This was submitted via Revelstoke Home Improvement web site: [ http://www.revy.com/html/m_01.htm ] on 2000-12-24 Dear Revy, I recently bought my first house and I am in the process of renovating one part at a time. I have only two real choices in Saskatoon for home improvement centres as far as price is concerned: Revy and Home Depot. Like you I am also "proudly Canadian" and would prefer to shop at a Canadian store. However I see no difference between yourselves and the American competition as far as your products and customer service are concerned. I am 30 years old and I have learned nothing but the metric system in my years of public school in Canada. I am much more comfortable with mm, cm, m, m�, L, kg, watts, joules, pascals, and Celsius. I become quickly lost with inches, feet, gallons, pounds,�F, "btu's", "cfm's", and "psi's". Fractions of an inch are merely confusing from the start. I am aware that the home building industry in Canada is still deeply entrenched in the Imperial system. However, am I not the industry. I am a homeowner, like millions of other young Canadians, who happens to be much more comfortable with metric. It would be greatly appreciated to see metric units on all your store tags. I would make it much easier for me to buy your products and use your products in my home. I would much rather be buying 40 x 90 x 2350's and spacing them every 405 mm than 2x4-studs's at 16 inches to build a wall. I appreciate the attempt to include dual unit 1 metre paper tape measures in your store. It does help with my shopping but it is no substitute for the convenience of having a metric label on the shelf. By adding metric sizes to your dimensional lumber and other store products I would be able to see the difference between you and the American competition. Having metric-only measuring tools, such as retractable tape measures, metre sticks, squares, and tees would also be appreciated. With the addition of metric to your store I would become as loyal to your store as I am to using the metric system and being Canadian, regardless of the few cents I would save going down the road to the competition. Until then, I will just go where the price is less; which is usually Home Depot. Sincerely, Gregory Peterson Saskatoon SK Canada -- ======================================================= Gregory Peterson & Tammy Booth Peterson location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. co-ordinates: 52�05'54" N, 106�36'00" W URL: http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/gregtami/metric.html "Looking? Found someone, you have, I would say, hmmm?" -- Yoda, Jedi Master
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Gregory. Peterson & Tammy Booth Peterson Sun, 24 Dec 2000 07:11:13 -0800
