I will try to articulate my thoughts the best I can, which sometimes comes out differently than the words rumbling around in my head.
Part of me considers everyone on here a competitor and I smirk when I see someone stock up on an item I am totally avoiding because of past experiences. I also very much appreciate when people post deals because I often buy a large amount when these rare deals pop up. What irks me about this post and the prior post is that you make incomplete statements which can possibly lead people to make some very bad choices. There are several $230 CDN $ sets available to buy which are $200 US currently. They all could be winners regardless of currency, or they could be losers because of currency. I have been having an amazing 2015/16 because of the huge drop in the CDN $ compared to the greenback. I believe the market prices are strongly driven by the US$ which could pose a significant problem if our currency rebounds to par again. It absolutely can happen, not likely anytime soon, but it is possible. So while fellow people on this forum are competitors, I only try to help newer individuals so they don't get in over their heads.
Yes, only the strong survive, but if people take your advise blindly without doing any research, it could impact their lives negatively.
As for currency exchange, Norbert's Gambit has been a means to convert currency for a very long time. You can do this at any brokerage and the fees are reasonable if you have a large enough account or trade a lot. There is still some small risks associated with this technique, which should be at least understood and considered. I personally used DLR and DLR.U because my brokerage charges nothing to trade those ETF's (or charged nothing the last time I did it).
Anyways, I hope I didn't derail the thread, and my only hope is that people are careful and do their due diligence.
Cheers,