Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 21:52:25 08/09/00
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On August 10, 2000 at 00:07:24, Chessfun wrote: >On August 09, 2000 at 23:46:41, Eelco de Groot wrote: > >>I was kinda hoping that you would have the link somewhere. I believe I saw the >>Chess 'n Math organization first on your homepage but couldn't find the link >>just now anymore. It is a pity that Chess Assistant is so expensive. Not to be >>confused with Chess Academy http://www.chessacademy.de/ which site I went to a >>couple of days ago. I believe I read it has Goliath now as a chess-engine? The >>teaching features seem to be Chess Academy's strong point, not a professional >>database. >> >>Eelco > > >To be totally honest I was'nt sure which had Tiger, I asked specifically >for Rebel Tiger the guy in the store was new, never seen him before and >he did'nt know much about chess software so I kinda went behind the counter. > >Then I saw it but it was in French, I was'nt sure if it was Chess Assistant, >as I was'nt paying much attention since it was French. I said a week ago, now >I think about it, it was probably three weeks as at that time I was looking at >downloading CA and the Tiger eng and posted something like that here. > >They had less chess software there than I have seen there in a long long time. >Peter could naturally try email but believe me he can get it much cheaper in the >US even at $1.50 exchange. I only buy there when I want something really bad. > >I have in the past bought Rebel products from them....Rebel 10 I got there, >and typically if they don't have whatever you want they would say "hold on >I'll call the Montreal office" as they normally stock more....but as I said >the guy was new would'nt surprise me if he did'nt know they had a Montreal >Office. > >Whenever in the past I have ordered software from the US it just comes regular >surface mail. I live in a house and in newer sub division in Greater Toronto, >they have the big mail boxes that you pick up mail from. The software usually >comes in like an envelope so is just a little bigger than regular mail size. >Maybe that's the problem, wherever he is trying to buy it are shipping the box >with it LOL. > >Anyway to cut a long story as short as possible. The ONLY time I was ever >charged duty (GST) on anything I bought south of the border was about 10 years >ago I bought a chess computer, it had a sensory board don't remember what it >was but I had to go to the post office to pick it up (size?) and had to pay >duty. But now 10 years later with GST and duties coming off of almost all >products I doubt that duty on something like this even exists. > >If it does don't tell Revenue Canada on me :-) > >Thanks. You must have been very lucky, I am having a hell of a time with the GST factor. And I can't see why it is such a big deal, I am NOT buying from a Cdn company, thus shoudl not be charged the Cdn taxes, but of course, the Cdn government just had the stick their hands deeper in your pocket....
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