well I saved about 1 third the cost of the reel in canada with all taxes and shipping there was no duty... that is no small change,,,,it's like 80 bucks
and I have sent reels , cameras and others back to the US for repair and I find it just about as fast as buying them here and getting them repaired here.....
I wish the over all cost was about the same, I would love to buy in canada, but in my world I save a great deal of money buying from our friends to the south
any my buck stops here
look how everyone started buying vehicles from the US..so they lowered the price here..
and I started buying form the US almost 30 years ago when I started fishing bass tourneys..many lures, rods and reels could not be bought in Ontario and if they were here they were double the price ........prices have got closer on many products, but they need to get the same - + the exchange rate............
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I hope that soon all retailers/distributors will catch on and revise their pricing