Looking for feedback from my Canadian friends on here.

nwfloridadude · Mar 13, 2009

I will spending this summer (Possibly longer)in Eastport Maine which is on the Canadian coast border. Considering this is going to be a first for me i have a few questions that i'm hoping some of my brother's from the north can help me with.
1. Do you need a passport to go back and forth if driving (Or walking) across?
2. With the exchange rate is would it be wise to do shopping on the Canada side?Also is there a tax on groceries etc...?
3. Does stuff (Groceries, Gas etc...) tend to be more expensive then the Usa side of border towns?
Thanks in advance and i can't wait to see and spend some time in your neck of the woods.
Now for the most IMPORTANT question, How do i go about getting a betfair account once i get there?? :laugh:

whalewager · Mar 13, 2009

I wouldn't go there. I hear Canada is the next military target for the USA.

FuriousDrew · Mar 13, 2009

Groceries, gas, liquor are all way more expensive here. Even with the exchange rate you're probably better off buying in USA.

Not sure about the east coast but here they passed a law where you need a passport to drive across the border, never tried walking but assume it would be the same.

SportSavant · Mar 13, 2009

I think with the dollar groceries may start to be getting cheaper here in canada, however everything else in US I beleive.

X-Files · Mar 13, 2009

nwfloridadude said:
I will spending this summer (Possibly longer)in Eastport Maine which is on the Canadian coast border. Considering this is going to be a first for me i have a few questions that i'm hoping some of my brother's from the north can help me with.
1. Do you need a passport to go back and forth if driving (Or walking) across?
2. With the exchange rate is would it be wise to do shopping on the Canada side?Also is there a tax on groceries etc...?
3. Does stuff (Groceries, Gas etc...) tend to be more expensive then the Usa side of border towns?
Thanks in advance and i can't wait to see and spend some time in your neck of the woods.
Now for the most IMPORTANT question, How do i go about getting a betfair account once i get there??

1. Must have passport unless you plan on staying forever,
and never going back. If you don't we will lock you up &
interogate you. Maybe even force you to smoke pot.

2a. With the exchange rate as it is, i'd buy CAD$ now.
By the summer ours could be worth more than yours again.

2b. Shopping in Canada? We have some nice escorts here.

2c. Tax on groceries? Real food, no. Potato chips & other
addictive suicidal drugs, yes.

3. I have no clue, though you should be warned that liquor
up here actually has alcohol in it.

P.S. Forget BetFairy & open a Pinnacle account or two.