in the US is trilingual
+croja07 true
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Less people in Canada that's why it's so expensive government runs everything, more competition and people in the USA drives prices down
Really I didnt know food was so centralized in canada.
Ed Meyer that’s not how that works
Marry me, baby I will buy you cars and you can take me to the doctors. We will both save!
@Mecoracon Lola you didn’t have do him like that 😭 🔥 🔥 🤣 🤣
Even Target had higher price in Canada, they had to close the stores in Canada.
We didn't want Target here in Canada and yes the prices were high. I prefer Wally World compared to Target. I prefer our Canadian businesses but the US giant has crushed us. I would never shop in the US OF SNAKES ever nor to put my foot over the border.
TheJules1003 go ahead and keep getting gouged on every single item then
Larry Campbell their identity is based on NOT being American so she’s one of those but jobs I guess🤣😭
@@TheJules1003 target used to be in canada ? I want lidl and Aldi stores in canada. But they don't come:((((
@@larryc1964 The Jules is saying she is fine with her healthcare, and multiple benefits.
This is kind of hard to compare. Bellingham is in the western part of the US under Vancouver while Toronto is on the East coast area. This research would have been better if they compared Bellingham to Vancouver and Toronto to New York because transportation and city taxes is added based on the city plays a big factor.
Stuff is crazy expensive in a big city or in very rural areas.
Everything is so bloody cheap compared to Australia. Australia is so bloody expensive
But do you see your location on the world's map?? Australia is in the middle of nowhere. Boats have to take this route just to go to Australia and New-Zealand this is where the prices go up
rpgvag Yeah true thx for the reply!
Yeah... No. That might account for a small amount of it, but mostly you just pay more for the same reason we pay more in Canada. "Because we can get away with it."
FDJustin Yeah i get you
Unfortunately Australia is a small market and is far enough away from most places that Australians can't easily purchase in other markets.
Taxes taxes and more regulations to pay for CBC.
I'm curious how the Covid-era border closure has impacted consumer prices, especially the pricing gap between the US and Canada. Do you have an update?
America compensates for this by charging a million dollars for a hospital visit.
Health care is never free and I heard it’s not as good in Canada
@Abhijeet Kundu I hope your uncle is doing well now mate, although I'm not Canadian
"Especially when our dollar is about the same"
*Checks to see if this was filmed before I was even alive*
LMAOOO
I wish it was the same :(
The Canadian dollar was higher than the U.S. Dollar 2006-2008. So, were you alive then?
@@jimbaritone6429 I remember that. Feels pretty bad now. Exchanging to USD now is like watching all my money disappear into the ether.
@Sade Cameron - LOL true & the dollar has gone down quite a bit.
I was in Vancouver BC in late January 2017. The Canadian dollar was at .75 to the US dollar. So we got some good deals on the items we bought and the food we ate. We did not by gasoline for the rental car which was good.
very good show thanks
“in the USA" = $2.87
*Crowd **-.-*
“In Canada"= 1.47
Crowd:WOAHHHHH OH ME GURD
The US market will always beat Canada.. here in Canada, gas, cars, food, electronics, cable, everything is expensive and the lastest things always come here last..
thats very subjective.
That's about right for the most part. What wasn't explained in this video also is that alot of our electronic products have to be csa approved to be sold at stores. I found this out when of all things, I went to buy a LED aquarium light of a certain model and my order was refused. Of course it was alot cheaper than anything allowed to be sold here, so it was a no go for me. Luckily I have family in the states who can buy me stuff and send them when I can't directly buy certain items. What a sh*t show.
Lemondude617 .
its about the iq of slum breeders. canada less genetically low iq slum welfare breeders.
doesn't matter ..Canadians are rich ...
How about the currency for America and Canada?
Thanks for sharing! Now I have knowledge of the diff. of both country
One thing I've noticed is going to the supermarket for the most part is more expensive in the US but for clothing and electronics it's cheaper in the states. But is going to the US worth it considering the cost of petrol, driving, and border waits?
what did we learn from this video? move to the US it's warmer and cheaper
Are you kidding the us right now is freezing and snowy
Music Is my life try living in northern Ontario you think it's cold in the US? Try average temperature of 40°F in August
Wow that's cold brr❄️
Music Is my life you have no idea try being based up there for arctic patrol...
