Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
Just noticed that the Where to buy page has been updated to include Canada (may be a work in progress as I write this?) http://www.slimdevices.com/au_resellers.html Anyway, so far the old SD retailers are notably absent, and the Audiotronic shops don't seem to have shown up yet either! (Ontario anyway) I sure hope the Audiotronics ad wasn't a 'mistake'! -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router http://www.last.fm/user/nicketynick/ nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
nicketynick;245332 Wrote: RIB Systems is/was the authourized Canadian wholesaler in the Slim Devices days. One could conclude by the fact that the SD website no longer includes any Canadian retailers on the Where to Buy page that Logitech marketing channels are taking things over. /QUOTE] I know for a fact that at least one of the links from the RIB page, The CD-Rom store in Toronto, sells SB's and Transporters. -- Rick B. Rick B.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8973 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
Rick B.;245590 Wrote: nicketynick;245332 Wrote: RIB Systems is/was the authourized Canadian wholesaler in the Slim Devices days. One could conclude by the fact that the SD website no longer includes any Canadian retailers on the Where to Buy page that Logitech marketing channels are taking things over. /QUOTE] I know for a fact that at least one of the links from the RIB page, The CD-Rom store in Toronto, sells SB's and Transporters. One would hope that Logitech isn't going to be so crude as to just kick out the previous retailers. But in a thread somewhere one of the SD guys, when asked why the Where to Buy tab was empty, indicated that it was all in Logitech's hands, so I imagine that they are running through an exercise to come up with new distribution agreements, etc, so there may be some retailers who fall out at the end of it all. I'm just interested to see it getting into some broader retail channels, so that, for example, Xmas shoppers in this backward burg of Kingston might actually see a demo. -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router http://www.last.fm/user/nicketynick/ nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
Saw it advertised in the Audiotronics Xmas flyer. Russ - Original Message - From: riffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada I will concede that I may be the luckiest shipper in the world. I have never had a problem with UPS. Canada Post on the other hand: No attempt to deliver/ falsified notices of delivery attempts, so I have to pick it up myself. No attempt to deliver/no falsified notification of attempt to deliver resulted in something being sent back to the US. Our local postal outlet dropped the franchise because they spent all their time handling parcels that the post office never attempted to deliver. The lineups got so bad that they where interfering with normal store traffic. The tracking for Canada Post/USPS is a joke, if the parcel tracks at all. Three weeks in customs versus three hours. etc. etc etc. As for the UPS Brokerage fee. If you don't ship ground then there is no brokerage fee. If Ground is your only choice, push the numbers and pick the supplier with the lowest all-in cost. If it's to my advantage, I use UPS ground. Still, one of the funniest threads I read a few years ago was some guy who was indignant about UPS, so he put the supplier through hoops to send it Fedex Ground. Had a good laugh about that one. One bit of advice. If you are dealing with a local dealer, make sure you negotiate. I did so on my Transporter and got a very good deal. -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
Here are several sellers: http://www.ribsystems.com/products.html#squeezelist -- Rick B. Rick B.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8973 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
Rick B.;245319 Wrote: Here are several sellers: http://www.ribsystems.com/products.html#squeezelist RIB Systems is/was the authourized Canadian wholesaler in the Slim Devices days. One could conclude by the fact that the SD website no longer includes any Canadian retailers on the Where to Buy page that Logitech marketing channels are taking things over. The appearance in the Audiotronic flyer is the first I've seen of the Logitech Squeezebox, and to my way of thinking, its an excellent move. Retail stores in lots of markets, mid-fi to hi-fi range, so one can pick up whatever else is needed out of a somewhat decent range of product (better than anything in BB or FutureShop, anyway). If Audiotronic gets some nice demos set up, I'm sure that a reasonable number would get sold as Xmas gifts, just because they seem like a cool thing to have! -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router http://www.last.fm/user/nicketynick/ nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
