My stepson lives in Toronto and we would like to get him a digital camera for Christmas. The last time we sent him something it was a nightmare which ended in him having to pay $30 "duties and fees" on a broken piece of $60 pottery that we had paid $30 for packing and shipping. (NEVER use PakMail!) I'm thinking it would be easier just to buy him a camera from a Canadian photo shop and have them ship it. Does anyone here know which are the better on-line Canadian camera shops? Thanks in advance, Hack --//--
I recommend them too. I have purchased a few things from Henry's both in-store and on-line; and on my wide agle lens it was 20% cheaper on-line than in the store. It was actually shipoped to me directly from an American address. Remember you'll have to pay the Ontario/Canadian sales taxes of 8%+7% = 15%. Call (or email first) their telephone support line and be sure the article will have no duty, taxes, or brokerage fees added if it is shipped from outside Canada. I found their support friendly and helpful. Another large photo shop is Vistek. Although I have purchased from their store I have never ordered anything on-line from them yet. http://www.vistek.ca/ But if Henry's did not have the item you wanted I would feel safe trying Vistek +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + The News Guy(Mike) - Seinfeld Lists + (two mirrored sites) + http://membres.lycos.fr/tnguym + http://wave.prohosting.com/tnguym NOWTHISWORKS + All things Seinfeld; scripts, trivia, lists, +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Yes, Henry's! Be sure to click on: "Shop in Canadian Dollars". Their prices are very good and their service is superb. They also provide availability of in store shopping in: Toronto, Missisauga, Oshawa, Newmarket, Oakville, Scarborough, Waterloo, Lancaster, London, Ottawa/Kanata. While you're at it, I'd do well with a Canon 20D. They have presently the CANON EOS-20D W/17-85 IS USM EF-S LENS at the bargain price of $2799.99 Canadian + tax, a saving of $99! Think of it, you'd save (our Canadian dollars are worth less than your USD's) and make me very, very happy! ;-0 Take care, Marcel PS Sorry, I sent the "original" "Reply" instead of reply to group ;-(
eCost.com advertises on their web site that they ship to Canada. They will calculate taxes, duty,and what they call other costs. I have bought from them before and they have satisfied my concerns. Just a thought. Don Dunlap Snip
(EHHackney) wrote in Try Simon's Cameras out of Montreal - www.simonscameras.com . I find their prices better than Henry's, and you might save the PST on a shipment to Ontario. -Chris
Two other interesting sites are Cameracanada.com and Thecamerastore.com I have not used them yet but their sites look interesting
I can vouch for quality and service at www.cameracanada.com having bought a Minolta a1 from them and other items, even returning once for exchange. George
Future Shop is a major Canada-wide electronics retailer - they tend to have good prices and great sales, just make sure you know what you want so you don't have to deal with their salesdroids Anyway, you can shop and buy online and have items shipped directly to any Canadian address you want, or you chould just send the stepson a Gift Card and let him do his own shopping in the store where he can play with the different cameras. They have four stores within Toronto, and several more in the surrounding areas. www.futureshop.ca
Hi all! I've taken the Canon Powershot Pro 1 as an example of prices: Ginphoto - $1099.99 Simon's - $1039.95 Camera Canada - $1037.30 Black's - $1099.99 Henry's - $ 1099.99 As you can see, the prices are all bunched up pretty closely. The bottom line is SERVICE and service is often to be had where there's a store front ;-) Marcel
Unfortunately, the Canadian mail-order market is far less developed than in many other countries. Last year I tried to purchase a simple portable tape player (from abroad) and was completely stumped: shipping is only ever allowed to the address on the credit card, and no non-Canadian issued credit cards are allowed either. This might make purchase of gift credits impossible too.
Future Shop also lists the Pro1 at $1099.99. (To the OP: Remember that's CDN$, and that the CDN$ is particularly strong right now vs. us US$)
That depends on the store. I don't know about out-of-country cards, but I have ordered a product from Future Shop online (home address in Vancouver, BC) and had the item shipped to a Calgary, AB address. Like I say, a gift card or gift certificate may be a better idea.
I have found that if receiving items form the US its best to ship instructions seperately and take the items out of the original box. Also, at the very least mark the shipping label "returned goods" - bottom line is that if there's any doubt that it's new they might let it pass - I have fairly good luck this way. J
Most places will ship to addresses other than the billing address if the card holder has OK'd this in advance with the CC bank. Call the bank's customer service, and ask; usually they will verify identy, and OK the new address right then. Then, when you order, just ask the seller to call the CC bank to verify the new address. Some sellers aren't familiar with this practice, and for them, I explain that if they want to lose a sale because of their ignorance about credit cards, that's OK by me, I'll just buy from someone else, and they decide to actually check into it.
Sadly, not possible when you live overseas. [Most places don't have any idea what to do with a 'country code']. Future Shop's webpage makes you think it will be possible, then when you get to the end of credit card details you realise they won't accept non Canadian cards. I even phoned and spoke to a human and was unable to do anything. I tried for about 4 hours to find some way of ordering a simple electronic item over the internet, and was stymied. [Even Amazon won't deliver electronic items to Canada].