+ywe3 trump and clinton.. nah
LOL Bilingual packaging. Sorry excuse. They do bilingual packaging on most products here in the US, it's just English and Spanish vs English and French.
I'm an American, and I LOVE THIS SHOW!! It also looks likes a fun company to work with! I'll be back in Canada again to visit in about two years!! 💛⭐⭐⭐⭐❤
I want to work with marketplace too. Such a cheerful broadcast, even while dealing with tough issues.
Give us an update on this! Please!!!
While in Portugal, I discovered that I could get Basic cable, high speed unlimited Internet, a home phone, and three cellphones, for the same price that it costs my wife for her Bell Canada iphone. This is just discusting!
Portugal is a third world.Incomparable to Canada.
However, Bell is an Indian company design to rip off white people in Canada. You are dumb if you sign contracts/plan with Telus, Bell or Rogers... They all are rip off regardless of their background.
my boss is always going to the US to buy tools and supplies. sometimes before large jobs we get them to send a 53' trailer up here loaded with shit that costs at least 1/3 less than it would to buy it from anywhere else in Canada.
That's the way to do it
@J OneLife That tax isn't included in the base price either, it's added at the time of sale. In addition to that 14% sales tax, we have a 30% of our wage withheld by employers to pay our income tax. In BC we pay for healthcare, but our taxes are higher than provinces with free healthcare.
In Los Angeles CA there's a variety of pricing on the same product across target stores here.
@3:15 - yeah compare the price but are you doing currency exchange rates? Another words, is that price in Canadian dollars or US dollars (after converting)?
There is a slight difference between the us and Canadian dollar. Even small amounts add up.
doesnt excuse 87% increase of a Canadian produced product
My first guess would've been that Canada possibly requires things like sales tax to be reflected in the product's pricing.
no prices are all sans sales tax. Which on it's own it's double that of some states in the US
Are these Canadian prices adjusted to US dollars for an accurate comparison? Every US dollar (currently) is equivalent to 1.30 Canadian dollars so... correct me if I'm wrong but most of the price gap you're seeing here is just the different values of each dollar.
Let me put it this way.. I worked as a direct employee of that store in 2 different wal-marts not far from each other in my state of CT. I also spent days at other stores in my state as well. Forget country versus country price difference.. there's a store to store price difference. Ive seen the prices vary as much as $50 for the exact item.. It was routine to call other stores for customers if I was out of something and every time there was a price difference between what i sold it at and what other stores sold it at.
It's cuz Canada has extremely high taxes...
So you suspect the same as me the government is going to hand and ripping us all off.
hmmm minimum wage canada 11$ in us its 7.25$ yet you wonder why you pay more?
tow master where in Canada the minimum wage is $11 lool and who told you every provinces has the same minimum wages?
where in Canada is it $11 and federally in the US its 10 something now so technically since the dollar is stronger they get paid more than 11 Canadian dollars. now when it comes to the states every state is different some are pretty low some are higher than Canada's.
the minimum wage in washington (USA) is $11-$15
keyse jama depends what part of the country you live in because California minimum wage is 11.50 and San Francisco is 15 so yeah
In most states of the US the minimum wage is actually around 9-10 now. Where I live in Texas my friends that work at Walmart and McDonalds are making 11-12 bucks so...
Also the US dollar is slightly stronger than the Canadian dollar so they about even out. You still pay around 20-50% more for anything you buy in Canada though along with higher taxes lol, nice try but maybe go be a smartass somewhere else
Always thought some things cost more in u.s. , but seeing videos seems we got it easier in ways do to those who control things make it harder for everyone to get stuff at a decent price.
One big reason is because alot of the products are imported from US, and Canada has high import prices
Not gonna lie, but I thought the thumbnail said "Rice Wars" And I was like "Hell yeah!"
In India 🇮🇳 we bought every car 1.5-2x more expensive than United States 🇺🇸
Erica is a babe! I love the way these people fight for so many people that can't fight for themselves! We need more of this back in the US again!
An educated consumer is our best customer.
Car companies do it to protect individual dealerships so American dealerships cannot price out Canadian dealers.
Look at drug prices between Canada and US
THEY FORGOT IT
"Drugs" are for a dying market ... ;)
LOL we would have them beat xD
Well we pay much more taxes...
