[Ti] OT: Apple Canada shipping

[Jim Freeman]

Well Murray, you got me all wrong. I moved here voluntarily and spend 
much more time thinking about what a good decision it was than I do 
complaining. The weather isn't one of my problems. When people ask me 
what I miss about California they expect to hear "the weather". They 
are surprised when I tell them "e-commerce".

"Love it or leave it"? Give me a break. There are things I like about 
Montreal and there are things I dislike. I can say the same about every 
place I've lived. I hope you're capable of being critical as well.

Anyway, I wasn't looking for a flame war. I was looking for a solution. 
Thank you for the eCost tip. I'll check it out.

Jim

On 24-Feb-05, at 12:17 PM, Murray Kastner wrote:

> Apple Canada can be high-handed and pisses off most of its customers 
> at one time or another. We just have no choice, unfortunately. But as 
> a born-and-bred Montrealer, I wonder why you would subject yourself to 
> a "frozen wasteland" if you have other options more amenable? Some of 
> us do measure our lifestyles by other than commercial access, you 
> might be surprised to learn. Surely our frozen wasteland must have 
> some redeeming value?
>
> For your -- and others blighted by our shortfalls comercially -- 
> information, you might want to check out vendors in the USA that offer 
> the services of Border-free, through which you are given a net cost 
> all-inclusive to your door for a wide range of product. They do the 
> exchnage, pay duties, if any, and all other costs; I use eCost and it 
> works very well.
>
> Insofar as other measures of lifestyle, I can only repeat an oft-heard 
> American slogan, "Love it or leave it!" Or, start making yourself a 
> list of why you are here. I wouldn't trade my beloved Montreal for 
> anywhere in the United States. There is far more to one's quality of 
> life than ease-of-ordering. And Apple Canada ain't gonna get any 
> better overnight, but some of us feel the negatives of living here to 
> be well worth the annoyances.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Murray