Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!utcsri!utegc!utai!ubc-vision!alberta!ncc!lyndon From: lyndon@ncc.UUCP Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: prices in Canada Message-ID: <1492@ncc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Jul-87 03:50:49 EDT Article-I.D.: ncc.1492 Posted: Sun Jul 12 03:50:49 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 18:14:36 EDT References: <133@bby-bc.UUCP> <828@looking.UUCP> <137@bby-bc.UUCP> <992@van-bc.UUCP> Distribution: can Organization: Nexus Computing Corp., Edmonton, AB Lines: 41 In article <992@van-bc.UUCP>, sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) writes: -> In article <1483@ncc.UUCP> lyndon@ncc.UUCP (Lyndon Nerenberg) writes: -> -> >OR, you could have it fixed in Canada by someone who will -> >charge you $160/hr + parts to do the job. -> -> If it's name brand equipment it usually isn't to hard to get either an -> extended warranty or service contract. OK - you still eat the $200 somewhere... -> Why not? Are you saying that you can't buy from US distributors at the same -> prices, import, and add on a markup similiar to a US dealer and make a -> profit? Of course! That's how most Canadian business operates -> Please clarify. Are you saying you can't match US dealers or US mail order? Not with an overhead of 12% FST and 3.9% hardware duty. -> And wouldn't any american dealer have the same problem? They will also have -> to fly about to seminars etc. Sure, but most of them don't have to fly nearly as far. Check out the AT&T course guide sometime. -> I'll agree with that. Personally I usually know a hell of a lot more about -> the stuff I buy than any dealer in town. So I usually ask for and get prices -> based on their cost plus a small markup. Or I go straight to the source. Funny, I have this problem with most of my distributors :-) -> What I find annoying is when I phone an american company only to be told -> that because I'm in Canada I have to deal with a Toronto distributor. This -> usually means: -> - higher phone costs -> - a three hour difference in time zones -> - a far lower level of competency EVERYBODY knows what I think of Toronto by now...