Umm, I'm not the poster you're responding to, but my experience with UPS has been absolutely horrible. No other shipper ever causes me problem (well, Canada Post has misdirected two items in 30 years, not bad for somebody who delivers five addressed items to me per business day). UPS has taken more than three months to deliver an item, has run over an item with a truck, has delivered my package to a random address in a different city, has tried to collect COD on item which was paid for, declared a computer printer leather goods to customs (leather has a high duty; computer equipment, none), and I found a $600 package of books left at the curb at the end of my dirveway, in the rain. They also delivered somebody else's package to my house once. Even when everything goes right, UPS is generally slower than Canada Post. These are my personal experiences, out of less than 20 deliveries UPS has made to me. UPS Canada might not be Satan, but they are the most horribly incompetent company I have ever dealt with.I really have no use for a courier company which loses out to Canada Post in every category. I don't generally find it necessary to pay $70 to avoid UPS; you can almost always find a competitor willing to use the post office (cheaper, faster, and incredibly more reliable than UPS). For my Squeezebox, Kawartha sent it to me by Canada Post, no problem. On Nov 23, 2007 12:21 PM, riffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: nicketynick;244773 Wrote: Hi fellow Canucks, considering what a pain it was dealing with UPS I hope you're not buying into all the UPS is Satan nonsense. Are you really willing to pay an extra $70 or so to avoid UPS? -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss -- - Paul There are starving children in Thailand studying programming right now, so get your butt in gear! ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
I will concede that I may be the luckiest shipper in the world. I have never had a problem with UPS. Canada Post on the other hand: No attempt to deliver/ falsified notices of delivery attempts, so I have to pick it up myself. No attempt to deliver/no falsified notification of attempt to deliver resulted in something being sent back to the US. Our local postal outlet dropped the franchise because they spent all their time handling parcels that the post office never attempted to deliver. The lineups got so bad that they where interfering with normal store traffic. The tracking for Canada Post/USPS is a joke, if the parcel tracks at all. Three weeks in customs versus three hours. etc. etc etc. As for the UPS Brokerage fee. If you don't ship ground then there is no brokerage fee. If Ground is your only choice, push the numbers and pick the supplier with the lowest all-in cost. If it's to my advantage, I use UPS ground. Still, one of the funniest threads I read a few years ago was some guy who was indignant about UPS, so he put the supplier through hoops to send it Fedex Ground. Had a good laugh about that one. One bit of advice. If you are dealing with a local dealer, make sure you negotiate. I did so on my Transporter and got a very good deal. -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
mftech;244783 Wrote: Try this merchant located in Montreal: http://www.cdfaudio.com/slimdevices.html Not sure if they could ship it to you but they will provide you the proper information to order one trough the Canadian reseller. I almost live next door to them, so I bought mine there. Classy place. -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
nicketynick;244773 Wrote: Hi fellow Canucks, Since the resellers tab here hasn't been fixed to show any retailers here in Canada yet, I thought I'd let you know that I saw that Audiotronic actually advertised the SB3 in a glossy flyer this week. Of course, their website (www.audiotronic.ca) says no stock, but I'm assuming they do have them in the pipeline if they're in the glossy! At $368.88, it seems a little expensive to me, what with the puny US$ and all, but its almost worth it, considering what a pain it was dealing with UPS. I wonder if audiotronic will be making any efforts to bundle/cross-sell, etc? I purchased my SB3 a couple of months ago online from shopRBC.com ( www.shoprbc.com/ca/index.php ). I paid 319.00 plus $10.00 shipping. I notice that they are still offering the SB3 for 319.00 until December 3. I was satisfied with their service and speed of delivery (shipped within 2 days after placing the order. -- alstein alstein's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13093 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
Mark Lanctot;244784 Wrote: ...UPS charged me $50 customs and brokerage when I used them last. Plus PST, and if you buy it within Canada out-of-province you avoid that, so it may be a break-even proposition. They did that to me too, and the part I had shipped was only worth $35! My original SliMP3 showed up at the door with a guy in Brown asking for $107 before he could hand it over. Luckily my wife had that kind of cash on her (oddly, the guy was only set up to take cash...you'd think they'd warn you). Part of the blame goes back to the shipper, however, as these costs can be greatly reduced with the proper paperwork. SqueezeBoxes don't get hit with fees like that any more. Mark Lanctot;244784 Wrote: UPS = Satan, but only because they have a tendency to leave expensive packages on my doorstep for anyone to steal. I actually prefer that. Fedex and Purolator are both 10 minutes away at the airport but UPS seems to prefer being 40 minutes away so I always have them ship to my work so that I don't have to make the trip. Satan would be a bit much. If you have seen Reaper then you know Satan can actually be funny. I understand that UPS has good pricing from the US. They certainly have impressive market share, but there is probably a reason my company only ships with Fedex, DHL or intercity locals. -kdf -- kdf kdf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
