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[reefgirl189]

I buy all my stuff from local Alberta shops now. Almost all of them are willing to ship to me on their own time and that really helps, being in a remote location such as Bonnyville.

The one time I bought from a US company I had issues - and I got dinged hard with shipping to send the item back. It wasn't worth it.

The one time I had an issue with a piece of equipment I purchased from a local vendor he was very helpful and even sent me a replacement part before I sent him the defective one. If I had decided to buy said equipment for $50 less from the states it would have cost more to ship the parts back and forth in this case and wouldn't have been worth it.

Big ticket items I do try to buy gently used but I've learned my lesson with going that route too.

There's pos and negs to each side.

[Slick Fork]

Originally Posted by reefgirl189

I buy all my stuff from local Alberta shops now. Almost all of them are willing to ship to me on their own time and that really helps, being in a remote location such as Bonnyville.

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This is an important point too, for those of us who are an hour or more drive from a quality LFS, a mail order from a shop like J&L or progressive Reef is often faster than finding the time and spending the gas to drive all the way in to a larger center.