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G'Day
<RANT>
Hear, hear ! I agree LEGO has done us a great disservice by closing down S@H
Canada.
</RANT>
On a side note has anyone had to pay duty (aside from GST and Canpost fee)
on packages recieved ? Or a brokerage fee from a courier
company?(Livingston)
Cheers
Oliver
"Dean Husby" <nntp@akasa.bc.ca> wrote in message
news:38EB99C5.2FE8B859@akasa.bc.ca...
> I don't know about you US people but ordering from S@H has become such a
> chore for us Canadians.
>
> They don't keep your information on file. You have to jump though all
> the hoops and the price they quote to you in Canadian dollars is usually
> not what comes up on your credit card. (Quoted at 1.45, billed at 1.5033
> exchange)
>
> To be fair, S@H has credited me the difference in exchange rate and
> orders do arrive in a reasonable amount of time.
>
> I just miss S@H Canada. They always had my info, and ordering took just
> a couple of minutes.
> So far I haven't seen any advantages to it being in the US for me. I
> still get the Canadian catalog (IN US DOLLARS) that doesn't have all the
> items the US one has. It must be really hard on the kids. They now have
> to worry about exchange rates when saving their pennies for an item... I
> know I get confused by it. I mean, it would be ok if we were getting the
> full US version of the catalog. Then I could understand US pricing. But
> if it's a Canada version it should be Canadian prices. LEGO claims it's
> all about kids. Well the adults here have enough trouble with the
> catalog let alone the kids.
>
> Thank you for listening to my rant...
>
> Dean & Alex - AFOL's at large
> --
> Coin-Op's For Sale!: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/coin-op.html
> Dean's Lego Workshop: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego_wr.html
> Vancouver Lego Club: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc
>
>
>
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| (...) Not since the days of "Lego World Shop". Man, I got nailed at least $60 bucks on shipping, customs, duty & brokerage. I'm glad they are gone... Rip offs... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| I don't know about you US people but ordering from S@H has become such a chore for us Canadians. They don't keep your information on file. You have to jump though all the hoops and the price they quote to you in Canadian dollars is usually not what (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.dear-lego) !
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