kdf;244787 Wrote: They did that to me too, and the part I had shipped was only worth $35! My original SliMP3 showed up at the door with a guy in Brown asking for $107 before he could hand it over. Luckily my wife had that kind of cash on her (oddly, the guy was only set up to take cash...you'd think they'd warn you). Part of the blame goes back to the shipper, however, as these costs can be greatly reduced with the proper paperwork. SqueezeBoxes don't get hit with fees like that any more. I actually prefer that. Fedex and Purolator are both 10 minutes away at the airport but UPS seems to prefer being 40 minutes away so I always have them ship to my work so that I don't have to make the trip. Satan would be a bit much. If you have seen Reaper then you know Satan can actually be funny. I understand that UPS has good pricing from the US. They certainly have impressive market share, but there is probably a reason my company only ships with Fedex, DHL or intercity locals. -kdf Ordered two SB3 last year. The trick on light items such as a SB3= Expedited service, goes air versus ground, no brokerage fee. So, for $35, it was shipped to my door some 30 hours after I placed my phone call. The only thing I had to pay UPS was GST (no PST in Alberta). I have other examples where I ordered a receiver from a store in NY, 2 days expedite service, $35 no brokerage fee. Never ever use ground service. I got dinged once, $55 clearance fee for a $100 product. Never again -- Upgradealways SB3 Silver #9474; SB3 All Black#9474;WI-FI on WRT54-GS #9474;Itune Libray on (ALAC) for now Upgradealways's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9009 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
Has three vendors that come to mind: ($319.00) http://www.shoprbc.com/ca/shop/product_details.php?pid=13911 Located in Bell's Corners http://audioshop.on.ca/ located on Bank street in the Glebe, and http://www.planetofsoundonline.com also on Bank street in Old Ottawa South. Bought mine from RBC, but most of my audio/video business goes to the AudioShop. And... the http://www.macGroup.ca on Gladstone (near Preston) had a demo one for $299.00 a few weeks ago. -- alZmtbr alZmtbr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
I guess my point was the SB3 is finally available in a mid-fi A/V retail shop with a large presence in Canada (27 stores in 27 cities/towns in Ontario, anyway). It would make sense that they would be setting up some nice demos so people can see what the SB3 (or Transporter in some shops I'll bet) can do, which should facilitate some cross-selling as well. This should begin to provide the kind of market visibility to get SB3 into the mainstream - prepare for the onslaught! And it's true, when all paid for, it would only be a few more $$ than direct-order, and its worth it to me to avoid the hassle of dealing with UPS! (YMMV, etc) I've never had any trouble with any courier as a corporate client (that's who they set up to serve), but as Joe Consumer, not one of them has been any good to me. (but now we're OT) -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router http://www.last.fm/user/nicketynick/ nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
How about giving these guys a try, they usually have stock. http://www.gramophone.ca/ -- tedfroop tedfroop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3011 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Where to buy in Canada
Hi fellow Canucks, Since the resellers tab here hasn't been fixed to show any retailers here in Canada yet, I thought I'd let you know that I saw that Audiotronic actually advertised the SB3 in a glossy flyer this week. Of course, their website (www.audiotronic.ca) says no stock, but I'm assuming they do have them in the pipeline if they're in the glossy! At $368.88, it seems a little expensive to me, what with the puny US$ and all, but its almost worth it, considering what a pain it was dealing with UPS. I wonder if audiotronic will be making any efforts to bundle/cross-sell, etc? -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router http://www.last.fm/user/nicketynick/ nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
Try this merchant located in Montreal: http://www.cdfaudio.com/slimdevices.html Not sure if they could ship it to you but they will provide you the proper information to order one trough the Canadian reseller. -- mftech Tête à FLAC mftech's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1586 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
nicketynick;244773 Wrote: Hi fellow Canucks, considering what a pain it was dealing with UPS I hope you're not buying into all the UPS is Satan nonsense. Are you really willing to pay an extra $70 or so to avoid UPS? -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
riffer;244779 Wrote: Are you really willing to pay an extra $70 or so to avoid UPS? ...UPS charged me $50 customs and brokerage when I used them last. Plus PST, and if you buy it within Canada out-of-province you avoid that, so it may be a break-even proposition. UPS = Satan, but only because they have a tendency to leave expensive packages on my doorstep for anyone to steal. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
