[sdiy] alternatives to McMaster

[cheater cheater]

Set up a paper company in the US, buy on its name, with delivery to canada.
Simple.

D.

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Danjel van Tijn <danjel at gmail.com> wrote:
> The most time consuming aspect of all my DIY stuff is the mechanical
> parts. Whether it is designing and sourcing panels or simply procuring
> the necessary nuts and bolts that I need.
> A huge complication for Canadians is that McMaster does not ship to
> us! The reason has something to do with strange export laws that
> changed (which I do not understand given that we supposedly have a
> free trade agreement). McMaster is such a tease since it has the
> absolute best web interface for finding parts as well as the biggest
> selection.
> There is one loophole for getting parts: longterm Canadian customers
> of McMaster are still able to order from them but no new customers are
> allowed to. As a result it is sometimes possible to find businesses
> that will order in parts for you under their name but they will tack
> on an admin fee.
> I would have thought that with the economic crisis they would change
> export laws so that they could increase sales/business and help
> stimulate the economy, especially when it affects such a massive
> industry.
>
> Does anyone know of any alternatives to McMaster or any other tricks
> for getting parts from them into Canada?
>
>
> cheers,
> Danjel
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