Lee Valley

Cry me a river.

I would love the luxury of having to navigate Saturday afternoon soccer mom SUVs to be able to shop inside their actual store as opposed to having to mail order every thing and pay international shipping and customs.

Come west, young man - to the Waterloo Lee Valley store !

... near Conestoga Mall - north end of Waterloo; .. short drive to St. Jacobs .. John T.

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I feel your pain, for me they are a 9 hour trip.. :-(

Less than a mile from home in an industrial / commercial mall near the outskirts of Waterloo Ontario. Nice large new store.

Look for the Free Shipping events < ~ 4 times per year ? > I'm think that -return shipping- is free - if you are dis-satisfied ? John T.

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And just down the road from Habitat ReStore Clare S.

I could do the round trip faster than that on hands and knees

I got to visit the Calgary store just before Thanksgiving last year. I think I got 4800 frequent flyer miles for the trip. Tell Rob Lee he needs to open a store in Houston, even if it is just for the winter months.

Regards, Roy

I thought they shipped to the US from a warehouse across the border in upper NY state, Vermont or New Hampshire, can't remember where it was.

They do. I don't pay duties or taxes for that. I do wish I could go to the toy store though... :-).

I like being able to touch the tools. When they come to the shows, they bring the same stuff each time... not much..

And the shows don't allow you to spend real quality time, as there are too many people vying for time on the tools.. but I want different items in hand.

Now you tell me! :-) I don't know, do they? Last time there was a conversion rate and a duty or whatnot. BTW, I've bought from them twice, both time with free shipping and I've been very pleased.

My main point is that I'd gladly trade some heavy Saturday afternoon traffic for the luxury of being able to walk around their store, getting all touchy-feely with their sexy jigs and gauges and walk out being able to use what I bought 30 minutes from now.

While some stuff is out on display, most items are in the warehouse and they have to fetch them for you.

NOW YOUR TALKING...

On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 12:48:57 -0400, FrozenNorth

Sure, considering the amount of products they stock, most smaller items are in the stock room. But IMHO, the major stuff, is all out there for handling. Well, most of it was until recently they started putting it behind glass/acrylic doors. I believe LV has experienced a number of five finger discounts in recent times.

I live in Texas and I bought several things from them a couple years back. I never saw a thing about customs or international shipping.

IIRC UPS tracking originates from Syracuse NY.