new fuel pump details

Stephen Bigelow sbigelow at sprint.ca
Thu Feb 14 15:59:57 EST 2002


----- Original Message -----
From: george mills <gamills at ns.sympatico.ca>

> Parts from the US are essentially double in cost in Canabucks. This
> includes the exchange rate, brokerage fees (includes tariff), tax and
> shipping. Sourcing out parts in Canada is often less expensive, same
> parts as the rest of the world. Canada has a free trade agreement with
> the US, but it does not include items made outside of that country and
> vice versa. On the other hand, if I were to send US dollars to a
> lister in the US to maybe pick up a part for me as the price was
> right, and that certain lister were to send the part on to me as a
> gift with a value of say 25 bucks, and it was in a plain brown wrapped
> package with no company name stuck to it, I just might save a few
> bucks.

And then it either is
A) the wrong part, or
B) broken, and requiring warranty service.

Bah. Buy local.







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