I noticed that 1 US dollar is worth about 1.45 Canadian dollars. Or one can think of it as 1 Canadian dollar is worth about 69 US cents. I know there are exchange rate fees (and possibly higher shipping costs), but I wonder if it's a less expensive time for the US to buy Canadian products. I am going to call AMEX and find out. Let me know what you guys think. At that exchange rate, buying Canadian products with US currency would equate to 30% discount - assuming Canadian merchants do not raise their prices to account for their "weaker" currency.