Here's the idea. Since Canadians pay so much for TFs, I thought it might be a good idea to set up a program they could use to get TFs a lot cheaper than they could in their homeland. Here's how it would work:

 

Canadians submit their orders to a website or email address. Program members in the US then send them the amount of their order, including shipping and paypal expenses to the site holder. This holder then has other members scout for the order all around the US. The member who finds all of the order then picks it up and is reimbursed by the site holder for the amount originally given by the Canadian. There is no profit involved. The member, once reimbursed, then packages and sends the order to the Canadian.

 

It'd pretty much have to be large orders, since anything else is going to kill you in shipping, and even I won't pay for your shipping too. But, using this method, you may have to wait awhile, but you would definitely get your order "on the cheap" so to speak.

 

Granted, there is risk involved, everyone has to have paypal, AND you've got to deal with the charges Canada has for items shipped over the border, but it might just work.

 

What are your thoughts?

I don't think it would be cost effective for most people.

That's the main issue I have with it as well, Shadow. Do you have any suggestions that would make it cost effective? Or at least help drop the cost?

 

Would it take something drastic, like setting up a not-for-profit business, in order to allow for wholesaler purchasing power directly from the source?

the only thing I can think of is large orders so that the shipping cost is off set by the savings in price.

That's what I had in mind, but the more I think about it, the more setting up a business sounds like the better idea. If the intent is not to make a profit, a business will be able to buy the bots at a low cost and sell them at extremely low prices. That way, even with shipping, Canadians will be getting a great deal.

 

Heck, even other countries might be able to save a pretty penny. I'm gonna have to look into this.

so we'd do for them what they do for us by way of low cost drugs?

Canada is awesome help them out

 

Perhaps we can get some Bad Presidents (ours) to get drugs from there (instead of britain who has worse record than Canada has yet we still get drugs from there why not both places)

 

Man Canada has some great products...

 

Alpha Flight

Energon Ultra Magnus

Paper

RCMP

Treants

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O Canada!

Our home and native land!

True patriot love in all thy sons command.

 

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,

The True North strong and free!

 

From far and wide,

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

 

God keep our land glorious and free!

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

 

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee

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