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Old 01-15-2016, 01:39 PM   #1
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Escape 21 99% paid for.

Pick up date is 10-17-16. But decided to pay most of it now as the CAD is sinking so much that I felt that escape would certainly have to raise the price of the trailers at some point. Did I do the right thing? We will see. Anyways I sent it by wire transfer from my Credit Union. Sent it on a Tuesday morning, it must have arrived on Wednesday as I got an e-mail from ETI on Thursday with an updated build sheet showing that I had $1002.00 left to pay on it. This I will pay by credit card once we are 100% sure that there is nothing else to add.
I was really nervous about the wire transfer, I had never done one before, and I had read on here somewhere that someone had done it and that it had taken 4 weeks or something to clear. I was worried about that much money bouncing around in Cyber space for that long. But it went very quickly. Now the long wait until October. Maybe we will catch an earlier completion date. WOO-HOO
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Old 01-15-2016, 04:33 PM   #2
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Good move, hard to pass on the current exchange rate.
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Old 01-15-2016, 04:59 PM   #3
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You get more for your money this way vs leaving it in the bank, smart move.
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Old 01-15-2016, 05:25 PM   #4
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I just used a wire transfer also from my credit union. Very simple, except the fifty dollar charge! At least I knew it was a secure way to transfer a large amount of money.
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Old 01-15-2016, 05:37 PM   #5
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Pit bull, cost me 35.00. Everything is bigger in Texas.
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Old 01-15-2016, 05:52 PM   #6
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Wire transfer cost me $70.00 here in TN.
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Old 01-15-2016, 06:09 PM   #7
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If paying many months in advance, you can send a cashier's check or personal check as some have done (but don't know if there is a wait on the rate with a personal one, if that is a concern) with no such fees. You may have some check fee but we did not. Escape has plenty of time to cash a check. If worried about the dollar or in a hurry, FedEx can be used from the U.S. for about $44 and the payment will be there in one business day or two.
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Old 01-15-2016, 06:12 PM   #8
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Canadian dollar is still sinking - under 69 cents today. I think you have lots of time.
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Old 01-15-2016, 08:42 PM   #9
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Great idea, think we'll do the same. Don't have my build sheet finalized, think they'll take a partial payment if the total is not known?

I'm working on a big Aussie trip for our 40th, I just paid off a rail excursion and cruise at .69 to their dollar. Sweet. Too bad it didn't work on airfare.
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Old 01-15-2016, 09:36 PM   #10
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Escape was happy to take a substantial down payment from us a couple months ago and our build sheet is not complete!
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Old 01-15-2016, 09:48 PM   #11
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Like spokanescape said, when I was doing mine ETI gave me a "for now" build sheet with balance owing, less payment(s).
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Old 01-15-2016, 10:06 PM   #12
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Canadian dollar is still sinking - under 69 cents today. I think you have lots of time.
And I thought 90 cents was a great deal two years ago.
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Old 01-15-2016, 11:49 PM   #13
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Enjoy it when you can, nothing lasts forever. They were almost equal when I bought my 19. I think the difference was only $300 or so and I thought I hit the jackpot when I Tammy sent me a check.
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Old 01-16-2016, 01:39 AM   #14
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We did the same thing! Worked very well and really saved on the exchange rate without getting greedy! Congrats!
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Old 01-16-2016, 11:10 AM   #15
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Escape was happy to take a substantial down payment from us a couple months ago and our build sheet is not complete!
Yeah, any business will be more than willing to take money!

We're heading up to the factory on Monday so I can go over their display trailer with a fine tooth comb to help me finalize my build sheet. Plus, hand over a personal check that will convert to almost 1/3rd of what we owe on it.
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Old 01-16-2016, 01:11 PM   #16
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Posts on Canadian dollar, oil, etc. have been moved to new thread "Canadian dollar / World economy".
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Old 01-16-2016, 03:08 PM   #17
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I'd suggest putting as much as you can down as your rate of return is greater in Canada as it presently is versus the US.
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Old 01-16-2016, 03:45 PM   #18
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If you put as much down as you can now, how will you feel when the $CDN hits 59 cents?
Your guess is as good as mine.

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Old 01-16-2016, 04:09 PM   #19
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This pricing change is like a shark feeding frenzy, everyone wants their bite and the best piece also....Both of my Escapes were within 95% of the exchange rate, thus it did not bother me.The exchange ratio does not make the product any better it just makes the purchaser feel better about buying it.
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Old 01-23-2016, 06:35 PM   #20
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Paid ours off today. 71 cents the dollar. Great for us but hope this doesn't put the hurt on ETI.

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