iaink

Dont get me started...$1500 Tenor Shipped on the 2nd ..Left Newark on the 5th.."Arrived" Toronto on the 11th. STILL WAITING!!! Worse still, a mouthpiece shipped first class from michigan on the 25th is still to arrive.

iaink

Dealer prices are just as bad there as here...and driving is not really an option....thats why I need the part see

Last week I went from 2 cars to none as the front brakes on the Mazda went for an expensive crap too

andy_sheila

If anybody wants anything bringing back from the US then i can do it for you with just a few conditions.
You would have to meet me along the 401 or along my route back to NS.
It has to be legal (ie. no guns or drugs)
It has to fit in my truck cab (quite big)
I would declare it so duty will be paid
You would have to pay in advance somehow.
Just get in touch if you want anything brought back.
Andy

Beebop

My 1st sax died in less than a week...hijacking thread madly but any tips on buying/make welcome!

iaink

I myself am rather taken by the defunct German manufacturer B&S, excellent horns with seriously undervalued used prices.

There is one on ebay right now (an alto with really bad pictures and inaccurate description that needs more clariication and better pictures before I would bid on it) for silly money, although it would not amaze me if it ultimately reached over a grand. I paid $1200 for a newer prettier one a month or so ago. If you dont have a grand to spend then either old (vintage) or taiwanese made horns are the way to go in my opinion.

For all info sax related I recommend

http://forum.saxontheweb.net

..More information that you will ever need. Was it a cheap chinese one off ebay by any chance? Sax quality is unfortunately usually a function of how much you want to spend.

I might be able to give a few ideas if you want to PM me the details...rather than further hijack this thread

Souvenir

Sounds familiar.

iaink

Sax souvy, Sax...with an "A"

flem26

Some retailers seem to be lowering prices on a few things. The thing that gets me is ordering items from the US and paying that lame import fee by UPS or FedEx. I brew my own beer and now my supplier is closing up shop in Saskatoon. I'd love to order brewing supplies from the US, but most supply shops use UPS or FedEx to ship. It's also expensive via USPS--no import fees, but the shipping cost is double.

iaink

Depends what it is. If its too large USPS wont take it, other than that they are usually the best bet if you are not in a hurry and face the posibility of brokerage charges. Two packages small packages arrived today...postage cost was $2.86. Cant get that with FedEx

Tenor saxes, which are about the size of a smallish suitcase and weigh about 25lbs are usually around $50 for international prority service.

clynnog

One of the few advantages, IMHO, of living in Windsor is its proximity to the greater Detroit CMA and its shopping opportunities. Proximity to the City of Detroit itself is not an advantage, IMHO.

For all the discussions on what is cheaper etc, in the USA vs. Canada, I have to look at the disparities in housing and general quality of life within the US vs. Canada, to be glad of some of the things we take for granted in Canada....universal health care, generally clean, safe cities, lack of gun culture. Some things you can't put a price tag on.

If we all just did our big ticket item shopping at the big box hells that have sprouted up at Interstate off ramps, our local retailers and employees will suffer even more. As was stated earlier, Canada has 1/10 the population in the same land area as the US....transportation costs etc, are always going to be higher.

andy_sheila

I can't see how transportation costs come into it, i take tires from NS to all over the states but i can still buy them cheaper in Houston than i can in Dartmouth, NS

Tiaribbon

I have to agree with everything you guys are all saying. I've just been down in the States; alternator beggared up on the way down. Went into a Subaru main dealer in Pennsylvania; they fitted a brand new alternator immediately for the teensy price of $149 for the alternator and $100 for labour. Suited us perfectly .

Whilst there we checked out the prices of a brand new Outback - US$20,000 at this dealership in the States. Just looked at one at the local dealership here in Canada and for the same spec were quoted just under $30,000 Cdn.

I actually buy as much as I possibly can from the States, particularly when it comes down to farmy/horsey stuff as the price is almost always three quarters cheaper in the States....even including the shipping. This, I find quite disappointing really as I used to be a huge advocate of buying locally...but heck I can't afford to anymore.

Yasmina2005

Healthcare????:::curse: the quality, the promptness of the services and the resources are really

* Is it normal to go the emergency room and wait more than 36 hours waiting for a specialist to show up and meanwhile putting you on morphine?

* Is it normal that a woman had bleeding and no sonogram was available in the emergency room to know whether she was bleeding because of miscarriage or something else...

* Is it normal that you pay a premiem each month and yet, you have to pay for your medications.

* Is it normal that you indirectlty pay for your lab tests and so on, yet the doctor does not want to give you a copy of these tests for your own records?

1- Can anyone give me hints and tips on how to get the best of their so called healthcare system?
2- Could you recommend a pharmacy plan?

Thank you in advance

Yasmina (vancouver)

dbd33

Eh? What disparity in housing?

Which country are you saying has less of a gun culture?

clynnog

[QUOTE=dbd33;5429793]Eh? What disparity in housing?[QUOTE]

I am referring to the type of thing you see in many US cities (take Detroit for an example) whereby the inner city is riddled with burnt out houses, abandoned homes, vacant lots, abandoned commercial buildings and the suburbs and ex-urbs are full of McMansions, and large intact single family homes often within gated communities. Canada doesn't have the extremes of poverty and wealth that the US has.


I know you live a rural area of Ontario, however, I don't believe that many Canadian residents (urban or rural) travel with guns in their cars in the glovebox.

Maybe I'm blinkered.....