09-11-2002, 08:00 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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A cheap e310 for Canadians
http://www.handheldcanada.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=H&Product_Code=TS0003&Affiliate=ppcthoughts
As a Canadian, I've always found it very frustrating that Amazon doesn't ship electronics to Canada. Well, if you were looking for a good deal on an e310, our affiliate partner Handheld Canada has one. It's not quite as cheap as our American friends are getting it for from Amazon, but at $539.99 CND, it's the least expensive Pocket PC I've ever seen being sold up here in Canada. Check it out - Christmas is coming soon...
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09-11-2002, 08:20 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Good price, but still no catch with Amazon's pricing which is around $471CAD (with rebate) including free shipping and not GST/PST to pay!
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09-11-2002, 08:37 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Aug 2006
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That's only if you can get it shipped to someone in the US for you. If you ship it to Canada, they will slap GST and PST on at the border.
If the e310 had a CF sleeve for using a CF modem, I would buy it tomorrow! With no ability to connect to my firm's RAS with a CF modem, I just can't justify it.
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09-11-2002, 08:44 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Originally Posted by Birdman
That's only if you can get it shipped to someone in the US for you. If you ship it to Canada, they will slap GST and PST on at the border.
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Yes i know that! Had my share of paying GST/PST + handling charges from UPS/Fedex sometimes costing more than the GST/PST paid. The other option is to buy the stuff whilst on holiday in the US of A.
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09-11-2002, 10:00 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
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or have it shipped to the US office and then havind a friend ship it to you via interoffice mail. That's what I do - works and it saves a bundle - but it is hard to ship large items
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09-11-2002, 10:06 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 717
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speaking of being Canadian and getting screwed. Bell Mobility is selling Audiovox Thera for $1249 CDN and a $100 credit if you sign a 2 year contract - now that's a far cry from $299.00 US for T-Mobile. That really drives me the wrong way.
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09-11-2002, 10:24 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Agreed on the Thera screw over. I was in a Bell Mobility store in Richmond, BC, and was almost bowled over by the price. After the sticker shock subsided, the CSR was quite indignant. I told him about the TMobile pricing on a (better?) PPC device, and he didn't believe me.
In some cases, our pricing up here is okay, but in most cases in the PPC world, it's a joke. As is availability.
This topic (a bit of a drift here, not much) reminds me of the last time I walked into a Futile Shop, about 3 years ago. I'd already been on the Internet for about 5 years+ by this point, and was shopping for my first CF card. I was more than a bit bowled over by the pricing then - IIRC, the FS pricing on CF cards was at least 3x higher than typical US-listed prices on the Internet at the time even with the exchange rate calculated (btw, the difference in CF pricing still exists today, but more like 1.25x - 1.5x the price diff).
I told the FS robot about these immense price differences, and I still remember his reply:
"Oh that Internet thing. I never trust that thing. Those prices were probably bait and switch."
I nearly snorted the Diet Coke I was drinking at the time out of my nose. 
Mark
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09-11-2002, 10:34 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
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It's so great to have a pal in the US. I just bought a firewire Hard Drive and had it shipped to my Seattle buddy where I picked it up on a visit. No tax, and for a $400 drive I saved $150 getting it in the US. If retailers here can't find a way to offer more realistic prices, they're going to lose so much business... It's odd, I mean Dell can offer pretty much the same price on a PC after the exchange rate, but Future Shop charges $650 CDN for the e310 while Amazon has it for $200 less in the US. There are no duties on electronics and computers, so I don't know where the price difference comes from, other than greed. That's crazy, man, just crazy.
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09-11-2002, 10:39 PM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by rubberdemon
.....so I don't know where the price difference comes from, other than greed. That's crazy, man, just crazy.
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Just try living in the UK. :roll: It's FAR worse - I wish I could get stuff at Canadian prices! We pay the same in pounds as dollars usually - and at 1.5 dollars to the pound that hurts! :evil:
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09-11-2002, 10:44 PM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Re: A cheap e310 for Canadians
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Check it out - Christmas is coming soon...
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Yes - but what other new toys will Santa bring us?  We know that the Tosh 310 and possibly the 740 are being discontinued - so there will be new toys replacing them - and there is the new IPAQ (for those that like a slippery and shiny PPC :wink . What else have the elves made for us? :?:
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