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Old 02-14-2003, 08:15 PM
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Hellolights, has a sale on right now on there parabolic reflector with mogul. They are on for 29.95. I have order two from them and it cost me, 100.00CDN with shipping. Which I thought was pretty good . I also got a 175W Ushio bulb for about 104.00CDN shipping included. The only catch is that you have to have a place in the states or know someone who does, so that they can deliever it there.
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Old 02-14-2003, 08:24 PM
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The only catch is that you have to have a place in the states or know someone who does, so that they can deliever it there.
Aquariumpros is the Canadian distributor for hellolights.
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Old 02-14-2003, 08:39 PM
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Yeah, but Aquarium pro has to markup the product to make a profit don't they?
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Old 02-14-2003, 09:09 PM
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Yeah, but Aquarium pro has to markup the product to make a profit don't they?
They of course get things wholesale, so they mark up the wholesale price. But don't ask me, get a quote from them. I think you will find them competitive.
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Old 02-15-2003, 04:59 PM
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Hellolights, has a sale on right now on there parabolic reflector with mogul. They are on for 29.95. I have order two from them and it cost me, 100.00CDN with shipping. Which I thought was pretty good . I also got a 175W Ushio bulb for about 104.00CDN shipping included. The only catch is that you have to have a place in the states or know someone who does, so that they can deliever it there.
Hellolights will not sell to an individual in canada, if you want them you have to buy through a Canadian distrubitor or get it delivered to a US address and pic it up.. I tried to order directly and what they sent back is a referal to Aquarium pros, for what its worth they are about the same price as ordering throught Hellolights and paying shipping duity and brokerage fees.

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Old 02-15-2003, 06:59 PM
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Well it's being done. I have talk to them, and they have no problem with it. I just had to send them a money order in US funds. As for the brokerage fees and duty, my mom always goes to our house to stay for a few days anyways, so she is allowed to bring back 200.00 worth of stuff, duty free. It will just hang out at the house until she goes there for a couple of days
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Old 02-15-2003, 07:29 PM
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Well it's being done. I have talk to them, and they have no problem with it. I just had to send them a money order in US funds. As for the brokerage fees and duty, my mom always goes to our house to stay for a few days anyways, so she is allowed to bring back 200.00 worth of stuff, duty free. It will just hang out at the house until she goes there for a couple of days
That advice may be useful to you as you appear to have a US address. It is worth nothing if a person does not have a US address. Canadians are better off using Aquariumpros, as they are the distributor, and take care of all that stuff.
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Old 02-15-2003, 07:38 PM
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Then I apoligize. I had mentioned the fact about the US address in my first post,and it was intented for those of you that do have a US address or know someone who does(which isn't that uncommon). Next time I will just keep my mouth shut instead of letting you guys know about a sale. It's a lot less headaches that way!
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Old 02-15-2003, 08:07 PM
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Oooohhh, someone else ****ed off...

It would be a GREAT thing to have a contact that could handily get us US goods, especially HelloLights stuff. I got one of the last shipments to Canada from them, a reflector and socket.

In Vancouver you have the distinct advantage of being pretty much right AT the border, and to have family to bring stuff back over would be a huge benefit. Problem is for us in Calgary, the border is hours away, and it's unlikely that we have anyone "on the other side" as there are no cities in Montana nearby.

I appreciate you trying to let us in on a good thing - a sale in this case - but I think your original post was a little vague and left us filling in the blanks. Not a big problem, it's the nature of the medium... A quick typed note can only contain so much information, and people often skim these posts and miss stuff.
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Old 02-16-2003, 12:44 AM
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little confused now, as jon says he likes the reflectors at JL. they're likely more expensive, are they worth the extra bucks? i'm not interested in trying to work things out with an american friend or even ordering from ontario. seems a lot simpler to order from JL or SWC.
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