Look at the tax rate between Canada and the US
Is this still the case in Canada with the high price differences? I was planning on taking a trip up so I have been googling about Canadian sites to visit and came across this. This got me thinking since I travel a lot, that there is not just a price difference between the US and Canada but between different US states. I constantly find difference on items when I travel from state to state even from one part of a US state to another part of a US state. Have seen price differences in the same electronics as much $20.00 to $40.00. in the same state and food at $3 to $5.00 . Set competition can affect prices, if a store can get a higher price for the item they will sell it at that higher price. If they cannot they will lower it just enough to get it off the shelves and compete with other sellers in their market location.
Walmart in two neighboring towns has significantly different prices so I'm not surprised that any major retailer has price differences like this
Here is why some items have price differences between Canada and The U.S:
1.Currency
2.Labor wages
3.Consumers spending powers
4.Competitions
5.Demand and quantity
6.Transportations
Let’s go shopping in Canada! Said no US citizen ever
Nope.
do they actually take exchange rate into account?
Idk if Vancouver v. Bellingham is a fair comparison tho. Bellingham is a much smaller (read: cheaper) town than Vancouver is, so it’s not exactly apples to apples. I think a more proportionate head-to-head would be Vancouver v. either Seattle or Portland, OR
Higher wages, higher transportation costs, and higher taxes in Canada. Of course the cost of goods is higher.
Leggo My Ego
In china, the food(in restaurants), transportation, the hotels are much cheaper than canada.
I lived in an okay hotel once in china and it only costs 20$CAN per night
Leggo My Ego higher Wages no . I make more living in the US
Higher wholesale price as well for business as you buy less than USA
11:49 Scotty Kilmer cackling in the distance...
How about the exchange rate? Was that even factored in? (they only seemed to compare the vehicles using the exchange rate included in the price)
Hey CBC marketplace, now we are in 2020 what do you think about repeating this experiment and seeing what the situation today is like and whether it has grown better or worse
TAX TAX TAX TAX
Canada taxes like California does.
Greg Boyd not really because we still have cheaper prices than Canada when you add it all up plus we do have a high minimum wage higher than Canada in some parts of California
The British Loyalists that left the US after the Revolution founded Canada. This is payback.
In USA I always look at a lot of store online and compare prices and every store are prices different . If I wanted it right away I would also check in the store and online to compare the prices and get prices matches because a lot of store have prices matches. So to get a good price I would always buy online some store online had like $60 different when I check different one. So I always buy online .
I’m glad we got target still here in the USA
I used to work at a Canadian dealership. This report is accurate. Canadians aren't very tough negotiators, and usually pay what the asking price is.
The prices of electronics and cars often have to do with tariffs and trade deals. Cars are more expensive in Europe than in Canada and the US.
Vat tax " excise taxes
Remember... Canada has socialized medicine... where do you guys think the money comes from to do that?
Your profile picture makes this comment better.
Giant Tiger and Dollarama are the places to shop! You can get the best deals there! I remember when Target was in Canada. I was super excited when one opened up in the Queen city and was disappointed when it was nowhere near the same deals as the U.S. I walked in, saw the prices, walked out and never went back.
I've heard that fabric is much higher in Canada than the US. Even if you order online and then have it shipped. Apparently it's a combination of the actual shipping, tariffs, and exchange rate. As far as I know it is not a matter of pricing.
I am American and have noticed that when I visited Canada last year.. Besides mentioned labor costs, bilingual packaging costs, etc. I think the price differential has something do with the bargaining power of the general public, in which case, America obviously has much bigger bargaining power than Canada. In addition, Canada's economy heavily depends on the US, and not the other way around
Prices arent higher just cause you're canadians. That is the stupidest thing ive ever heard. Its cause of a higher minimum wage, health care benefits, distribution costs, higher fuel costs, higher taxes. I find it so funny how canadians constantly complain about this price gap but are still asking their government for more social services and more "free" programs. To fund free college and healthcare it comes out of corporate and income taxes so they simply raise the prices on their products. If canadians want lower prices they should cut taxes and social programs
Found the trump supporter.
+MichaelVick too bad im not :(
Jonathan Elkas
Sure, ok...
+MichaelVick just cause i believe in conservative economics doesnt mean i like trump. Thats very ignorant of you
Jonathan Elkas
You're not conservative, you're ignoramus. There's a difference...kinda...
