Gassing up across is sure worth it now. 0.83 vs $1.22 a liter!

[Lance1]

Just gas up across the river , it was 3.16 a gallon after the math thats 0.83 a liter. I notice Esso over here is $1.22 a liter that is the largest spread I have ever seen. Almost .40 a liter cheaper thats just nuts.

[Lance1]

When I see people at the pumps on this side I think they must have a criminal record or more money than brains.

[SIMBA]

lol!!

[chris5]

It is only going to get worse... I dont think the price setters have realized the average income has droped in relation to inflation for the past several years... $hi+ is going to happen... I sense the bubble is about to burst...

[Soundbear]

When I see people at the pumps on this side I think they must have a criminal record or more money than brains.

There's another reason. As a contractor, I don't pay for my gas, my customers do!!!

Besides, I cant empty the truck.

[R W G R]

There's another reason. As a contractor, I don't pay for my gas, my customers do!!!

Besides, I cant empty the truck.

If you got your gas across the river you could charge your customers less.

Just a thought. :)

[NewCasa]

When I see people at the pumps on this side I think they must have a criminal record or more money than brains.

Let’s see….

My tank holds about 50 litres. I’d save 40 cents per litre every fill. So gosh I’d save $20 each fill. Not bad.

For this $20 I get to sit and wait at customs both ways, sometimes for quite a long time. Then, at least on the American side I get to be made to feel like a criminal while my entire life is investigated. So bottom line, any way I look at it I’m going to be an hour or so filling up at the very least, probably more like an hour and a half. I have to say, if I got paid that little an hour and had to take that kind of crap for it I must be asking people if they’d prefer paper or plastic.

Yeah sorry, might be you but not me. I’ll stick to my side of the ditch. Baaaaad as it may be.

[chris5]

Let’s see….

My tank holds about 50 litres. I’d save 40 cents per litre every fill. So gosh I’d save $20 each fill. Not bad.

For this $20 I get to sit and wait at customs both ways, sometimes for quite a long time. Then, at least on the American side I get to be made to feel like a criminal while my entire life is investigated. So bottom line, any way I look at it I’m going to be an hour or so filling up at the very least, probably more like an hour and a half. I have to say, if I got paid that little an hour and had to take that kind of crap for it I must be asking people if they’d prefer paper or plastic.

Yeah sorry, might be you but not me. I’ll stick to my side of the ditch. Baaaaad as it may be.


Poor planning = long waits at the border...And if you have nothing to hide, they are just questions.... I was there and back in 25 minutes... Saved 60 bucks if you count the 12 pack and milk... I see your point though... if you have a small car you dont save as much.. Me, I dont like to give my money to the greedy gas companys...Id go even if I had a small tank.... As long as its cheaper... im makin the trip..

[lynys]

Hmm... well we always check the bridge cam when we go across. Very rarely are we held up.

They usually ask us two or three questions... where do you live? where are you going?

For a long time, we were asked what our relationship was. And we are sometimes asked what we do for work. Really... simple questions that take all of ten seconds to answer.

I don't see what the big problem is?

[D0bb3r]

I love all the "i stay on this side of the ditch" arguments" ... makes my speedy trips across easier and faster when you dont cross !!

[iluvchristian]

Hmm... well we always check the bridge cam when we go across. Very rarely are we held up.

They usually ask us two or three questions... where do you live? where are you going?

For a long time, we were asked what our relationship was. And we are sometimes asked what we do for work. Really... simple questions that take all of ten seconds to answer.

I don't see what the big problem is?

What's the web address for that?

[IMHO]

This time of year there are no big lineups on the bridge. I refuse to be held ransom any longer to gas companies who raise thier prices without just cause. I rather enjoy my trip across the bridge. The view is spectacular, I have a few minutes to myself and best of all...its my own little protest about gas prices in Canada. WHatever little money I have left to spend after taxes I CHOOSE TO SPEND WHERE I WANT.

