When the Canadian dollar first surged to almost par with the USD, I visited a Chapters store to buy a technical manual.  The US price was 49 dollars, while the Canadian price was 75 dollars.

I complained and got a blank stare.  When I offered to pay in USD, I was told that I could not do that.   I wonder if I had been a New Yorker that was visiting Montreal and offered to buy the book with my USD, what their reaction would have been?

Ever since this happned, I have been buying my books online and from the US.   Bad for Canadian book retailers ?   I don't care !  If they treat me like a cat treats a litterbox, then I will go elsewhere.   I hope they put in a muffin shop in it's place once they close their doors. 

Chapters sucks anyway - they refuse to carry any books they don't agree with, and since they put so many smaller book stores out of business wherever they go, that's like taking them out of libraries in a way.

Now they use a UK and Canadian pricing on books, which is exactly as it was before.  Good idea, buy online, and save, this is really tiring, large USA based companies using Canada as their private piggy banks to flush themselves with some more vacation dollars.