Canadian 914 Parts & Services, The Good, Bad and Ugly, where are they? Options

[GWN7]

When the snow is that deep, you can't drive it in the snow, ...................but mabey with a plow blade attached (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

Plus the dogs from my dog sled get jellous when I only take one of them for a ride. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[morph]

I've had some problems shipping stuff to Canada recently, the most recent package took over a month to arrive at its destination, and when the person recieved it, they said it was postmarked a week before he got it. I am unsure of why, if anyone knows, could they please explain to me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[tracks914]

When and where are the Canadian 914 events? Do any of the Canadian 914 owners get together just for the hell of it. Have a beer, dinner or whatever. It would be nice to hang out with fellow 914 owners in Canada.

Regards,

Turbo Paul.

Paul
Hey you live in Canada. Me too eh.
Wher the F--k in Canada do you live. It is a pretty big country you know. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

OT from earlier in the post, gas price for premium here just hit $109/L or about $440 a US gallon. (thanks GW Bush for going to the middle east and messing with the arabs) (They cut the wrong guys head off yesterday (IMG:style_emoticons/default/boid.gif)

[GWN7]

It depends on where the package went to. I mailed 5 packages to the USA before Christmas. Oregon arrived in a week. The one to Ill. took over a month. the others went to CA and took just over a week to arrive.

My stuff from Pelican didn't arrive till I received a email asking if I was enjoying them and I wrote back saying I would, if they had arrived. 4 days later I received another email saying they would be shipped the following Friday. Great CS, Not!

The post mark thing would have me confused too. Was it the date stamp on the cancel mark or the date stamp on the postage meter that was a week before? If it was the cancel mark, that was when it cleared customs and went into the postal system up here.

[morph]

The guy I was dealing with has been pretty honest, so I don't think he was trying to screw me, but since I didn't have a tracking number, he would have won his case through pay pal and would have been refunded, but when it did arrive, very late, he did e-mail me and drop his pay pal case, but he informed me that it was postmarked May 5th, (arrived May 11th), and I have the carbon copy of the customs slip in my records that is stamped April 7th, I know when it was sent, I am the one that mailed it. I am assuming that it was held up in customs for some odd reason and they must've restamped it somewhere when it cleared customs, So I have been a little confused on the deal, and it has left me a little uneasy about using USPS to ship internationally, Pay Pal informed me that I need to use a shipping service with tracking numbers (i.e. FedEx UPS) but these can cost 3 times what usps costs. I don't want my customers upset at the shipping costs, because I sure wouldn't pay what they want for international shipping.


Hiedi

[GWN7]

Shipping up here by USPS is the cheapest way to do it. If you send anything by other means, those companys will bend the buyer over on the customs costs. (minumin charge + % of the value of the shipment)

Did this shipment go to Eastern Canada per chance? That could account for the delay.

The postmark is put on when the item clears customs (goes into Canada Posts hands for delivery)

Can't you get a tracking number with USPS? Let the buyer determine how it's to be shipped and if they want insurance on it. Tell them it can be held up in Customs.

[morph]

The only way to get a tracking number on the packages is through insurance(very limited), the man that I was dealing with told me several times that "it is probably held up in customs". He was actually trying to protect himself, and this is totaly understanding, The package went to Ancaster, Ontario. Oh Well, I have gathered some knowlege from the incident, so I came out of it a little more informed.


Hiedi

[Mark Henry]

When and where are the Canadian 914 events? Do any of the Canadian 914 owners get together just for the hell of it. Have a beer, dinner or whatever. It would be nice to hang out with fellow 914 owners in Canada.

Regards,

Turbo Paul.

I'd be willing to put on a small get together, sometime over the summer, if people are interested.

A fun run, show and shine, lunch/dinner and camping the night before, I have the room for a show.
The thing is I'm quite busy, so I would need someone to promote it and figure out the fine details. I would help as much as I can but I won't do it alone.

I'm an hour east of Toronto. Let me know if there is any interest.

[balljoint]

I am game for a get-together. I just got my new bottle-o-gas and my MIG upgrade kit so if I get down to work maybe I will be on the road this summer.

That said, I guess I could always pin my 914 badging on the pick-up and use my imagination.
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[turbo914v8]

I am currently living in Courtice, just 30 min East of Toronto. I am game for all future events or meetings, what ever. My 914 is not on the street as of yet, but will be soon. Just minor little jobs left. How many times have you heard that? lol.

Regards,

Turbo Paul.