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I find it ridiculous that a Canadian company sells their product to Canadians in American dollars. There is no way a pair of M3's is worth $628 Canadian. What I find amusing is it talks about the M3 being a great speaker for under $400 , when was the last time they were $400.

What are you talking about? If I choose Canada from the country menu in the upper right, I see a price of $523CAD. If I choose, the US, it's $498USD.

Too much snow in Whitehorse?

Didn't we solve this here?:

https://www.axiomaudio.com/boards/ubbthreads.php/topics/409958/Pricing_in_US#Post409958

Make sure that you are in the 'Canada' Country site not US...

TAM

Honestly what is the difference, at work I got US prices and now at home I have Canadian prices. I want to remove this post now. Jeezus FWIW every other site I visit knows where I am from by my ip address, HA HA I am new to the interweb , only been using it 20yrs

You're forgiven, ha!

TAM

I completely missed the drop down box for the different countries. I have been on here for quite a few years and have never seen it. I was at work and feeling owly any way LOL

I'm sure I speak for everyone here when I say you'd better order them from home then...

Ding! Winner.

Seeing this thread topic is moot, it's the perfect place for me to derail with my question. So, is there now a cap on how many pictures you can post in a single message?

I was composing a new thread, and I couldn't view more than 5 or six pictures. When I previewed the message, it only showed the image link for the last 3 or 4 pictures.

Thanks

Funny you should bring this up. Some days, while I'm at work, this inexplicable wave washes over me where I think everyone is Canadian, so I have to charge them more.

I think it must be payback for being a Cape Cod bartender in the 80's with Canadian customers who didn't "understand" tipping, so they didn't!

Hmmm. Funny I began tipping appropriately when I got my first pay check in 1966.

There are lots of places in the world where tipping isn't done though...

TAM

on, a long time ago, in Reykjavik, Iceland, i take a taxi.
at the end of the trip i offer the driver a tip and he's a bit surprised i ask that, and he says: "i'm not a beggar sir, i live very well."

It had nothing to do with not knowing how to tip. It was the funny money.

In Canada, no matter how shitfaced you are, you can always tip. No need to make out the blurry numbers on the bill, just pick the right colour.

With the US cash, its all the same green, so how the hell would you know what bill to pull when you're too drunk to see?

Do Canadians tip for meals? I am traveling to Toronto on Sunday for a few days for work, and we tip in the US (mainly because most wait staff is underpaid, so it has become expected). Is it similar in Canada?

Oh, and yes, I am planning on making the trek up to Axiom on Tuesday (weather permitting). Of course, I need Debbie to confirm my PMs. She must be a busy lady as she hasn't responded to my PM from a week ago.

Anyway, excited about the trip, but wondering about the customs.

Another question: While in Canada, do I poutine or not? Sounds like it could be yummy but a heart attack waiting to happen. Oh, and yes, I know that Canadian Bacon is different too. I will have to try some while I am there. (I am sure that you Canadians are chuckling at my silly questions and plans.)

We're very much like you. Yes, please tip.

I've never had poutine (very fancy French Fries) but it is a huge hit with those who partake...

TAM

I've always heard that Canada is like the clean and nice version of the U.S.

Not sure if that is still an insult or not though.

Either way, I haven't been to Canada since I was about 13 and that was back when you could just drive across the border. That was just a quick 2 hour trip at International Falls. I remember 3 things about that quick trip. 1) Canada was VERY clean, 2) it was super easy to go across the border and back, 3) Dairy Queen came out with the Blizzard that year and I had my first one on that little visit, although I don't remember if it was in Canada or the US.

If nothing else, be prepared that if you are going anywhere near or in to the downtown core of Toronto, you will notice a very busy large city with lots of construction that has grown tremendously over the last 30 years or so with very constant heavy traffic, a city that is now operating essentially 24 hours a day that just two or three years ago, the city proper itself overtook Chicago in population making it now(including Mexico City) the fourth largest on the continent. We might be able to help a little more if we know exactly where in the area your work is taking you.

I guess, overall, the bottom line is, probably the quickest way to get some answers to the questions you ask, Google Toronto Tourism or any of the countless web sites, they should be helpful and I assume you have a passport.

While I know (now after a little Googling) that the whole Toronto/Chicago population thing is a bit more complicated depending on if talking about city or metro-area, it is still a decent sized city for sure. It is so hard to compare different cities, for example Los Angeles has more people (about 50% more), but Toronto has a more dense population. Just different factors to say that they are big cities.

I work in the heart of Los Angeles when I visit there, so I am familiar with larger cities, but any tips or tricks would be awesome.

The work address is 5000 Yonge Street, Toronto (although a number of systems want to change that to North York instead of Toronto).

Yup, passport was applied for the day after Christmas, and I had it mid-January. Fresh and ready for its first stamp.

I didn't know that Mexico City was so big. I am supposed to head there later this year for work as well.

If you decide to go for poutine, go to Smokes.

I've been to the Ottawa location and its very good.

Canadian bacon (we don't call it that up here, we call it "smoked boneless cured pork loin rolled in cornmeal" in the supermarket and "back bacon" in restaurants) is healthier than regular bacon by roughly the same margin that poutine is less healthy than regular fries. Just remember to eat equal amounts of both and you'll be fine.

Actually, back several years ago, North York was one of the five buroughs that ultimately amalgamated with the City of Toronto and is now part of the city itself. Some companies and organizations in the area you are going, as part of zeroing in on their location, still tend to use their mailing addresses as North York since Yonge Street is the main north/south artery which starts right from Lake Ontario.

The office building where you will be located is several miles north of what would be categorized as the main downtown core which if you wish, could be easily accessed by taking the Yonge subway whose closest station would be at Sheppard Avenue, just south of where you will be working. It would be a lot easier and less hassle than taking a car.

Incidentally, the metro population of Mexico is over 21 million. I am not quite sure whether it or Tokyo or some other city is the largest in the world, however, it is right up there.

The color of "nothing at all" is always consistent. It's the exact same color as the bar.

A hit of acid may fix that.

Fred, you old hippie bastard! I'll bet you still have windowpane in a drawer somewhere, right next to the blotter.

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