kirk wrote:
> Don Lancaster (computer guru and other nom de plume) www.tinaja.com
> on page 2 of his http://www.tinaja.com/glib/myebays.pdf EBay secrets says no
> foreign bidders, not just Canadian.
> Why? Because it is a hassle.
> BTW -- The Canadian postal service can be downright moronic.
>
> Kirk
>
I find this talk amusing. I live in Canada, but I just bought a
supercharger and a
mass airflow adapter cone from two different people--both of whom posted their
wares on
e-Bay. I didn't have any trouble.
As for boycotting American products, this is a fashionable idea up here,
but the size
of the American market is so much greater than the size of the Canadian market
that while
this kind of talk may get some press and get spread around while chatting to
neighbors, the
practical reality is that Canadian firms need to sell their products and
services in the
U.S. Boycotts can work two ways, and would likely hurt Canada more than it
would the
United States. The ridiculous softwood lumber dispute, a load of foul smelling
political
nonsense on the part of American firms who want to tie Canadian lumber
producers in court
long enough to drive them out of business, illustrates this clearly. People
here in B.C.
have lost jobs, and the economy up here has taken a serious hit. The American
lumber
industry will lose when the dispute goes to court, but in the interim,
corporate profits
soar at the expense of people living in small town B.C. who need local lumber
industry
jobs.
Meanwhile, we Americans wonder why the rest of the world seems so irritated
with us. .
.
One positive thing may come from all of this. All the "boycott" talk may
lead people
to start producing their own food locally. California could then stop
exporting its soil,
and local farmers would have a chance to reestablish their market share. This
could
potentially save a LOT of energy used to transport food from places where it's
grown to the
places where it's eaten. But then, I've been on this soap box before. . .
robert luis rabello
"The Edge of Justice"
Adventure for Your Mind
http://www.1stbooks.com/bookview/9782
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