Comments on: “iPod tax” looking like a Canadian reality

By: Panamajack

Panamajack — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:52:47 +0000

The only upside to this is that this essentially legitmizes piracy for us Canuckistantis. And after all, after labelling us all as potential criminals vis-a-vis this levy, the least we can do is steal some more music and movies !

By: allstarecho

allstarecho — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:50:39 +0000

They gotta pay for that “free” medical care somehow, no? Welcome to a “black market” boom in Canada folks where Tony Saprano’s family buys up all the electronics in Michigan and has nightly truck runs across the border.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:19:16 +0000

I agree w/ 2E.

This is a tax to offset the piracy that goes on. If they automatically assume that everyone who has digital device will pirate music/movies/etc. Why shouldn’t you get your money’s worth?

By: mikeyp

mikeyp — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:16:29 +0000

cool combo packages?

so if i go to Canada and buy an ipod i can get all the pirated music i want?

By: victor

victor — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:50:49 +0000

Poor Canadians, they get all these really cool combination packages and now they get this tax, the way things work themselves out.

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:31:01 +0000

Man that’s F**KING STUPID!!

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:47:46 +0000

Looks like I’ll be ‘jumpin’ the ditch’ to go buy my 6th gen iPod (where’s that video clip by the way?) in New York State. They got greedy,…now they get NO tax revenue on the sale of my next iPod!

By: 2E

2E — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:18:00 +0000

If this goes through I will take it as my $75 or whatever as paying for the right to pirate.

By: Tvguru

Tvguru — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:22:31 +0000

Well most of us live 1 hour away from the boarder and with our dollar so high I’d just drive across the boarder to get one. I think they’re just shooting themselves in the foot.

By: slimchance

slimchance — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:17:46 +0000

man this sucks I hate montreal sometimes but at least I can get good shoes for cheap here

By: LeoAllen

LeoAllen — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:50:15 +0000

~cough~insidejob~uncough~

By: mickeyp

mickeyp — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:21:30 +0000

Well atleast you guys get healthcare with your overtaxing. All we get is this darn mess to clean up after you know who…

By: Preet

Preet — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:12:18 +0000

I’m sure the powers that be are working on it, but another hurdle the iPhone has here in Canada is the lack of competitive data plan rates. My understanding is that there is only the option of unlimited data for the phone with At&T? Alot of the carriers here are $25 for 1 megabtye! (or in that range)

I’d get one (iPhone) but I paid a few months penalty to get out of a contract to switch to Rogers already, and now I’ve used up my “hardware discount with longer contract” discount.

By: BobL

BobL — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:42:34 +0000

Don’t you worry my friends from up north. We too will be overtaxed soon. I feel your pain.

By: RMc

RMc — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:26:00 +0000

so now the iPhone will cost even more…if it ever arrives…will they charge me an extra 200 for my DVR also? How about my 1 TB external storage I was thinking of buying to back up data (which includes mp3’s). This is ridiclious. What about buying a memory card for my digital camera? Sometimes I wish I was american, until I think about it.

By: Beerbaron

Beerbaron — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:21:33 +0000

This sucks large…overtaxed and have the worst data pricing…do we all have “sucker” tattooed on our heads?

By: fake

fake — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:37:48 +0000

Way to steal a Robin Williams joke. If you are going to diss our country at least be original.