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Victor Von Mediaboy
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posted 18 February 2002 03:33 PM

Is there a Canadian on-line bookstore other than Chapters-Indigo?

I'd go to Amazon.com, but the $5 customs fee bugs the hell out of me.

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vickyinottawa
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posted 18 February 2002 03:57 PM

Ottawa's Octopus Books has an online service

http://www.octopusbooks.org

or you could just walk on down to your local independent bookstore

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Victor Von Mediaboy
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posted 18 February 2002 04:11 PM

*sarcasm mode*

I could walk to a local store? Why hasn't anyone informed me of this before now?!?!?! It's a Liberal conspiracy, it is!!!

*end sarcasm mode*

Nevertheless, thanks for the heads up on Octopus' on-line store. I happily surfed on over and placed an order.

[ February 18, 2002: Message edited by: Victor Von MediaBoy ]

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vickyinottawa
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posted 18 February 2002 05:04 PM

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R. J. Dunnill
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posted 19 February 2002 04:26 PM

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but the $5 customs fee bugs the hell out of me.

I remember when they instituted that - it was in response to complaints that U.S. Customs was charging an even stiffer fee, making it cost-prohibitive for Americans to order small items from Canadian e-tailers.

I think that is an example of a "non-tariff barrier".

Since I'm 5 minutes north of a port of entry, I get my U.S. e-tailer orders shipped to a parcel depot in the border town of Blaine, WA, and I walk across and pick them up.

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DrConway
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posted 19 February 2002 10:10 PM

These days it's tougher to just bring stuff across and not get whacked on the nose if you fail to declare and they search your vehicle.

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R. J. Dunnill
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posted 19 February 2002 11:38 PM

That's why I don't bring a vehicle - I just walk.

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Thandiwe
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posted 21 February 2002 03:56 PM

Does it make me evil that sometimes, occasionally, I sortofkindof fantasize about a shared currency just so that I can order books and merch from the States and not pay through the freakin' nose?

It does? Shucks.

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Victor Von Mediaboy
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posted 21 February 2002 03:58 PM

Even if the currency was the same, Canada Post would still charge that damned $5 fee for handling the package.

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Alix
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posted 06 March 2002 05:30 PM

As a ex-Indigo employee, I must say I'm absolutely thrilled by any book business that doesn't involve the Indigo-Chapters-Coles-WHSmith monopoly. I'm glad to hear of anindependent on-line book business.

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