In the spirit of ‘Wintersolsticetime’, I thought I’d tell a quick story about cross-border shopping.
The Wire: Season 4 was just delivered to my door from Amazon.com.
Checking my Visa statement, the purchase, including shipping, cost me $36.40.
If I was to have bought this item at Amazon.ca, it looks like I would have paid, uh, $62.59!
Canadian retailers better get in line. Consumers aren’t stupid.
Happy Yule!
J.
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I'm a former computer engineer and naval officer. I now make my living writing, hosting, performing and landlording.
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