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One of the really sucky things about living in Canada is how U.S. companies consistently screw us over. First they think that our dollar is always worth less compared to theirs, and they insist that we should pay more for the same products than U.S. citizens. Not to mention that when you shop online many companies have ridiculous shipping rates for Canada and offer free shipping or much lower rates to U.S. residents, including ones that live FURTHER AWAY THAN CANADIAN ONES (i.e. Alaska, Hawaii, and all those other islands in the Pacific)! Now I’m not saying that those states should not get treated well. I think they should, but so should Canadian customers as well. I understand that your Canadian branches have to operate under different laws with different accounting, hence the different sites (and often their Canadian sites suck too!). But seriously, do you need SUCH discrepency in the amount of money you expect Canadians to pay than U.S. residents?

I went to the Mary Kay website to browse their products to see if I wanted to order anything different from my consultant this time. Well I went to their first and noticed that their prices were a lot cheaper than the prices I was paying with my consultant. At first I thought she was ripping me off, but then I compared it to the prices on their Canadian site. Seriously, the price difference is ridiculous! Here are some items I was thinking of purchasing or have purchased in the past.

Name of Product - Canadian Price - U.S. Price - Difference

1. Makeup remover - $17.50(CND) - $11.00(USD) - $6.50
2. Satin Lips combo - $30.00(CND) - $18.00(USD) - $12.00
3. Velocity Moisturizer - $22.00(CND) - $11.00(USD) - $11.00
4. Velocity Cleanser - $18.00(CND) - $10.00(USD) - $8.00

So if I ordered all of these things I would have spent $87.50 (CND) while someone in the U.S. would have spent $50. That’s a difference of $37.50. Now I know the two dollars are not worth the same, but it’s not so different that I should be paying that much more for the same products. It’s really annoying. And I really like Marykay products too, but I’m so jaded now. I know I don’t really have a choice unless I want to go back to horrible store brand crap, but I’ve just lost respect for a company that prides itself on the entrepreneourship opportunities it offers to its employees. Basically they “liberate” one group while exploiting another - their Canadian customers.

Btw, I am not bashing on Marykay alone. All the U.S. sites I have tried to shop on (which are quite a few) are all like this. Those bastards. And to the American customers that complain about the prices you pay, STFU! Try living in Canada and only being able to shop at 3 stores. Spoiled brats.

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Jack sent me a link to The FAIL Blog yesterday. I had been working on a paper for the past few days and I had handed it a couple of hours before he sent me this. Man did I enjoy it! The pictures are hilarious, and sometimes…awkwardly painful. Especially the ones with injured animals *tear*. Poor drowned squirrel. Anyway, check it out. It’s amusing (minus dead animals *tear again*).

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