Herrschners & Canada
Gord Hutchinson
subsequently made an order from the catalog.
Reading some recent posts here regarding Herrschners got me wondering why I
had not yet received a catalog for 1999. Off I went to their web site to
order one. On their site was notice that there is now a $3.00 charge for
sending a catalog outside the United States. In the past I have
encountered companies who have forgotten that Canada is not part of the US
so I sent them an email asking if this included catalogs to Canada
(especially considering that they have (or had) an office in Scarborough).
Not only do they now charge for the catalog but there is also a $50.00 (US)
minimum order & a $3.00 'processing fee' over and above the shipping
charges. Also, the customer is responsible for paying all duties and
tariffs which they paid in the past. They will allow Canadians to pay by
cheque (in US funds) (even if they did spell it check 8) ).
I don't really have a problem with the charge for the catalog although
$3.00 is a little steep for the size of the catalog. I don't like but
can't really object to them no longer paying the import duty. I do object
to the size of the minimum order and the additional processing fee.
Any comments from any other Canadians? Does anyone know if they have
closed their office in Scarborough, Ontario?
Gord
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Gord Hutchinson
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Current Projects: Victorian Houses Afghan Square 1
of 9 (?), Santa with Toy Bag (1998 BH&G Cross-Stitch
Christmas), Snowy Abode on a Sweatshirt (Nov/98
Stitchery magazine), Cat Bib (Feb/99 Cross Stitcher)
LISA & TIM
I agree with you as I have come up against this time and time again.
It's almost impossible to order from the US anymore, what with the
unreal postage they charge, and of course the exchange rate being what
it is right now. I never bother with US catalogues anymore..I stick with
Canadian companies if I can find them (but, gosh it's darn expensive to
have a hobby in this country don't ya find, eh?) and basically do all my
shopping local. When the exchange rate was to our benefit a few years
ago, I had a wonderful time driving through the US shopping...what a
price difference! Oh, and yes...I would pay by 'cheque'...;-)
Happy Shopping!
Lisa
Brenda Thorne
I'm so bitter about this! I cannot believe the outrageous minimum order
amount!! They were one of my favourite mail order outlets. No longer. I
can live with the exchange rate, as high as it is. But my orders are
usually only in the $20-30 range so I'm not about to pad them out to $50.
I will mention though that I recently ordered from 123stitch.com and the
service was so fast! Shipping to Canada was the cheapest I've seen
anywhere! Sure there's no nice shiney catalogue to thumb through, but if
you have specifics you need I highly recommend them.
I'll assume this means they've closed their Scarborough office.
Brenda
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LISA & TIM
> I will mention though that I recently ordered from 123stitch.com and the
> service was so fast! Shipping to Canada was the cheapest I've seen
> anywhere!
Sometimes it sucks being Canadian, eh, Brenda??LOL Anyways, thanks for
the tip about 123stitch.com....I'll be checking that out this week.
Happy Canadian Stitching,
Lisa
Madame....@ns.sympatico.ca
about the horrendous minimum order amount, etc. ASo I have started
ordering from Mary Maxim. Have received everything in "jig time" (as
we say here in Bluenose country!) and once when *I* made the mistake
in my order, they accepted the return quickly and graciously. No
affiliation, simply a very satisfied customer. :-)
On Sat, 20 Feb 1999 14:05:36 -0400, LISA & TIM
<tim....@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>Gord,
>
>I agree with you as I have come up against this time and time again.
>It's almost impossible to order from the US anymore, what with the
>unreal postage they charge, and of course the exchange rate being what
>it is right now. I never bother with US catalogues anymore..I stick with
>Canadian companies if I can find them (but, gosh it's darn expensive to
>have a hobby in this country don't ya find, eh?) and basically do all my
>shopping local. When the exchange rate was to our benefit a few years
>ago, I had a wonderful time driving through the US shopping...what a
>price difference! Oh, and yes...I would pay by 'cheque'...;-)
>
>Happy Shopping!
>Lisa
>
>
TraceyD
Herrscheners catalogue in a long time, I guess now I have my answer. They
must have closed their Ontario office, rats, I loved that catalogue.
TraceyD
Gord Hutchinson wrote in message <36cff466...@enews.newsguy.com>...
Distect
>I have started ordering from Mary Maxim
When I was a kid and we lived north of Detroit, we went up to Port Huron many
times and always stoppd at Mary Maxim. Loved that store! I haven't been there
in years but I think I might have to take my husband up there when we're in
Michigan this summer. I haven't seen a catalogue from them in a long time. Do
they have a web site?
Colleen
wol...@pacbell.net
<snip>
>I haven't seen a catalogue from them in a long time. Do
>they have a web site?
Mary Maxim's Website is (surprise!): <www.marymaxim.com>
Nan Evelyn
Gord Hutchinson
dis...@aol.comrenner (Distect) said:
>Madame....@ns.sympatico.ca said
>
>>I have started ordering from Mary Maxim
>
>I haven't seen a catalogue from them in a long time. Do
>they have a web site?
>>Colleen
The Mary Maxim website is http://www.marymaxim.com/