[autum1]

I heard the good looking women don't have as many problems except for the occasional horny border guard. But for everyone else its "when was the last time you were over" and if you don't answer in the last few weeks its "were you ever finger printed?" "where do you work?" "how long have you worked there?" etc. The $20 bucks savings - with the $5 bridge fare that's $15. Not to mention the extra gas you burn. If you're doing the crossing in less then 30 minutes you must be going over at 6 am.

[R W G R]

Poor planning = long waits at the border...And if you have nothing to hide, they are just questions.... I was there and back in 25 minutes... Saved 60 bucks if you count the 12 pack and milk... I see your point though... if you have a small car you dont save as much.. Me, I dont like to give my money to the greedy gas companys...Id go even if I had a small tank.... As long as its cheaper... im makin the trip..

Geez, not more perspective!

[cutie22]

I went over at 9 am this morning just to gas up. I was there and back within the 1/2 hr. I normally don't go across for gas but refuse to pay the price that is here. The only questions i got this morning were what my relationship to my stepson and why I was going across. When I said gas the customs officer asked me if they sold Gas in Canada. when I said I didn't want to pay the price here he didn't say much. Asked my stepson if he was mine and he was like ya, no, the customs officer got a chuckle out of it.

[yoda]

I filled up the tank last night when I went over...I should have brought a gas can with me also, I didn't know that the gas was going to go up this much

[ssmarie]

and if it wasn't for us canadians spending our money in Sault MI - the place would be a ghost town - we keep them alive over there

[IMHO]

...and WE benefit form keeping them alive. So whats your point?

[D0bb3r]

and if it wasn't for us canadians spending our money in Sault MI - the place would be a ghost town - we keep them alive over there

So .. the people of SSM Ont are fully supporting SSM Ont as well as Mich ... i guess the commercials are right, "youre richer than you thought"

[verotik66]

I have a 40 gallon tank which is about 151 litres, i probably save 50-60 bucks when i fill up over there, plus beer or booze, and a lunch out somewhere.

[Blunt]

When I said gas the customs officer asked me if they sold Gas in Canada. when I said I didn't want to pay the price here he didn't say much.

Yeah, I can see why he didn't say much when you said "It's $1.22/litre!", because the only thing he could say is "What's a litre?"

[Mr belsito]

Im going for gas and beer tonite...

[Mr belsito]

This time of year there are no big lineups on the bridge. I refuse to be held ransom any longer to gas companies who raise thier prices without just cause. I rather enjoy my trip across the bridge. The view is spectacular, I have a few minutes to myself and best of all...its my own little protest about gas prices in Canada. WHatever little money I have left to spend after taxes I CHOOSE TO SPEND WHERE I WANT.

Good job

[SmrtGrl]

I always buy my gas in the US. I invested in a bridge card which further increased my savings. Not to mention Dairy and other groceries are a heck of a lot cheaper over there as well. If you plan it right you save a ton not just on gas.

[IMHO]

Gallon jug of milk....often $1.99
eggs....as low as .88 Walmart
butter...2 bucks a pound
Yoplait yogurt...58 cents all the time
boneless skinless chicken breats$1.97 all the time at Walmart


WHY PAY MORE? GAS UP WHILE YOU ARE THERE !!!!

[lynys]

Ben and Jerry's is also cheap there... *sighs* Damn cravings. lol

But, yeah, we buy most of our groceries there... bread, dairy, cheese, pastas, canned items (like tomatoes)

Only thing we buy here at home anymore is fruit, veggies and most meats.

[MagicFingers]

Let’s see….

My tank holds about 50 litres. I’d save 40 cents per litre every fill. So gosh I’d save $20 each fill. Not bad.

For this $20 I get to sit and wait at customs both ways, sometimes for quite a long time. Then, at least on the American side I get to be made to feel like a criminal while my entire life is investigated. So bottom line, any way I look at it I’m going to be an hour or so filling up at the very least, probably more like an hour and a half. I have to say, if I got paid that little an hour and had to take that kind of crap for it I must be asking people if they’d prefer paper or plastic.

