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In lugnet.lego, Calum Tsang wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, Tim Strutt wrote:
> > Jake,
> >
> > ...or whatever other LEGO representative that might be reading this...
> > Why has Canada been left out of this big list of LEGO store openings?!?!
> > Not to ignore other countries, but Canada actually had a LEGO S@H until a
> > couple years ago, and it's bad enough we have to go through the US for that.
> > Why can't we get a Pick A Brick too?!?!
> > Just a token one to start with would be fine. Say, maybe the nations
> > capital, Ottawa. :-)
>
> Well, if you're going to put it anywhere, you'd put it in the nation's REAL
> capital, Toronto. You know, the one that leads in economy, population, culture
> etc. :) It only makes sense that you'd go for Toronto: If you had to pick a
> place with the most people (Toronto) or the most tourist visits (Toronto)* where
> would you pick? :)
>
>
> Calum
> * 2002 Tourism Ontario/Stats Can: 20M visits to GTA, 4.5M to Ottawa Region.
Calum,
According to your stats, we beat your tourism on a per capita basis. :-) Do not
forget that with Ottawa you have Gatineau and a reasonable proximity to
Montreal.
Actually, I do not want to argue that LEGO do something here instead of there. I
just want LEGO to do something for Canada. We seem to get missed a lot now that
we don't have our own S@H.
Jude
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In lugnet.lego, Jude Beaudin wrote:
> According to your stats, we beat your tourism on a per capita basis. :-) Do not
> forget that with Ottawa you have Gatineau and a reasonable proximity to
> Montreal.
Presumably Gatineau is part of the Ottawa Region, casino and all. :)
> Actually, I do not want to argue that LEGO do something here instead of there. I
> just want LEGO to do something for Canada. We seem to get missed a lot now that
> we don't have our own S@H.
Well, it doesn't seem the way it used to be, I agree. While we don't miss
anything our American friends get from S@H in the US. What we lost was:
a) At exchange pricing that was competitive with Canadian retail.
b) Free shipping.
Both were big hits, at least for me. I order much less now as a result. I'd
rather have S@H Canada back the way it was in 95-96 than a PAB and Lego Store
here. But I don't expect them to do anything about that.
Calum
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