Newegg.com En Route Canada

[imperialreign]

Sometimes I wonder where guys like you crawl out from under evey once in awhile. For NCIX with 4 or 5 stores to compete with the multimillion dollar bigbox stores, I have to give them credit. Go to London Drugs which are far bigger in size and a Dvd player goes for $69.00 vs NCIX for appr.$25.00. When Best Buy bought out our canadian FutureSop, did the prices go down, NO. The Americans come up here buy our stores and rip us off, and all I read about is people complaining about why our prices are 25% more here then in the US of A with our dollar being at par for the last year or so.
Check it out for yourself read the financial or business section in the local rag sometimes. Open your eyes. I hope stores like NCIX are here for a long time, because most of the time the Americans just continue to suck us dry. Open your eyes and look around before you bitch about a small Canadian store trying to still make a go of it. The Americans pawn us big time, eg, Bought out Hudsons Bay Co. FutureShop, Sears of Canada, Oil Industry, Hydro, I could go on.
Let me guess you still think we have Free Enterprise. Well think again next time you go into your favorite Food store, check out the coffee or cereal section as an example and you 'll see 2 or 3 companies put out the 20 or more brands to give guys like you the idea their is competition in this country. Sorry but I'm still a bit of a Nationalist from the old days and the USA hasn't taken it away from me yet.

not to nitpick here or anything . . .

but how can anyone say that the US is sucking the Canadian market dry? If you have a problem with the pricing, even though the Canadian dollar is now on par with the USD, it's an issue with a) the government, b) the market, or c) the company offering the goods/services.

Hell, do you realize what percentage of our domestic auto manufacturing is done in Canada? 75% of new cars "assembled" here in the US are built in various facilities within Canada, everything from motors and transmissions, to electrical components, wiring harnesses, plastic interior and exterior trim, etc. I'm sorry, but that is a major boost to Canada's economy, no matter how you look at it. If you're so for keeping foreign services out, which is extremelly unrealistic considering we're neighbors, just take a second to look at the big picture.


Just because a highly-successful company is looking to move in doesn't mean that it'll screw the market there. They're not international, they're not publicly traded yet, and last I heard, they're not a major "profit margin" company when you stop to consider the deals they offer. It's very possible they could end up failing on that cold soil y'all got up there, hell, the warehouse heating costs alone is enough to keep them cautious . . .

 

[Poisonsnak]

warehouse heating costs

I think you have it backwards there imperialreign. In the summer we save on the A/C and in the winter you just need to turn up your overclock a little

 

[imperialreign]

I think you have it backwards there imperialreign. In the summer we save on the A/C and in the winter you just need to turn up your overclock a little

y'all got it made, that's for sure


the humidity down here has been bad enough I had to knock my GPUs back to stock clocks, and lower my CPU a bit as well

 

[suraswami]

good news for canadian IT geeks. I wish they open up in India too.

 

[mk_ln]

the thing is though, they don't say when they are opening in Canada...

 

[Polarman]

If the price range is similar to it's US counterpart, it will be a good thing.

 

[CDdude55]

Free maple syrup with every component! lol jk. Newegg rules, you guys will love it.

 

[Urbklr]

If the price range is similar to it's US counterpart, it will be a good thing.

If they want to compete with Ncix, it will have to be the same prices, and lower on some things.

 

[nick_1992]

About friggin time they ship to canada

 

[ShadowFold]

I know there are quite a few pc enthusiasts in Australia, if I were newegg I would start setting up there next.

 

[..'Ant'..]

Can't wait for it to come to Canada. Finally it comes.

 

[SK-1]

Sometimes I wonder where guys like you crawl out from under evey once in awhile.

Another friend from up north. What a prickish thing to say on our board.
Didn't that Calvery1980 bitch just get banned for rude shit like this?
What is in the water these days in Canada?

Back on topic,... the last 2 orders I have made from Newegg (in the past 3 months) has been shipped from Ontario, so I think the egg has been thinking of this for a while.

 

[DonInKansas]

I woudnt call it worldwide until its in every continent.

That's right! Newegg in Anarctica for those hardcore gaming penguins!

 

[WarEagleAU]

UPS isnt bad at all. I Thought the same thing when they changed from defacto fed ex to ups. Even where I Work, UPS is cheaper and quicker. You can still choose FED EX if you want, but the price is higher.

 

[Triprift]

That's right! Newegg in Anarctica for those hardcore gaming penguins!

Damn right those eskimoes are mega hardcore

I know there are quite a few pc enthusiasts in Australia, if I were newegg I would start setting up there next.

Thanku man i agree if only they thought the same way.

