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Major, major, major Lee Valley gloat.
Robin Lee tells me they've ordered signs for the construction site, so
I don't feel I'm breaching any confidences to say... SASKATOON IS FINALLY GETTING A LEE VALLEY STORE!!!! And, it's only about 6 blocks from work. Joy! Rob, can you send me bank account info? I'll just have the paycheck deposited directly. As a further mini-gloat, I was in Winnipeg and Edmonton this past week, so got to visit two LV stores. The Edmonton store is larger and very, very nice (much larger and nicer than ther old one) but the Winnipeg store had a lot more I was interested in on their clearance shelves. ;-) -- ~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~ ------------------------------------------------------ One site: http://www.balderstone.ca The other site, with ww linkshttp://www.woodenwabbits.com |
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Dave Balderstone wrote:
Robin Lee tells me they've ordered signs for the construction site, so I don't feel I'm breaching any confidences to say... SASKATOON IS FINALLY GETTING A LEE VALLEY STORE!!!! And, it's only about 6 blocks from work. Joy! Rob, can you send me bank account info? I'll just have the paycheck deposited directly. As a further mini-gloat, I was in Winnipeg and Edmonton this past week, so got to visit two LV stores. The Edmonton store is larger and very, very nice (much larger and nicer than ther old one) but the Winnipeg store had a lot more I was interested in on their clearance shelves. ;-) You'd think, logically, that they would rather go south where it is warmer. Cochran, for instance. -- Gerald Ross Cochran, GA Nothing is what it seems, all things are what they are. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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From (just) south of the border.
"bite me" (because we know it aint come'n here) or the more traditional you suck. "Dave Balderstone" wrote in message tone.ca... Robin Lee tells me they've ordered signs for the construction site, so I don't feel I'm breaching any confidences to say... SASKATOON IS FINALLY GETTING A LEE VALLEY STORE!!!! And, it's only about 6 blocks from work. Joy! Rob, can you send me bank account info? I'll just have the paycheck deposited directly. As a further mini-gloat, I was in Winnipeg and Edmonton this past week, so got to visit two LV stores. The Edmonton store is larger and very, very nice (much larger and nicer than ther old one) but the Winnipeg store had a lot more I was interested in on their clearance shelves. ;-) -- ~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~ ------------------------------------------------------ One site: http://www.balderstone.ca The other site, with ww linkshttp://www.woodenwabbits.com |
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In article , C & S
wrote: From (just) south of the border. You'll just have to come visit. We still enjoy seeing real money... ;-) -- ~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~ ------------------------------------------------------ One site: http://www.balderstone.ca The other site, with ww linkshttp://www.woodenwabbits.com |
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I have been considering that for a while; 'bout a 3 hour trip to Ottowa
though. I'd lke to take in a seminar to make the trip worthwhile but the fill up so fast. From (just) south of the border. You'll just have to come visit. We still enjoy seeing real money... ;-) My wife is canadian. "Dollar for dollar... blah blah blah...". The duty free gets most of our wine budget, does that count? :-) Cheers, Steve .....1/2 mile from Quebec, but Rob won't open a store there either :-( |
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Half mile from the border you say? I think we have just identified where we
can have all of our US purchases shipped and held for pick up. Thanks, JG C & S wrote: I have been considering that for a while; 'bout a 3 hour trip to Ottowa though. I'd lke to take in a seminar to make the trip worthwhile but the fill up so fast. From (just) south of the border. You'll just have to come visit. We still enjoy seeing real money... ;-) My wife is canadian. "Dollar for dollar... blah blah blah...". The duty free gets most of our wine budget, does that count? :-) Cheers, Steve .....1/2 mile from Quebec, but Rob won't open a store there either :-( |
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In article , C & S
wrote: Steve .....1/2 mile from Quebec, but Rob won't open a store there either :-( Where are you? We're planning to move to Coos County, NH (the Berlin area). I think that would be a perfect place for an LV store. :-) Kevin |
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Kevin Craig wrote:
