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Experience has shown that the free shipping may be eligible on only a certain number of sales and then reverts to in store only. 

 

If need to have them and don't want to pay full price act fast. 

 

These do seem to to pop up on Frys frequently though not every time with free shipping.  Last times on promo they were $229 but in store only although for at least the last day of the promo I was able to add to a cart and it showed free shipping. Gotta wonder how many of these RF82's are still left in stock. Are these speakers no longer in production?

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Once again this morning I got to final check out with a pair of RF 82 II in my cart with free shipping before I backed out. If you are interested I suggest grabbing them early in the morning. They are no longer available on the Klipsch site so I imagine either an update is coming or they are discontinued

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I'll never understand the cost disparity between most products sold in the US vs Canada.  You seem to get all the deals in the US!

Products usually sell in Canada for much more than just the dollar exchange factor.

 

I just paid the equivalent of $620 US per pair for my RF-82 ii and I thought that was a killer deal.  (One time only deal and he only had the one pair available for a special promotion).

The lowest they would normally sell for in Canada is $1100 USD per pair ($1400 CAD).  And, several of the higher end audio stores have them at $1800 CAD!

 

The latest production run may be exhausted in the US, but Canada must have gotten a boat-load of RF-82 ii speakers (literally a boat-load from China!).

Most large audio/electronics stores still have them in stock here, but they remain unsold due to the high prices asked north of the border!

Or, could it be that they are simply too large for the average igloo? ;)

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33 minutes ago, Klipsch-Meister said:

I'll never understand the cost disparity between most products sold in the US vs Canada.  You seem to get all the deals in the US!

Products usually sell in Canada for much more than just the dollar exchange factor.

Welcome to how Canada pays for its "national health-care" plan!  Almost EVERYTHING sold there has an excise tax (which is what it REALLY IS!) added to cover national health care costs...this has been going on for DECADES.  That is why so many Canadians from just above the U.S. borders have been shopping IN the U.S. for decades for things that cost more in Canada (not withstanding the currency exchange rates).

 

Unfortunately for the Canadians, their customs at the border have been cracking down for the past number of years on what they bring back from the USA, so that they can collect duties on the items which have "health-care-added-tax" applied to them when sold in Canada.

 

We had Canadian forces come to FT Chaffee, AR when I was coordinating Joint-Readiness Training Center OPFOR augmentation elements for the OPFOR (bad guys) for the "ultimate-laser-tag" war-games there in the early 1990's.  They flew in on Canadian Hercs.  They knew they would fly back out on them, too.  And they could stuff things in amongst the cargo on the aircraft for use in the Soldiers' barracks (ie., avoid Canadian customs charges)...so their Supply warrant officer(s) would get with me and we would go get a Sam's Club membership for them, which was used to buy bulk snacks and soft drinks to sell to their Soldiers for less than what the vending machines charged on FT Chaffee.  The profit from that was used to buy things at Sam's Club for the use of the Canadian Soldiers after they returned back to Canada...such as Big Screen TV's, foosball tables, Ping-Pong tables, VCRs, etc.  Why?  Because there was no other way they could afford to have those things for their Soldiers if making the purchases in Canada due to higher prices due to national health-care expense-driven "excise" taxes on those items.

 

It is was what it was (is)!

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23 minutes ago, HDBRbuilder said:

Welcome to how Canada pays for its "national health-care" plan! 

 

We like to think that it is better than mortgaging the house and wiping out our retirement nest-egg to pay for heart bypass surgery ;) 

 

Besides, I didn't have a C-130 available to smuggle in a pair of RF-82 ii speakers (I had to make 2 trips from my neighbourhood audio store in my Altima!).

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17 minutes ago, Klipsch-Meister said:

 

We like to think that it is better than mortgaging the house and wiping out our retirement nest-egg to pay for heart bypass surgery ;) 

 

Besides, I didn't have a C-130 available to smuggle in a pair of RF-82 ii speakers (I had to make 2 trips from my neighbourhood audio store in my Altima!).

 

Well, just remember in the US you may get operated on next week, while in Canada you may have an eighteen month wait. I'll still take the US system any day. 

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41 minutes ago, teaman said:

 

Well, just remember in the US you may get operated on next week, while in Canada you may have an eighteen month wait. I'll still take the US system any day. 

 

I don't mean to get political, but that is mostly Republican crafted rhetoric, created by the elite who don't want you to have "socialized" health care because it would raise taxes on the richest 1%.  ...'nuf said by me.  Sometimes it is refreshing to get an alternative point of view, but then I know that there are very few Democrats in the Armed Services and it is extremely unlikely that I would ever be able to change your mind. ;)

 

It may be true that for many Canadians a wait could apply to "elective surgery" or "discretionary care".  However, if I had a heart issue today (or any other life-threatening emergency condition), I could walk (or have someone carry me) into any emergency room and get same-day service for the required surgery, free of charge.

 

And finally, I don't think that ALL of our taxes and tariffs go to funding Canadian Heathcare.  At least 50% must go towards snow removal, toque knitting subsidies and beaver rehabilitation programs...

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23 minutes ago, Klipsch-Meister said:

 

I don't mean to get political, but that is mostly Republican crafted rhetoric, created by the elite who don't want you to have "socialized" health care because it would raise taxes on the richest 1%.  ...'nuf said by me.  Sometimes it is refreshing to get an alternative point of view, but then I know that there are very few Democrats in the Armed Services and it is extremely unlikely that I would ever be able to change your mind. ;)

 

It may be true that for many Canadians a wait could apply to "elective surgery" or "discretionary care".  However, if I had a heart issue today (or any other life-threatening emergency condition), I could walk (or have someone carry me) into any emergency room and get same-day service for the required surgery, free of charge.

