This post is interesting, it makes one think on where to spend hard earned monies.
Ed: I have great respect for you and your store, I only wish I didn't leave Halifax before your got established. But I was the fellow who posted about the US big box stores. Being a poor Army guy, this waterfowl addiction is costing me a fortune. I do no way, mean to bust your chops on this issue. Truth of the matter is I do live with in 45 minutes of the border, that is my advantage. I ordered 4 dozen silo's for 119.00 USD/ea, exchange=unknown, shipping was really a buck for every order over 100$, the UPS store was 3$ a box. Total for the whole thing was 497.00 CAD to my CC, 12$ USD for the UPS store, and 32.00$ CAD for duty. Total for 4 dozen Reel Geese Silo= 541.00$ CAD. I know for a fact that Canada Post will rape you on shipping, I sent my son a Russel Belt Knife in the box: it was 15$ CAD from Ontario to New Brunswick. It weighed maybe 1 pound if that. The silo's were 9 pounds each, that was 36 pounds.
I did buy my full bodies from SLO, here in Ontario. The price was the same across the line and I wanted to buy local. I was in no way saying that any Maritimer was gouging, it was meant for Cabelas Canada.
I hope that this response was taken in the light it was intended, I was not peeing in anyone's corn flakes.
Ian