We're planning to move to Coos County, NH (the Berlin area). I think that would be a perfect place for an LV store. :-) Kevin While the Northeast might not be a bad idea, there is no doubt that Souther California would be a far better location for a LV store. I was speaking to the order-taking lady last winter and while she was filling my order we chatted about the weather. Canada - cold, wet snowy. SoCal - (that day at least) mid-eighties, slight breeze. Even the LV employee stated a preference for SoCal. Give your poor, hard-working employees a break, Robin. This IS the place for a new location!!!! Glen |
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Dave Balderstone wrote:
Robin Lee tells me they've ordered signs for the construction site, so I don't feel I'm breaching any confidences to say... SASKATOON IS FINALLY GETTING A LEE VALLEY STORE!!!! And, it's only about 6 blocks from work. Joy! snip Have you started training for lunch hour six block sprints yet? ;-) -- Jack Novak Buffalo, NY - USA (Remove -SPAM- to send email) |
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In article , SPAM
wrote: Have you started training for lunch hour six block sprints yet? ;-) No need. The Publisher and I will be going together, he's just as thrilled as I am. Oh, so is our chief accountant. The only sad part of the whole thing is that one of our senior salesmen, name of Jim Rieger, died suddenly just before Christmas. He would have LOVED having LV store here. In fact, I think I just heard a "you suck" from beyond the grave... djb -- ~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~ ------------------------------------------------------ One site: http://www.balderstone.ca The other site, with ww linkshttp://www.woodenwabbits.com |
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On 11-Jun-2005, Dave Balderstone wrote: Winnipeg store had a lot more I was interested in on their clearance shelves. Those clearance shelves are like opening Christmas presents sometimes. Your own store? - you're in trouble now! ~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~ Just don't open the door. Mike |
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In article , Michael Daly
wrote: Your own store? - you're in trouble now! You know that tingly feeling you got in your teens and maybe 20s when you were about to experience somethinat was going to feel REALLY good RIGHT NOW, but had the potential to be a real problem later? It's like that... -- ~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~ ------------------------------------------------------ One site: http://www.balderstone.ca The other site, with ww linkshttp://www.woodenwabbits.com |
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Dave Balderstone wrote in
tone.ca: Robin Lee tells me they've ordered signs for the construction site, so I don't feel I'm breaching any confidences to say... SASKATOON IS FINALLY GETTING A LEE VALLEY STORE!!!! And, it's only about 6 blocks from work. Joy! Rob, can you send me bank account info? I'll just have the paycheck deposited directly. As a further mini-gloat, I was in Winnipeg and Edmonton this past week, so got to visit two LV stores. The Edmonton store is larger and very, very nice (much larger and nicer than ther old one) but the Winnipeg store had a lot more I was interested in on their clearance shelves. ;-) So, as I understand it, the obligatory response has to do with sucking? How does this enable you to ever get anything done? At least in the US, with catalog only, we can peruse the catalog in the private reading room. Wandering through well stocked stores can take all afternoon. Or longer. And I can put down the catalog, having looked at a picture of a new plane. Usually. After examining it in hand, I'm not so certain. Patriarch, who someday is going to have to do some research on this Saskatoon notion... |
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Patriarch wrote:
How does this enable you to ever get anything done? At least in the US, with catalog only, we can peruse the catalog in the private reading room. Wandering through well stocked stores can take all afternoon. Or longer. And I can put down the catalog, having looked at a picture of a new plane. Usually. After examining it in hand, I'm not so certain. I live in Burnaby, British Columbia and have two Lee Valley retail stores within reasonable driving distance. While their stores are bright & attractive, with lots of nice oak trim, there's not all that much to pick up and handle. Most stuff is either behind glass, in display cases, bolted down, or screwed to the wall. And, not surprisingly considering the number of items they stock, not all is out on display, either. There is a nice book section, though, with shelf copies available for perusal and a number of very comfortable arm chairs for said perusing. Shopping at a retail LV store is a lot like shopping at a dept. store catalogue store. You fill out an order form from catalogues (plastic laminated pages in a steel binder fixed to a bench), take a number and wait for a green-shirted, usually middle-aged, clerk to call for you. S/he takes your order form and disappears into a cavernous warehouse, to return with your goodies. At that point you have your opportunity to have hands-on inspection. Once you're satisfied, the merchandise is bagged and the two of you, on your respective sides of the counter, walk down to the cashier. Your bag is placed in sequence and you cool your heels until the cashier calls out your name. I have not seen any floor staff yet. -- Cheers, Rob |