Just wondering if they compared stores in Buffalo and Toronto and Vancouver and Bellingham, if prices would be different.
Or Montreal and Plattsburgh.
I'm sure it depends on which state though, different states have different sales taxes
because we are communists in Canada, we accept being ripped off and we don´t know what consumer´s or civil right means
I love living in the USA
You should make a new episode with updated prices
You need to take into account the price to ship to said country and such
"The cost of being Canadian" lolz
In typical CBC Marketplace fashion, most of the blame is placed on the corporations. What about government regulations and taxes? Gotta pay for that "free" healthcare somehow!
lol, the attitude of this show is funny
The corporations certainly could be part of the problem, but this show implies that they are the only problem, which is probably not true.
I paid way more for food when I lived in OH vs NC but I paid more for utilities in NC than in OH.
Are they converting the prices?
I've lived in both US and Canada. The cost of living in the US is almost half of what it is here in Canada. Canadians are being gouged!
@Mike - yup, including buying houses.
Of course we have to exclude NY, San Fran, Silicon Valley, & other parts of Cali, etc., BUT prices for rentals have gone up which I'm not happy about.
I have to figure out where to live & after investigating most of the US & the things that I need (like not being near any of the toxic manufacturing plants), I'm only left with 2 states. sigh
Gougers are Government
imagine they increase the price in the US to match the price in Canada. lol
They do, at checkout when they add the sales tax, in States where the minimum wage is equal to that of Canada's, and the two non-contiguous states (which involve higher fuel costs), Alaska and Hawaii.
you forgot that canada adds taxes sales also and much higher than any taxes in any state
Ghkjdf Hbjhffh lel 15% in NB
Wooden Floor so
Alex Gan sorry not going to happen we don't pay money to the British you guys pay them your own taxes
What about US sales Tax vs Canadian VAT tax? I remember in Vancouver back in the day with my US ID I didn't have to pay VAT tax/Sales tax on clothing.
This is important
1 Canadian Dollar translates to 76 cents in US Dollars. That means that in Canada, things should be 31% more expensive than things in the US.
Exchange rate has changed since the filming.
1 Canadian Dollar Is About 1 American Australian (Aussie) And New Zealand Dollar
I wish someone would tell Katelyn that it's a lot cheaper to just repair the car than buy a new one.
Debatable. If the engine truly is shot, (and we assume Katelyn isn't a professional mechanic with access to a shop), then the price of a full rebuild, or an engine pull and swap can both end up costing a significant portion of the cost of a new car, and can (and almost always ALWAYS does) lead to chain reaction failure in other systems down the line. From a longterm economic standpoint, unless you have the knowledge and tools to do it yourself, buying new is almost always the better option than an engine rebuild or swap. You rebuild a shot engine because you have a sentimental attachment to the vehicle, not because it's the best investment of your money.
Buy a pre-owned car with low mileage, But even an engine swap would still be cheaper than 20k for a new car lol, it's not like your dropping a v8 jaw-dropping motor in the thing. I mean is it worth it? I would say no, them VW bugs are cheap and are not meant to last. I'd find a pre-owned car with low mileage for as much as it would cost to fix that VW, at least in the US you can find them private dealerships that deal with low mileage cars for as much as it would cost to replace the motor and they would probably sell to Canadians.
Snoopy Schulz Right! Had a quote of $2100 USD to replace the 3.1 v6 motor in my aunts Monte Carlo (Broken camshaft). Or it could cost around $1500 to rebuild the old engine, with new valves and bearings. We ended up doing it out selfs for little under $300 bucks lol and some free time. It still way way cheaper then a new car, and the Monte carlo has only 125k miles, so it worth saving.
Viking Dude
right on ! replacing an engine with the same unit it came with is literal plug and play im glad you did it yourself and saved a bundle !
Even if it cost 1/6 of the price of a cheap new car, why would someone rebuild an engine on a car like that. You have no idea what you're talking about. Once the engine is seized in a car like that, it's basically only good for parts or scrap. Depending on the age, mileage, etc of course.
June 16, 2020 - CDN dollar is $.77 to USD 1.00
The money exchange is different between the US and Canada, so of course, it's going to seem like it cost more there. That 1298.00 you spend in Canada for that Samsung TV converts to 1013.00 USD in today's money. In 2013, 1298.00 might have converted to 998.00 USD.