Yeah sorry, might be you but not me. I’ll stick to my side of the ditch. Baaaaad as it may be.

It is worth it when you go across for more than just gas and make it an outing instead of a chore. we go across we go for dinner which we would do here anyways but it is even cheaper over there, then we do groceries which eggs, milk, butter alone makes it worth it. eggs= 0.97 milk=1.99 and and butter 2.39 so about $5 for all that as opposed to $5 only for milk here. Again makes it worth it then with the savings on the gas and consider it an evening out .... we are talking at least $30 saved.

I only get gas here when it is an emergency like Christmas eve with all the running around we did we didn't have timeto go across so I put 15$ in the tank until I get there tomorrow. It would be to crazy to go today.

Oh and yes we always buy the boneless skinless chicken breast at walmart....a club pack 11$ there are usually 9 large breasts in the package and we get about 11 meals for 2 out of it so that is pretty darn good savings compared to here.

[NewCasa]

WHatever little money I have left to spend after taxes I CHOOSE TO SPEND WHERE I WANT.

As do I.

[Blunt]

Between gas and groceries, my wife and I save between $150 - $200 / month, by shopping across the ditch.

[IMHO]

I enjoy the trip and all things metioned by other posters...PLUS..THE KIWEDIN CASINO pays better than the Canadian rip off one.

[Mr belsito]

Different selection of groceries, gas and beer, and beer, and beer,lol

[Soundbear]

Is there a car wash over there???

[Mr belsito]

I got an xmas present at the border, a case of 20 budlite are $13.50 at wally world, i bought 2 cases, no duty. 40 beer for $27 , NICE

[Peety]

Drinking American beer is like having sex in a canoe, "####ing near water"!!

Really? why

[MagicFingers]

Chicken on sale today at walmart 1.25/lb We stocked up!

[bohd]

THATS RIGHT....we as canadians, tend to say little about things like gas prices etc.///now we do not need catastrophies to jack up the gas anymore...plain unadultered greed by the oil companies....sad....

This time of year there are no big lineups on the bridge. I refuse to be held ransom any longer to gas companies who raise thier prices without just cause. I rather enjoy my trip across the bridge. The view is spectacular, I have a few minutes to myself and best of all...its my own little protest about gas prices in Canada. WHatever little money I have left to spend after taxes I CHOOSE TO SPEND WHERE I WANT.

[Soundbear]

Over the next few weeks I'm going to try to see if there's any pattern to Canadian side backups. I live nearby. Maybe somebody else could help.

[Evil Monkey]

Is there a car wash over there???

There are a few that I know of. There is one next to GFS, one at the Quaker State place across from the entrance to Walmart and the one I use all the time at the BP Station. The BP one is a laser touch less wash and does a really good job for $10.

[Mr belsito]

Over the next few weeks I'm going to try to see if there's any pattern to Canadian side backups. I live nearby. Maybe somebody else could help.

You do that, and report back your findings, and let anderson cooper and dr sanjay gupta know?

[MagicFingers]

OK so yesterday we crossed I didn't have time to post this but OMG....I have never had a problem and it wasn't really a problem just found the US customs officer uptight yesterday Here are the questions they asked us.

1)Citizenship?
2)Where do you live?
3)Where are you going?
4)Purpose?
5)(Never had this asked)How do you know each other?
6)(Never had this asked either) Who does the child belong to?
7)Have you ever been arrested or finger printed?
8)Where do you work? What do you do there?
9)How often do you cross?
10)Who is the car registered to?
11)Are you bringing any fruits, vegetables,meats, fire arms, knives, weapons alcohol tobacco into the country?
12)Are you bringing money into the country 10K or more? HAHAHA yeah ok

Then he told me to have a nice day. I have been asked most those questions at one time or another but never all at the same time and 2 of them have never been asked....what is up with that. Anyways not that I care, I just found it a little odd. I am headed back over this afternoon have vet appointments.

[R W G R]

You do that, and report back your findings, and let anderson cooper and dr sanjay gupta know?

LOL!!

[Xzavia]

What's the web address for that?