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"Rob Fargher" wrote in message
bolted down, or screwed to the wall. And, not surprisingly considering the number of items they stock, not all is out on display, either. There is a nice book section, though, with shelf copies available for perusal and a number of very comfortable arm chairs for said perusing. Have you ever asked to look at something that is behind glass or in the back room on a shelf? I have several times when I've visited Lee Valley Tool stores in Toronto and I've always been accommodated. Admittedly, the only time I visit one of their stores instead of using the mail order is when I'm buying a large amount of stuff or spending $300 or more. So, they might be granting my request only after seeing the list of stuff I'm buying, but I've never had any argument when I want to physically examine something. When I go in with my list, I order everything and someone starts bringing the order out piece by piece. That gives me plenty of time to examine every item as it appears and I can decide at that time if I still want it. |
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Upscale wrote:
Have you ever asked to look at something that is behind glass or in the back room on a shelf? I have several times when I've visited Lee Valley Tool stores in Toronto and I've always been accommodated. Admittedly, the only time I visit one of their stores instead of using the mail order is when I'm buying a large amount of stuff or spending $300 or more. So, they might be granting my request only after seeing the list of stuff I'm buying, but I've never had any argument when I want to physically examine something. No, I haven't and I have no doubt they'd accomodate such requests. But you do have to wait your turn for a clerk so I wait until I'm ready to make my order before seeing the actual stuff I'm considering. That I've never yet turned down anything I've written on the order form is both a tribute to LV's quality and my lust for their stuff. :-) -- Cheers, Rob |
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"Rob Fargher" wrote in message
No, I haven't and I have no doubt they'd accomodate such requests. But you do have to wait your turn for a clerk so I wait until I'm ready to make my order before seeing the actual stuff I'm considering. That I've never yet turned down anything I've written on the order form is both a tribute to LV's quality and my lust for their stuff. :-) Hi Rob, I guess one has to consider the thievability of all of the stuff they sell. Considering the small size of many of those tools coupled with the cost of some of them, there's no doubt that a sizable amount of it would disappear if not shelved away or windowed off. The rest of LV's customers would end up paying the cost of that loss. Still, the LV store I go to has much of the bigger stuff out on display although all of it's fastened down in some way. I can usually play with it a little to heighten my wishlist addiction while I figure out which old lady I'm going to rob next to get the money to pay for it. |
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bolted down, or screwed to the wall. And, not surprisingly considering
the number of items they stock, not all is out on display, either. There is a nice book section, though, with shelf copies available for perusal and a number of very comfortable arm chairs for said perusing. Have you ever asked to look at something that is behind glass or in the back room on a shelf? I have several times when I've visited Lee Valley Tool stores in Toronto and I've always been accommodated. Admittedly, the only time I visit one of their stores instead of using the mail order is when I'm buying a large amount of stuff or spending $300 or more. So, they might be granting my request only after seeing the list of stuff I'm buying, but I've never had any argument when I want to physically examine something. I've examined small stuff (couple bucks worth) and turned them down, and there were no complaints, and had any number of questions answered without a list at all. I think the service is there if you need it, whether or not it looks like you're going to pay for it with a large order right then and there. - Owen - |
