Now here is a classy company in the 'states....

Frankie,

The sad fact is that it is still less expensive to buy in the states from LL Bean than it is for me to buy locally....at a lesser quality....even with the duty and stuff...

The second sad fact is that folks that do not live in the states are paying for your "shipping free to the lower 48" deal so we are almost paying for shipping twice...

I have worked this out....for some US companies, it is cheaper to ship to me than it is some of the states...

From a business point of view...it would be profitable for some of the companies ...I think jc whitney does this. (not that I would buy from them)...is to have a shipping address in Canada...

We may only be a small country but we buy lots..