The link is off the SooToday home page under "Quick Links" on the bottom left of the page.

http://www.saultbridge.com/index.html

[Onlygodknowswhy]

I always fill up at shell, usually with bridge and a full tank im typically out of there around $60 or so (still a $30 savings from)....but last night I went to fill up and shell shut its lights out when i was driving towards it..so i filled up at Admiral beside it...they only gave me .85 on the dollar there...so a $54 fill up ended up costing about $63....where at shell I would have probably paid $56-57....so now on im going to make sure I hit the casino before going over to exchange money lol

[Lance1]

I always fill up at shell, usually with bridge and a full tank im typically out of there around $60 or so (still a $30 savings from)....but last night I went to fill up and shell shut its lights out when i was driving towards it..so i filled up at Admiral beside it...they only gave me .85 on the dollar there...so a $54 fill up ended up costing about $63....where at shell I would have probably paid $56-57....so now on im going to make sure I hit the casino before going over to exchange money lol

Pay by Visa , Interact or exchange money at a bank first to avoid being riped off. Our stores use to give bad exchange rate to the Americans also when its left up to them to set the rate. Well worth it.

[Soundbear]

You do that, and report back your findings, and let anderson cooper and dr sanjay gupta know?

To heck with that. We'll do it for our own benefit.

Might as well ask Orrizetti why gas prices are high!!

[Soundbear]

OK so yesterday we crossed I didn't have time to post this but OMG....I have never had a problem and it wasn't really a problem just found the US customs officer uptight yesterday Here are the questions they asked us.

1)Citizenship?
2)Where do you live?
3)Where are you going?
4)Purpose?
5)(Never had this asked)How do you know each other?
6)(Never had this asked either) Who does the child belong to?
7)Have you ever been arrested or finger printed?
8)Where do you work? What do you do there?
9)How often do you cross?
10)Who is the car registered to?
11)Are you bringing any fruits, vegetables,meats, fire arms, knives, weapons alcohol tobacco into the country?
12)Are you bringing money into the country 10K or more? HAHAHA yeah ok

Then he told me to have a nice day. I have been asked most those questions at one time or another but never all at the same time and 2 of them have never been asked....what is up with that. Anyways not that I care, I just found it a little odd. I am headed back over this afternoon have vet appointments.

I think that they run through the whole shmeer just for practice once in a while.

My motorhome has been x-rayed 2 out of 5 trips.

Here 's what I found out. Years back, I bought a truck that, unbeknownst to be, burned oil like 10. On the long idle down the other side of the bridge, the oil built up, and whn I stepped on the gas to make the final little run into the booth, the thing began to smoke like a fire!!
The customs officer ripped into me, saying you can't bring that over here, we don't need the pollution, etc. etc.
I just calmly said, "Whatever you need to do, sir, that's OK."
He shut right down, I expalined a bit more, and he let me go.

Just look them in the eye, answer whatever they want and smile. They know as well as you do that the smile means "You're full of it!!", but he'll let you go!!

[Huggy85]

Pay by Visa , Interact or exchange money at a bank first to avoid being riped off. Our stores use to give bad exchange rate to the Americans also when its left up to them to set the rate. Well worth it.

Interac is the best choice. Bank charges a fee for conversion but with credit cards you pay 2 fees; one to the bank processing the charge for the retailer and the credit card charges another greed fee.

[Lance1]

Interac is the best choice. Bank charges a fee for conversion but with credit cards you pay 2 fees; one to the bank processing the charge for the retailer and the credit card charges another greed fee.

Thanks, good to know.

[MagicFingers]

Just to add.

Last night I went back across with both cats. woohoo another big savings. Bridge wasn't too busy, So I get to the vets, they are awesome by the way. Both cats had their rabies, distemper, feline leukemia shots. One cat had an allergy shot as well. Also given antibiotics the grand total was 88$ USD.....I wouldn't have gotten that service for one cat let alone 2. So again Another HUGE HUGE savings.

