What happened to www.cairo.com, the website that provided price comparisons for local brick&mortar retailers.?

Question

I used to search out the local ads on cairo.com instead of reading the circulars that are printed every week and included weekly in the newspaper. The URL was www.cairo.com, but it disappeared one day. (now you get a travelogue for Egypt!) I thought it was a great service. Wonder if there is another one out there like it. I know about the websites that do the same for online retailers, like PriceGrabber and Froogle...but I want to know if there is another website that checks and compares the local brick-&-mortar retailers sales ads each week.

Answer 1

I guess it's gone. This is a quote from an investor of the old cairo.com:

"...when the new CEO sliced and diced the data, a more valuable business came to light - so we're moving in that direction which we think will be larger and more exciting opportunity -- we'll be able to tell you more about in a couple of months."

Answer 2

The only reason that I would not shop in US because the stuff in Canada are cheaper. Stuff meaning clothing, electronics, appliances, toys, cars, and things that are outside of necessity. There are three solutions I can think of to this matter. One is to ask the company to reduce the price down to lower than the price in US. Remember, we still have to pay the 14% tax, so the reduced price should be 14% less than the US price. Keep in mind that the reduced price has to be low enough that the Canadian residences feel they are gain more value by shopping in Canada. This solution might take longer for the chain stores due to the fact that most of them based out of US, so would they really care? And how would they compromise the cost? The second solution would involve the Canadian government. We could reduce the tax amount. I want to say 0% on everything the Canadian residences buy from now until Jan 5th, 2008. But for this to actually works, I think 4% tax will be more viable. Let's do a quick cal of how does this 4% is coming from. 14% (gst+pst) minus 8.5% (US tax) minus 1.5% (bonus reduction from the love of our govt) equals 4%. To me, it is the quickest and happiest solution since we, the Canadian government, are the only party involve in this decision making. If this gets approved, it can happen tomorrow. The third solution being also quick and with some madness. The Canadian check point could start charging people from going across the boarder. Some what around $50 per person, kids under 12 are free, just to make this sounds nicer. This would be the way to go if the Canadian government would want the residences to hate them (although not everyone likes them). I don't know if the government could do that, really, but it's an idea.