Posting Freak
its great to hear everyone's experiences both good and not so good. At the end of the day the vast majority of transaction go off without a hitch and everyone is happy but every now and then, stuff happens. It doesn't surprise me that IB would have a facility in the US as the majority of his business is likely in the US.
kwsher thanks for pointing out some excellent vendors that were omitted from TSE's list I think we could all name a few for example I've had excellent service from Badger Shaving Co. and Men Essentials as well as The Copper Hat and then there's the artisans that sell only their products such as Barrister & Mann, The Holy Black and Chatillon Lux, Stirling Soap, Catie's Bubbles. OK I'm going to stop here I feel like an Oscar winner with the laundry list of people to thank, every time you mention one, six more come to mind and its impossible not to leave somebody out.
BigPoppa I'd love to get to know the mailman but I never see them - its been contracted out and they drive unmarked vehicles and we don't get front door delivery - if you live in an area developed within the last 25 or 30 years you get your mail delivered to a conveniently located box somewhere up the street. Older areas still get front door delivery because the politicians are afraid that if they take away that service and treat them like the rest of us schleps they'll lose votes. I do know the UPS guy pretty well though - we both have kids at university so we discuss the challenges of putting kids through school and whatnot.
Shawn its good to know that you still get decent service in the wilds of Northern Ontario - my son is at Laurentian studying engineering and playing basketball for the Voyageurs - they lost a tough one last night in Windsor. Its been bloody cold up there this winter.
Don't get me wrong, I love my country but like everywhere, we have a few things to work on.
Marko
kwsher thanks for pointing out some excellent vendors that were omitted from TSE's list I think we could all name a few for example I've had excellent service from Badger Shaving Co. and Men Essentials as well as The Copper Hat and then there's the artisans that sell only their products such as Barrister & Mann, The Holy Black and Chatillon Lux, Stirling Soap, Catie's Bubbles. OK I'm going to stop here I feel like an Oscar winner with the laundry list of people to thank, every time you mention one, six more come to mind and its impossible not to leave somebody out.
BigPoppa I'd love to get to know the mailman but I never see them - its been contracted out and they drive unmarked vehicles and we don't get front door delivery - if you live in an area developed within the last 25 or 30 years you get your mail delivered to a conveniently located box somewhere up the street. Older areas still get front door delivery because the politicians are afraid that if they take away that service and treat them like the rest of us schleps they'll lose votes. I do know the UPS guy pretty well though - we both have kids at university so we discuss the challenges of putting kids through school and whatnot.
Shawn its good to know that you still get decent service in the wilds of Northern Ontario - my son is at Laurentian studying engineering and playing basketball for the Voyageurs - they lost a tough one last night in Windsor. Its been bloody cold up there this winter.
Don't get me wrong, I love my country but like everywhere, we have a few things to work on.
Marko