[MagicFingers]

Royal bank on wellington by RJ's you can use the bank machine and withdraw american funds....so that is another option beats paying the 2.50 bank machine fee on the american side.

[1337]

Just to add.

Last night I went back across with both cats. woohoo another big savings. Bridge wasn't too busy, So I get to the vets, they are awesome by the way. Both cats had their rabies, distemper, feline leukemia shots. One cat had an allergy shot as well. Also given antibiotics the grand total was 88$ USD.....I wouldn't have gotten that service for one cat let alone 2. So again Another HUGE HUGE savings.

Well you can buy a Rolex from the trunk of a brown Chev too, or you can go to a jewelers.

[MagicFingers]

Not real sure what you are getting at....but this is a real vet....nothing like buying a rolex from the trunk of a car....so not sure what your point is. In case you missed it my point is I got quality animal care for the fraction of the cost here....and here i wouldn't have got near the service I got over there. THEY know how to treat their patients.

[Huggy85]

Royal bank on wellington by RJ's you can use the bank machine and withdraw american funds....so that is another option beats paying the 2.50 bank machine fee on the american side.

That too costs about $2 per hundred

[R W G R]

Well you can buy a Rolex from the trunk of a brown Chev too, or you can go to a jewelers.

Seeing that a majority of the vets on the Soo, Mich, side come from the veterinary school at MSU in East Lansing (considered one of the best vet schools in the world), I'd say he got the Rolex, from a jeweler, out of the trunk of a car!

Win-win

[MaO3]

I get my american at my bank machine every time I go across, I dont' pay anymore at the ATM then I would if I saw a teller. I deal with CIBC.
No charge other then exchange and no fee's at all.

I go across nearly every week, I'll be heading over tomorrow in fact. I need gas in my truck, and for my generator, and my dog needs his medication.

[1337]

seeing that a majority of the vets on the soo, mich, side come from the veterinary school at msu in east lansing (considered one of the best vet schools in the world), i'd say he got the rolex, from a jeweler, out of the trunk of a car!

Win-win

woot!!! Yay america!!!

[R W G R]

woot!!! Yay america!!!

Sometimes providing no comment is the better alternative. Then at least people have to simply assume you have no substantive comeback, instead of having you confirm as much.

[1337]

Sometimes providing no comment is the better alternative. Then at least people have to simply assume you have no substantive comeback, instead of having you confirm as much.

I don't need a come back. I agree. The vet's are highly skilled/trained and inexpensive over there. So I'm not too sure what you are trying to achieve here.

[Mr belsito]

To heck with that. We'll do it for our own benefit.

Might as well ask Orrizetti why gas prices are high!!

no, ask tony martin, he will hold a press conference, complain, then when something good happens he will hold a press conference and take credit for it. The man has issues, even a bigger issue is why he keeps getting elected.

[IMHO]

Boneless skinless chicken breast...on sale at Walmart Soo Michigan for $1.55 a pound. Compare that to Canadian prices. We buy it all the time and find it very good quality.

[MaO3]

I buy bags of frozen chicken breasts at GFS - the bags are $11.00 and are 5 lbs. Each bag has on average 16 or 18 breasts and they are really nice.

[Evil Monkey]

I buy bags of frozen chicken breasts at GFS - the bags are $11.00 and are 5 lbs. Each bag has on average 16 or 18 breasts and they are really nice.

I buy the same stuff or the chicken tenders(boneless, unbreaded) for 8.99 as well. I find them very lean as well and the bag weight is the same as the full size breasts. I also buy the Chili Lime Wings that are pre cooked there. They are really good if you cook them in the oven and you get 2 lbs in the bag for 9.99.

[MagicFingers]

Boneless skinless chicken breast...on sale at Walmart Soo Michigan for $1.55 a pound. Compare that to Canadian prices. We buy it all the time and find it very good quality.

Yep that is what we do....on the 27th it was 1.25/lb we bought like 4 big packages. seperated it and froze it. All we really eat is chicken.

[Lance1]

Just got better the Canadian dollar is worth 0.99 U.S.