 

And finally, I don't think that ALL of our taxes and tariffs go to funding Canadian Heathcare.  At least 50% must go towards snow removal, toque knitting subsidies and beaver rehabilitation programs...

 

Somehow you assume quite a bit about me from a single post. First of all, I am a Canadian and I am very familiar with the Canadian health care situation. My mom had skin cancer and waited almost a calendar year before she could see a specialist. After the operation was complete and things seemed fine, she found an itchy spot on her face and inquired to the same specialist who then brushed her aside telling her surgeries have to be weighed out once the patient is in the later stages of life...because of costs and rate of return. After four months of back and forth she confided in her general practitioner about her fears and they were relevant. She had more skin cancer. She was again put on a lengthy waiting list. After about six months of discomfort my mom had her family doctor do the surgery. Needless to say he was not a surgeon and the scar he left was from the inside of her nose to the bottom lip along her laugh line. It never healed correctly and she passed away a couple of years later, not from cancer mind you.

 

You really should educate yourself if you live in a country, Canada does in fact have a death panel that was created in Ottawa to weigh out the consequences of should we or shouldn't we operate, perform that bypass or save a life. Here are a couple of good reads for you.

 

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/10/canada_has_death_panels_and_that_s_a_good_thing.html

http://www.lifenews.com/2014/10/03/death-panels-when-bureaucrats-in-canada-decide-whether-you-live-or-die/

 

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Teaman,

 

I am extremely sorry to learn about your mother's situation and I feel for your loss.

 

As I stated earlier, I did not mean for this to become a political discussion, but then, you were the first to "open the barn door".  

 

I can see that this subject affects you in a deeply personal way, and because of that you may not have realized that my comments were, for the most part, not meant to be taken seriously.  My apologies if you were offended in any way.

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3 minutes ago, Klipsch-Meister said:

Teaman,

 

I am extremely sorry to learn about your mother's situation and I feel for your loss.

 

As I stated earlier, I did not mean for this to become a political discussion, but then, you were the first to "open the barn door".  

 

I can see that this subject affects you in a deeply personal way, and because of that you may not have realized that my comments were, for the most part, not meant to be taken seriously.  My apologies if you were offended in any way.

 

Sorry KM, I was not offended at all and honestly was not trying to be political myself. I just go through the same arguments with my Canadian friends time after time where they seem to think "healthcare" over there is "free". Just by weighing out the cost of living difference alone should tell people how mismanaged the Canadian system is. The cost of pretty much anything outside of paper products (weird) seems to lie heavily in the US favor. It is like a culture shock when I go back to Windsor, Ontario where I was born and raised and see how many people are still driving cars from the eighties and nineties. In my area I live now in Howell, Michigan I don't think there is one person in our 240 home subdivision outside of classic car collectors that own a car over ten years old. With hydro bills in Windsor being nearly $500 per month for a 800 sq ft home it tells me how high the actual cost of living still is over there. I don't pay anywhere near that for a home over three times that size. It really is crazy.

 

I know my buddy in Windsor was looking for some Klipsch reference towers last month and Best Buy was outrageously priced. I think London Drugs had the best offer on them...which is even more crazy

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Thanks Teaman,

 

It's good to know that I haven't made a mortal enemy on my first day in the forum...it usually takes me a few days to raise some feathers. ;)

 

$500 per month in hydro for an 800 square foot home does seem excessive.  Is that with electric heat and poor insulation?

My home 3 hours north of Windsor is almost three times that size and I rarely pay more than $200 a month for hydro during peak air conditioning season.

In the coldest winter months my natural gas heating bill rarely exceeds $200 per month and my hydro bill drops closer to $100.

 

What I appreciate from this is that there are always exceptions to the norm, but it is the exceptions that seem to get all the publicity.

 

Please don't take this the wrong way, but the Windsor area is considered to be somewhat economically depressed compared to many other Canadian cities.

I'm not sure if this is true, but I'm told that the only things keeping it alive are the Casino and employment with Canada Customs.

Maybe that is why you are seeing more older cars there.  Anywhere else in Canada, they rarely last more than 10 years due to salt corrosion ;)

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I never even noticed you were a brand new forum goer, sorry about that. Welcome!

 

Yeah Windsor is the most expensive small city in Canada to live in. They have 210000 residents and over 700 police officers. The average pay of police officers in Windsor is $100k per year. The annual budget for the city of Windsor is outrageous, nearly $7M !. If they ever lose the Chrysler plant they are doomed. I believe that ranks right up there as far as income per annum and employees. Totally insane living there in these times. 

 

 

Tim

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2 hours ago, jimjimbo said:

How much were those speakers again??????

For the pair, RF-82 ii: $620 USD or $800 CDN (New in sealed factory cartons).

He also had a pair of RF-42 ii for $310 USD or $400 CDN which I should have bought for rear surrounds at that price.

It was just a special deal on the first 2 models sent by Klipsch to my local shop.

 

They have now raised the price on a pair of RF-82 ii to $1500 CDN (which is an average price in Canada for these speakers).

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1 hour ago, jimjimbo said:

Thanks for that, but it was a somewhat tongue-in-cheek question, as the original intent of the thread had drifted so far off course....

True, but I thought that my response brought it back to point...Specifically, that even the best deals available in Canada cannot match the deals available in the U.S.

 

...almost makes me want to retire to Florida...but no, if I did that, I'd lose my Canadian Health Care! ;)

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