Came back from the Seattle Premiums Outlets-Disappointed

[Hmm]

Last night, I must admit I was really disappointed.  Me thinks that the prices of clothing et al there were jacked up because our dollar is at par.  No deals to be had, a waste of actually.  The only deals were at the Wal-mart.  Other than that, nope.  Next time will be going to Bellingham instead. BTW, had the buffet at the Casino, it was pretty good.   Also, just an FYI.  In the mall's food court they have an oriental fast food place: rice and two side's for $7.49 or something like that.  Here it costs $4.99 or $5.49.  A small basic caramel apple cost: $5.95.  This was more expensive than even in the expensive malls on the Las Vegas Strip.

[GORDY GAMBINO]

If you queery prices like that and you are concerned you must be a financial piss ant!!!
Where do you live in a bus shelter.

[Lise]

Wow, really? Good to know, thanks!

[Sportsdude]

wouldn't shock me if they jacked up the prices. Then saw a report on tv, the banks aren't giving you the actual exchange rate. You give them 100, you'll get anywhere from 96 to 99 dollars back instead of 1.01/1.02.


 

[P.C.]

I think that was the general consensus the first time the Outlets were discussed.

  I too found no bargains there.....long before the exchange rates had anything to do with it.  In some cases I actually found the prices to be higher than here....at a regular department store.

[purelife]

That Outlet store is such a hype for the casino.

Better stay in Bellisfare/Bellingham.
 

[Lise]

I guess the lesson learnt here is..... stick to Zellers?

[purelife]

LOL, for sure.  I say, stick to Walgreens, JC Penny, Kohl's and Target.  
 

[Sportsdude]

eh, walgreens only good for meds and medical products/photo development and soda. lol
kohl's is good.
I like Target. well its really Targèt but that's an american joke.  

[purelife]

The makeup was good too and some household appliances/gadgets.  Walgreens reminds me of London Drugs/Shoppers Drug Mart.  Prices seemed to be ok.  

[Sportsdude]

Yup its very london drugs/shoppers mart. Walgreens started out as just a pharmacy store then about 15 years ago they were like "hey lets become a corner store!" and well they've never looked back. Although the funniest walgreens by my house used to sell alcohol. Always found that hysterical.  

[P.C.]

Jeez.....we were in a Walgreens, and it was EXPENSIVE.  I was quite surprized.  Everything was expensive.  Maybe it was just the location.....I think it was in Santa Rosa.

[Dats normal]

wouldn't shock me if they jacked up the prices. Then saw a report on tv, the banks aren't giving you the actual exchange rate. You give them 100, you'll get anywhere from 96 to 99 dollars back instead of 1.01/1.02.


You've been misinformed.  The banks are doing exactly what they ares suppose to do.   The CDN/USD is only on par with the Bank of Canada.  Banks have to make their money and that's how they do it. They have a buying and selling price of foreign currency.  Currently, the Royal Bank will SELL you 1USD.  This will cost you $1.0082 CDN.  Now, if you want to the bank to BUY your USD they will buy 1 USD for 0.9633.  That's the basis of foreign exchange.  The US banks will BUY your CDN dollar at less than par.  If you get  $.99 that's an incredible rate. Banks typically have about a 2-3% markup and this is even higher if you pay by credit card.  

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Where do you live in a bus shelter.[/DIV][/TD][/TR][/TBODY][/TABLE] And you must have so much money coming out of your ass that you don't know what to do with it...or you're a careless spender.

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 [/DIV][/TD] [TD vAlign=top width="85%" height="100%"] [TABLE width="100%" border=0] [TBODY] [TR] [TD vAlign=center align=left][A href="vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/index.php/topic,5660.msg109305.html#msg109305"][img alt="" src="vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/Themes/default/images/post/xx.gif" border=0][/A][/TD] [TD vAlign=center align=left][A href="vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/index.php/topic,5660.msg109305.html#msg109305"]Re: Came back from the Seattle Premiums Outlets-Disappointed[/A]   [DIV class=smalltext]« Reply #5 on: Oct 08 07 03:15 »[/DIV][/TD] [TD style="FONT-SIZE: smaller" vAlign=bottom noWrap align=right height=20][A onclick="if (!currentSwap) doQuote(109305); else window.location.XXXX = this.href; return false;" href="vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/index.php?action=post;quote=109305;topic=5660.0;num_replies=13;sesc=b43847ff7f64af3be4d822d8d7b6e793"]Reply with quote[/A] [/TD][/TR][/TBODY][/TABLE] [HR class=hrcolor width="100%" SIZE=1]    [DIV style="OVERFLOW: auto; WIDTH: 100%"]That Outlet store is such a hype for the casino.

Better stay in Bellisfare/Bellingham.

 

 Yeah, that's what we will be doing from now on.  I remember Burlington had some deals about 7 years ago but that was then.

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