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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
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Posted: Sun Jul 12 03:50:49 1987
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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...