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| Subject: | Re: New figures I've seen online |  |
| Date: | Jan 27, 2004 |
| From: | MSW | |
"Gary Donaldson" wrote in message
news:4013bf1e@news.track-link.net...
> Hmmm, forgive me if I rant a bit but let's look at this objectively. The
> figures are from Russia
Yes they are from Russian Sculptors but the company is Canadian.
>and so would have to be paid for in an
> internationally acceptable currency either Euros or U. S. Dollars both
worth
> more than our 78 cent dollar. Then there is the difference between buying
> and selling the respective currency, banks charge a different rates
> respectively. Add to that the cost of import taxes and duties to be paid
by
> the vendor to enter Canada for the items on top of his shipping costs .
Well if you are doing business in a country I expect you to accept or post
prices in your home countries currency. It's just "good" business.
>
> Nobody gives the Vendor a break so how how is it you expect one?
"Break" may have been the wrong word. Though being a small business owner I
agree no one is gives us a break but as a consumer I will always ask for one
especially when a figure is 16.30 CND before shipping.
> nice figures well done and in scale too I might add. Considering how small
> the Canadian market is for specialist items such as this I'd be supporting
> the vendor, not slagging him.
Hmm I believe a "slag" would be more something along the lines of
insulting the quality of the work or the value of the work, something I
never wrote...
> No wonder it's hard to find a store or vendor
> who will take the chance to bring in unusual / hard to find stuff
I don't think the industry is lacking in German World War Two Figures
when
> people take this attitude. Not a vendor just a fan of the Tahk line.
>
> Sincerely,
> Gary Donaldson
No problem Gary, even "fans" of a company are allowed to have attitude ;)
Cheers, MSW
> "MSW" wrote in message
> news:4013658c$1@news.track-link.net...
> >
> > "Christophe Jacquemont" wrote in message
> > news:40143967.6070003@freesurf.fr...
> > > Nice but expensive interesting to see that with the failing dollar the
> > > Euro is now the international money of choice;-)
> > >
> >
> > Yeah, it's weird there is no break for the Canadian dollar considering
> that
> > you mail your check to a Canadian address!
> >
> > Cheers, MSW
> >
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 | New figures I've seen online - Andy Herbert - Jan 24, 2004 |
| . . . Re: New figures I've seen online - Christophe Jacquemont - Jan 25, 2004 |
| . . . . . . Re: New figures I've seen online - MSW - Jan 25, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: New figures I've seen online - Gary Donaldson - Jan 25, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . TAHK is Cyrillic for TANK n/t - Saul Garcia - Jan 26, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: TAHK is Cyrillic for TANK n/t - Andy Herbert - Jan 26, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: TAHK is Cyrillic for TANK n/t - Saul Garcia - Jan 26, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: New figures I've seen online - Andy Herbert - Jan 26, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: New figures I've seen online - Gary Donaldson - Jan 26, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: New figures I've seen online - Andrew Herbert - Jan 26, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: New figures I've seen online - MSW - Jan 27, 2004 |
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