Montreal

Ok, here's a tip for everyone who moves to Canada from the US. This is really important, so listen up.

Don't buy things online from US shops. Period. Because the shipping will kill you.

If you're a technocratic (lazy) person like me, online shopping is just sort of a way of life -- you buy stuff online that you want, but don't need right away, and don't want to take time out to actually go out and buy, or just might be hard to find.

Such as, oh, LPs maybe.

Now, if you're me, you've been buying these things practically your whole life from Amazon, Target, and for LP's Insound.

But if you're in Canada, the rules change quite a bit. You have to pay some crazy tax after the shipping, and if you use UPS or FEDEX you have to pay a customs brokering charge.

While it is true that you can use "expedited" services from them, those expedited services are crazy expensive, charging as much as 100 dollars for a 3 pound (1.35 Kg) item. Now that's insane, when you bought a fukcing 100 dollars worth of stuff.

Also, it is possible to use USPS or Canadian Post and I "hear" that you don't have to pay a "brokerage" charge. But, this is the key point: online shopping is supposed to be hassle free, and this is not.

So, not buying American is the way to go here people. Too bad, I'm about to get raped by UPS. Well, maybe not raped, literally, but anally violated (tomayto/tomahto). Just wish Canadian companies did a better job of marketing online. Capitalism doesn't work when you don't promote your brand, people. What is the Canadian Target? What is the Canadian Amazon??? What is the Canadian Insound?????? Let me know.