gabe
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If you think that's absurd!! MARBL on King West has a "luxury cocktail" menu. Martini's go as high as $250! So King West
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If you think that's absurd!! MARBL on King West has a "luxury cocktail" menu. Martini's go as high as $250! So King West
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AlbertC
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If you think that's absurd!! MARBL on King West has a "luxury cocktail" menu. Martini's go as high as $250! So King West
I'm old school. Just came back from a Vegas trip where I bought $4.99 USD bottles of soju from a Target store there and mixed it with whatever juice we could get and then hit the casinos where they serve "free drinks" for a tip on the side.
artyboy123
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Damn even converting to CAD ...a bottle of soju is so much cheaper in USA vs our "cough cough" LCBO https://www.lcbo.com/en/charm-soju-liquor-40626 with the option of earning 10 aeroplan points....
Northern Light
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Damn even converting to CAD ...a bottle of soju is so much cheaper in USA vs our "cough cough" LCBO https://www.lcbo.com/en/charm-soju-liquor-40626 with the option of earning 10 aeroplan points....
One has to be careful to compare brand, size, and also similar city/region.
I just looked up the retail price, not on sale of 375ml of Charm Soju in Buffalo, NY - I get $7.34 USD; other brands varied btw $6.99-$7.99USD
Taking that first price and translating to CAD, I get $10.03 vs the LCBO price of $10.90
So there is a discrepancy, but not huge.
Sure the booze is a bit cheaper IN Vegas, but the cost of the round trip flight is ~$400; making the Soju $403.99 LOL
gabe
Senior Member
Damn even converting to CAD ...a bottle of soju is so much cheaper in USA vs our "cough cough" LCBO https://www.lcbo.com/en/charm-soju-liquor-40626 with the option of earning 10 aeroplan points....
Yep. My parents don't drink but go to the US all the time. I give them my shopping list for cognac and scotch. I got Courvoisier VSOP recently for only 40 bucks US. It's $109.95 at the LCBO! What a scam the LCBO is.
torontowest91
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Yes.USA is cheaper for alcohol - bought Don Julio 1942 for $155 in Florida, I think its $320 here at LCBO. Even after exchange, its only about $215... still $100 cheaper!
Northern Light
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In light of the discussion above; perhaps some people would like to see how the LCBO price structure works:
* before anyone asks, no this is not confidential information, LOL, its freely available if you know where to look. It was provided by the LCBO to a member of the public.
* before anyone asks, no this is not confidential information, LOL, its freely available if you know where to look. It was provided by the LCBO to a member of the public.
Northern Light
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Now, I'll illustrate certain effects of taxation; these are approximate.
Roughly - U.S. Federal Tax on spirits is 1/4 the Federal rate here.
Since someone used Vegas as an example, the City+State sales tax in Vegas is 8.38%, while the rate in Toronto would be 13% HST.
If we harmonized at the U.S. rates for the example above.
The landed cost drops to ~$8.12
To which you then apply the LCBO mark up of 139% to get $11.28 + $8.12 for a total of $20.40
Then we add the domestic charges for volume levy and env. .38c for $20.78
You then factor the sales taxes. Apply the lower rate of 8.38%
Which gives you a grand total of $22.32
The remaining price difference is largely the LCBO's mark-up.
That mark up in the U.S would vary widely, but likely be the range of 50% on mid-range product. (as opposed to 139%)
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If we go back and adjust the mark-up to 50%
You lower the retail price to $18.12
Needless to say if you find a discount liquor shop, where the markup might be as low as 30% in a state with no sales tax the price would drop further still.
Roughly - U.S. Federal Tax on spirits is 1/4 the Federal rate here.
Since someone used Vegas as an example, the City+State sales tax in Vegas is 8.38%, while the rate in Toronto would be 13% HST.
If we harmonized at the U.S. rates for the example above.
The landed cost drops to ~$8.12
To which you then apply the LCBO mark up of 139% to get $11.28 + $8.12 for a total of $20.40
Then we add the domestic charges for volume levy and env. .38c for $20.78
You then factor the sales taxes. Apply the lower rate of 8.38%
Which gives you a grand total of $22.32
The remaining price difference is largely the LCBO's mark-up.
That mark up in the U.S would vary widely, but likely be the range of 50% on mid-range product. (as opposed to 139%)
***
If we go back and adjust the mark-up to 50%
You lower the retail price to $18.12
Needless to say if you find a discount liquor shop, where the markup might be as low as 30% in a state with no sales tax the price would drop further still.
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