 

[Chewy]

Eskimos are up here in Canada and Alaska silly Antarctica only has scientists and not much elses, it can get as cold as -50 to like -100c maybe even lower down there with up to 190km/h wind gusts :O. theres like a mini Village for scientists down there.

Eskimos nowadays dont live in Igloos anymore, they have nice warm houses and even computers! lol Still have snow for most of the year up North though.

 

[Kursah]

...Post....on...last...page...

Hey you have a right to feel however you want, sorry you didn't like my comment.. I meant no offense, glad I got ya to your 17th post though! I like my rock at TPU though, between that and the real world, my life is quite good thank you!

I still think Newegg is making a good move, like others said sure it's long overdue, and may be rough at first, in the long run you guys will like more competition and better prices just as much as we do...sure we all can bitch about it, at the end of the day, if you can get the better product at a better price...what are you really going to do? If I can't afford to get it from the local guy, I will get it from the cheaper guy. Please don't hate me for my purchasing choices!

 

[IcrushitI]

What is in the water these days in Canada?

Your going to know soon enough because were going to be forced to ship it south in the near future. We can thank our politicians for signing NAFTA, just another give away. Between us and the Mexicans were going to keep your Industries humming along.
I have one question to ask and this topic for me is over. We ship alot of your energy needs such as oil hydro electric, and uranium. Most of our Lumber Mills and OSB plants are permanantly shut down and all were shipping south is raw logs for your mills, and don't tell me no one has heard of the Softwood duty and how the US of A has crippled our wood industry.What do we get back in return? BestBuy, Newegg, Costco,Wallmart I will say this tho, I wouldn't leave this country for anything. North America is the greatest place in the world to live. The information we get up here is that even the American people are starting to wonder about Bush and the boys and all the rights that you have had for the last couple of hundred years all coming to a socialist end. Thanks for letting me have the Freedom to rant not like some socialist up above who thought it much easier to kick me out of the forum then to put in a good rebuttal.

 

[Kursah]

Hmm, well you're not shipping much for logs to montana then, at least 90% of all our major mills have shut down in the last 5 years,...the one or two that are open have been utilizing burned wood from major fires HERE in the last decade...maybe a small portion comes to us, and they've cut on staff to the point of minimal output..the lumber industry is sad nonetheless.

Icrush, you have the right to your points, think just like you stated of me and others, are more from one perspective or view...you see your side, we see our side...it is what it is to both sides. Just don't attack those of us that are not running these companines, organizations, I don't personally take your money, you don't personally take mine, but we both feed off of eachother's economies in one way or another..it may hit home a little harder to some than others though. Glad you're willing to stand up for what you believe in, glad you stand behind your beliefs, you are proud of who you are and where you come from, noone can take that away from you!

AND THAT INLCUDES NEWEGG! LoL! J/K! Had to toss that one in to lighten up the mood...

 

[btarunr]

Why, I buy Corsair, many love ATI, they're both Canadian. (AMD graphics and chipset divisions are Canadian)? Isn't the money going into Canada?

 

[IcrushitI]

Why, I buy Corsair, many love ATI, they're both Canadian. (AMD graphics and chipset divisions are Canadian)? Isn't the money going into Canada?

Ati was bought out by Amd (American), just the shell is sitting up here. Corsair is American buying and using Samsung memory chips.

 

[SK-1]

Why, I buy Corsair, many love ATI, they're both Canadian. (AMD graphics and chipset divisions are Canadian)? Isn't the money going into Canada?

Cheny and Bush sneak across the border( at night of course) steel Canada's profits....seriously,..I read it in Wikipedia.

 

[SK-1]

Your going to know soon enough because were going to be forced to ship it south in the near future. We can thank our politicians for signing NAFTA, just another give away.

So let me get this straight,..You will be pissed if we buy your Canadian water?
Please explain,...stingy, hidden anger, or just general U.S loathing?

 

[IcrushitI]

So let me get this straight,..You will be pissed if we buy your Canadian water?
Please explain,...stingy, hidden anger, or just general U.S loathing?

I didn't want to prolong this. Here's a little lesson on the agreement of NAFTA. If the Canadadian Government allows the sale of water that opens up the (pardon the pun) the flood gates. Our country has no right to turn off the taps even in an emergency where our people could be harmed. NAFTA states we have to supply a certain amount of water no mater what the consequences are from then on. That is why their is such a strong pressure to get the taps flowing south. One of your politicians running for President talked about opening up the agreement which would have opened up a can of worms, was silenced from talking that rhetoric because now that the people have a better understanding of the NAFTA deal here in Canada, it could be written up to not benefit the Americans as much.

 

[btarunr]

Open market economy. There's nothing you can do except mass protest/riot with a nationalistic overtone.