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So the wife and i had separate trips to go on this past week. I was going to Marten River and she was going to Pennsylvania for dog racing ..I have been giving her a very hard time about her trip due to the fact the Canadian dollar was crap and only getting 75 cents on the dollar kills me... Any way we both arrived home last night and she was very excited to show me what she had bought. First off she had three bags of stuff to show me. 1st bag full of clothes, 2nd bag more clothes and shoes and at this point I had seen enough as my wife is a pretty good spender but I'm used to it in Canadian dollars so I was getting a bit discouraged.... She could tell and said I only have one more bag but this ones for you.. In this bag she unloaded 10 new lures, 20 packages of jigs,5 plastic cases and 2 brand new shimno reels and she says look at the front door....2 brand new Shakespeare spinning rods.... Now how can I be upset at her...... She truly is a great wife which I am lucky to have.... Now I hope she goes to the states more often.... Lol
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Bud, you have a lot to be thankful for! The good thing is 'you know it'. What about a $0.75 dollar anyway, and it could have worse and wasn't. She's a true keeper.
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By the time you factor in the 6% sales tax in PA compared to our 13% and the price of everything is realistic, it's always a good deal shopping there rather than here.
Fishmagnet, if she wants to go one state further south to Delaware, let her. They have no sales tax there. You should make out like a bandit.
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yes that's exactly where she was at the Cabela's in Delaware where she received 20% off of all purchases because there was a friends and family event going on.. Some young guy was helping them out but she said he was clueless... She had to tell him that the rod he picked out was a baitcasting rod and not a spinning rod. She also schooled him on rear drag reels and front drag reels "she knows her stuff"well the manager overheard the conversation and joked with her that she should get a job there and laughed at the salesman that a girl showed him up... She told the manager the salesmen should know these differences especially working in the fishing section. The manager agreed and gave her 10% of the final total... Lol....30% off great deal..She is a smart one .. She said it was only a 30 minute drive from where they were staying to get there....
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Not that it matters, 'cause you scored in so many ways, but the dollar has been on the up and up lately (compared to the 1.39 it hit not to long ago). Hope she bought US at the right time.
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your story about a Canadian, shopping in the States, buying stuff for fishing, reminded me of the below joke
A young Newfoundlander moved to California and goes to a big mega-department store looking for a job. The manager says, "Do you have any sales experience?" The Newfie says, "Yeah, I was a salesman back home in Newfoundland." Well, the boss liked the Newfoundlander (of course) so he gave him the job. He said, "You can start tomorrow. I'll come down after we close and see how you did on your first day." His first day on the job was rough, but he got through it. After the store was locked up,the boss came down to see him. "How many sales did you make today?", the boss asked. The Newfie proudly said "One." The boss says, "Just One? Our sales people average 20-30 sales a day. How Much was the sale for?" The Newfie says, "$101,237.64." The Boss says, "$101,237.64? What in the name of God did you sell?" The Newfie said, "I sold him a small fish hook. Then I sold him a medium fish hook. Then I sold him a larger fish hook. Then I sold him a new fishing rod. Then I asked him where he was going to go fishing and he said down the coast, so I told him he was going to need a boat, so we went down to the boat dept. and I sold him that twin engine SeaRay. Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to the automotive dept. and sold him that 4 X 4 Suburban. The Boss said, "A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a boat and truck?" The Newfie says, "No, he came in here to buy a box of tampons for his wife and I said............ Well, your weekend's f#*ked--You might as well go Fishing!!!"
she's a keeper !