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"Upscale" wrote in message ... "Rob Fargher" wrote in message bolted down, or screwed to the wall. And, not surprisingly considering the number of items they stock, not all is out on display, either. There is a nice book section, though, with shelf copies available for perusal and a number of very comfortable arm chairs for said perusing. Have you ever asked to look at something that is behind glass or in the back room on a shelf? I have several times when I've visited Lee Valley Tool stores in Toronto and I've always been accommodated. In the Ottawa store, all you have to do is ask. Sometimes I have a list, sometimes I don't. I've even said "I'm not going to buy this now, but can I have a look at it anyway" and the answer has always been "Sure, no problem." Dave O'H oheareATmagmaDOTca |
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"Dave Balderstone" wrote:
Robin Lee tells me they've ordered signs for the construction site, so I don't feel I'm breaching any confidences to say... SASKATOON IS FINALLY GETTING A LEE VALLEY STORE!!!! Oh, shut up. You suck. And Saskatoon sux, too. : ) Jason |
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~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~ ------------------------------------------------------ One site: http://www.balderstone.ca The other site, with ww linkshttp://www.woodenwabbits.com Too weird.... I'd looked up the Jasper Friendly Bear quote to use too!!! Cheers - Rob |
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In article , Robin Lee
wrote: Too weird.... I'd looked up the Jasper Friendly Bear quote to use too!!! Have you got your Authentic Indian Name yet? http://www.aspalta.cbc.ca/deaddog_asp/aininfo.asp -- ~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~ ------------------------------------------------------ One site: http://www.balderstone.ca The other site, with ww linkshttp://www.woodenwabbits.com |
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On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:56:52 -0600, the inscrutable Dave Balderstone
spake: In article , Robin Lee wrote: Too weird.... I'd looked up the Jasper Friendly Bear quote to use too!!! Have you got your Authentic Indian Name yet? http://www.aspalta.cbc.ca/deaddog_asp/aininfo.asp Hey, no longer will I be known as "C-less"! Youse guys may now call me by my Authentic Indian Name: Franklin Lovely Brains. Whoda thunk it? ---------------------------------------------- Never attempt to traverse a chasm in two leaps http://www.diversify.com Comprehensive Website Design ================================================== ========= |
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In article , Larry Jaques
wrote: Youse guys may now call me by my Authentic Indian Name: Franklin Lovely Brains. I don't see a "C" in there, C-less... yrs, Johnson Stately Beak -- ~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~ ------------------------------------------------------ One site: http://www.balderstone.ca The other site, with ww linkshttp://www.woodenwabbits.com |
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On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 13:44:30 -0600, Dave Balderstone
wrote: Robin Lee tells me they've ordered signs for the construction site, so I don't feel I'm breaching any confidences to say... SASKATOON IS FINALLY GETTING A LEE VALLEY STORE!!!! And, it's only about 6 blocks from work. Joy! Rob, can you send me bank account info? I'll just have the paycheck deposited directly. As a further mini-gloat, I was in Winnipeg and Edmonton this past week, so got to visit two LV stores. The Edmonton store is larger and very, very nice (much larger and nicer than ther old one) but the Winnipeg store had a lot more I was interested in on their clearance shelves. ;-) I could NOT handle that... that would be like having a Harbor Freight next door... mac Please remove splinters before emailing |
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mac davis wrote:
I could NOT handle that... that would be like having a Harbor Freight next door... Uh, no. I've got a HF within striking distance, I'd be happy to lose my money at LV instead even if it was twice as far away. That's a hint Robin. Really, Really. Dave in Fairfax -- reply-to doesn't work use: daveldr at att dot net American Association of Woodturners http://www.woodturner.org Capital Area Woodturners http://www.capwoodturners.org/ PATINA http://www.patinatools.com |
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mac davis wrote in
:s nip that would be like having a Harbor Freight next door... There goes the neighborhood! Patriarch |
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