# Subscriptions and exchange rates

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscriptions-and-exchange-rates/280709>\
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**Created:** [December 20, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscriptions-and-exchange-rates/280709 "2004-12-20T00:27:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscriptions-and-exchange-rates/280709/1 "2004-12-20T00:27:43Z")

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Simple question: So I’m planning on subscribing in the New Year, but first I’d like to know about whether the subscription price for Canada is a set price or depends on the daily exchange rate. (If it’s the former, how much is it? And if the latter, what’s the current economic trend? How’s our dollar doing? :))

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscriptions-and-exchange-rates/280709/2 "2004-12-20T03:12:58Z")

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I’ll try to get an Official Person to look at this, but my guess is that you’ll need to come up with the amount in U.S. dollars based on the date of conversion by PayPal or your credit card or whatever.

Details to follow.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscriptions-and-exchange-rates/280709/3 "2004-12-20T03:46:24Z")

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It’s set price American, which I guess is whatever the exchange rate is on that day per your bank/credit card issuer/whatever.

Hope this helps.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscriptions-and-exchange-rates/280709/4 "2004-12-20T14:30:16Z")

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Yep, thanks **TubaDiva**!

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscriptions-and-exchange-rates/280709/5 "2004-12-21T02:17:52Z")

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Credit cards are the best way to go, if you have one. No transactioln fee.

The US dollar is currently getting an ass-whipping, so your Canadian dollar is currently worth about 84 US cents. But that’s UP from a low of 63 cents US only a short two or so years ago.

In other words, you are ahead of the game by 30%.