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General Category => The Coffee Shop => Topic started by: jscott2 on July 24, 2016, 05:13:55 pm
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Thought I might try the scare box in today's pattern. Went on line to price the spiders. In Steve's link https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005O4DA3G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005O4DA3G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) a package costs $5.72 US plus shipping. As I am in Canada, I tried the Canadian Amazon site https://www.amazon.ca/Party902-Strechy-Plastic-Spiders-plastic/dp/B01A9IC924/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469380251&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Party902+-+Strechy+and+Scary+Plastic+Spiders%2C+2%22%2C+Made+of+plastic+%281-Pack+of+12%29 (https://www.amazon.ca/Party902-Strechy-Plastic-Spiders-plastic/dp/B01A9IC924/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469380251&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Party902+-+Strechy+and+Scary+Plastic+Spiders%2C+2%22%2C+Made+of+plastic+%281-Pack+of+12%29) . $42.40 Canadian (about $55.54 US) plus shipping.
Am I the only one who sees a problem here? Buy from a Canadian source and pay almost exactly 10 times the cost? It's no wonder so many Canucks drive across the border.
My rant for the day.
Jim
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Amazon has some silly automated programs that change prices at whim. It does this on all Amazon sites - US and Canadian. I have seen a spool of thread price in excess of $5000. Just the goofiness of the automated software.
Here are some plastic spiders that are reasonable on Amazon.ca and can be delivered to Canada cheaply. I personally love Amazon. You can't ALWAYS find what you need, but usually you can if you look. :)
https://www.amazon.ca/ABC%C2%AE-Halloween-Plastic-Decoration-Realistic/dp/B015ECJ47I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469396830&sr=8-1&keywords=plastic+spider
Sheila
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Here is another one. There are many that are under $10 for LOTS of them! :)
Sheila
https://www.amazon.ca/Halloween-Plastic-Spiders-Spider-Decoration/dp/B015XDA7LU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1469397052&sr=8-2&keywords=plastic+spiders
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Sheila, thanks for the suggestions. Interesting about the "randomizer" for prices.
Jim