Dear old United States

[Basile]

When i made my visit to the UPS store to pick up the UltraFlex we don't have , or get in Canada, and if you order it you pay a custom fee that double the price,so its better to just order it ,have it sent to the UPS counter and pick it up there. I found myself surrounded by Ontario licence plates and people collecting all sorts of item , stove, TV sets, dresser, you name it. I felt a bit silly with my little bit of plastic i'd just pick up from the american Loews , thats all it was pieces of elementary plumbing for my tank, elbows sch 40, $1,79, which was sold in a Canadian plumber shop for $ 7,49 . When i left the states, i filled up my almost empty gas tank, $ 23 , its $ 40 when i do it home. So the money i save on my pieces of plastic paid for my gas, and if time is money well i gain some, because i didn't have to do 12 stores to find what i needed . As for the service, like most there we exchange stories and i've learned a few. Personnaly in some stores you can play bowling in the alleys because you don't see anybody to help you , and when they see you , no kidding they go and hide, i was comparing stories with some guys while waiting in line. When we talked about Loews in the states they come to you and ask you if you need help , totaly the reverse, and this very familiar in many dep stores all across. So no , i'm not crazy and i'm not alone who thinks like that. Plenty of Canadian fed up with bad shopping experience in Canada go south. I'm not ready to shop for everything yet, i'm just saying for my tank supplies i couldn't find here i'll go to the states and that i found the people services much more expediant and willing. Here they talk about last nights game, before they serve you.....that is factual so much so that i saw a cat fight begin,between a clerk and a woman lol.

PS; some of you are taking this way too seriously, should take a pill or something. Its an opinion , i'm sharing an impression i had while shopping south of the boder with other Canadians as we exchanged stories about why we were there. And like the guy in front of me said; if your excuse for hight price is always the overhead; kill the overhead i want it cheap , lol. we're tired of your excuses for scaming us....cheers.Happy reefing.