by Jeremy | Apr 15, 2010 | Blog, Deals
Well, every Canadian that was waiting for the end of April to arrive so they could buy an Apple iPad is surely a bit frustrated today. Apple has announced that the iPad will no longer go on sale in late April due to “high demand” in the US market. Instead,...
by Jeremy | Apr 13, 2010 | Blog, Deals
Summer is fast approaching (never quite fast enough though) and with it, all sorts of summer activities and sports. Since I haven’t posted anything in a few days, I thought I’d let you know about a few items I had shipped to the US border for me to pick...
by Jeremy | Apr 6, 2010 | Blog, Deals
Well, if it hits the front page of the CBC it must be news right? Earlier this morning CBC reported that the Canadian dollar momentarily reached par with the US dollar. I suspect border lines are going to be getting a bit longer in the coming months as Canadians cash...
by Jeremy | Apr 5, 2010 | Blog, US Shipping Address
In our previous posts in the US Shipping Address section, we described how to ship US purchases to the border by using Kinek’s network of border Kinek Points. This practice allows Canadians to save money by ordering from US companies that won’t ship to...
by Jeremy | Apr 5, 2010 | Blog, Deals
Well, after a great Easter long-weekend, I thought I would share some recent cross border savings I took advantage of. For over 2 years now I’ve been using a laptop with a dead battery in it. The laptop is only 3 years old, but for some reason the battery died...
by Jeremy | Mar 25, 2010 | Blog, US Shipping Address
Canadians have long known that the selection of products in the United States is far better than in Canada. It seems like new products always arrive their first and we have to wait months, sometimes years, for those very same products to be available north of the...
