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pHaestus · 09-01-2002, 08:03 PM

OK. I went out today to get some CD-Rs to back up my HDD before switching it into the PC-50 and to get some potentiometers and a PCB etching kit at Radio Shack. Here is my tale:

CD-Rs are taxed an extra $0.21 per disc for "compensation to Canadian artists". Excuse me but WTF? The only Canadian musicians I can think of offhand worth burning cds of are Rush, and that is more my dad's speed. Is there a way around this (other than stocking up when I go home)?

The only stores open on Sundays are Radio Shacks, and apparently every Radio Shack in this town is just a little mall store with no electronics parts to speak of. I was told I would need to order and it would be a couple of weeks.

Where do you guys get potentiometers, resistors, leds, etc etc? I saw Newark Electronics had an ad in my yellow pages, but I am guessing that means I will invoke PST by ordering from them. Are there any surplus companies in Canada similar to allelectronics.com or bgmicro.com?

Saskatoon is too isolated....going insane!

09-01-2002, 08:03 PM	#1
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	Need help from Canadians OK. I went out today to get some CD-Rs to back up my HDD before switching it into the PC-50 and to get some potentiometers and a PCB etching kit at Radio Shack. Here is my tale: CD-Rs are taxed an extra $0.21 per disc for "compensation to Canadian artists". Excuse me but WTF? The only Canadian musicians I can think of offhand worth burning cds of are Rush, and that is more my dad's speed. Is there a way around this (other than stocking up when I go home)? The only stores open on Sundays are Radio Shacks, and apparently every Radio Shack in this town is just a little mall store with no electronics parts to speak of. I was told I would need to order and it would be a couple of weeks. Where do you guys get potentiometers, resistors, leds, etc etc? I saw Newark Electronics had an ad in my yellow pages, but I am guessing that means I will invoke PST by ordering from them. Are there any surplus companies in Canada similar to allelectronics.com or bgmicro.com? Saskatoon is too isolated....going insane!