Re: [OCLUG-Tech] [OT] any recommendations on shipping to ogdensburg, NY for pickup?

2013-12-11 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 13-12-11 12:59 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: what i'm looking at is a case of fine wine and spirits, so we're talking several hundred dollars worth of stuff. at that price, i'm fine driving down and back. :-) LCBO will do Custom Orders. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville O

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] [OT] any recommendations on shipping to ogdensburg, NY for pickup?

2013-12-11 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Quoting Stephen Gregory : On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: what i'm looking at is a case of fine wine and spirits, so we're talking several hundred dollars worth of stuff. at that price, i'm fine driving down and back. :-) rday ah. wait a minute. you will be h

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] [OT] any recommendations on shipping to ogdensburg, NY for pickup?

2013-12-11 Thread Stephen Gregory
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > what i'm looking at is a case of fine wine and spirits, so we're > talking several hundred dollars worth of stuff. at that price, > i'm fine driving down and back. :-) > > rday > > ah. wait a minute. you will be hammered for duty and

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] [OT] any recommendations on shipping to ogdensburg, NY for pickup?

2013-12-11 Thread Robert P. J. Day
Quoting Brett Delmage : On Wed, 11 Dec 2013, Robert P. J. Day wrote: and drive down, pick it up, and pay the duty on the way back at the border. *Drive* down for a pickup? At $0.40/km is that really cost-effective compared to shipping? I guess for something very heavy... or that cannot b

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] [OT] any recommendations on shipping to ogdensburg, NY for pickup?

2013-12-11 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 13/12/11, Brett Delmage wrote: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2013, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > >and drive down, pick it up, and > >pay the duty on the way back at the border. > > *Drive* down for a pickup? At $0.40/km is that really cost-effective > compared to shipping? I guess for something very heavy...

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] [OT] any recommendations on shipping to ogdensburg, NY for pickup?

2013-12-11 Thread Brett Delmage
On Wed, 11 Dec 2013, Robert P. J. Day wrote: and drive down, pick it up, and pay the duty on the way back at the border. *Drive* down for a pickup? At $0.40/km is that really cost-effective compared to shipping? I guess for something very heavy... or that cannot be shipped. so ... recomme

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] [OT] any recommendations on shipping to ogdensburg, NY for pickup?

2013-12-11 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 13/12/11, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > totally off-topic, but i suspect some folks here might have > advice -- i want to order some stuff from the US wherein they > don't ship to canada, but i can get it shipped to any convenient > border drop depot or whatever, and drive down, pick it up, and >

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] [OT] any recommendations on shipping to ogdensburg, NY for pickup?

2013-12-11 Thread Prof J C Nash (U30A)
I've been in Ogdensburg at the Price-Chopper/Lowes opposite Walmart and last Dec the lineup was several HOURS for pickup. All Canadians! Out in the cold too. JN On 13-12-11 06:09 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > totally off-topic, but i suspect some folks here might have > advice -- i want to orde

[OCLUG-Tech] [OT] any recommendations on shipping to ogdensburg, NY for pickup?

2013-12-11 Thread Robert P. J. Day
totally off-topic, but i suspect some folks here might have advice -- i want to order some stuff from the US wherein they don't ship to canada, but i can get it shipped to any convenient border drop depot or whatever, and drive down, pick it up, and pay the duty on the way back at the border.