Origin of GEC Parts

[Erik Norseman]

The other folks have touched on most of the detail. Customs is like a fishing net, some stuff swims through that should get caught and other stuff becomes bycatch. There was a bit of a press on to ding anything coming from the US to Canada so you can pretty well expect duty on the package along with taxes and to add insult a handling charge. The whole point the blitz was too cool down online purchasing and push people back to buying from bricks and mortar inside the border. Of course that doesn't help with something like GEC that's nonexistent up here.

That makes good sense and is essentially how I understood the situation.
I'm all for bricks and mortar; I'll always buy in person from a shop when I can.
It sucks when my retailer doesn't have what I want and there is little hope of them ever being able to order it. It is at that point that I'll hop online, as most others will as well.

Thanks for all the input.

E