Shocktech dislikes Canada?

[tranman]

http://www.buyshocktech.com/pages/events/canada.html

I have no clue as to why they would make a sale and claim Canada hates Shocktech? I suppose it was a joke, i was wondering about why it said something about the border.

[Muzikman]

I thought everyone hated Canada???










(or am I?)



BTW: read the reason...I remember this, it was Skyball 99...they got turned back at the border.

[skirts]

BLAME CANADA !!!

[Clare]

what's this all aboot?

[shartley]

[Muzikman]

Clare, are you just making a joke or do you really want more details?

[billmi]

Several years ago, I believe it was at the first or second Skyball, Rennick Miller (owner of Shocktech) loaded up his trailer and headed from Chicago to Canada to run a booth at the tournament.

He had spent money not only on the time and labor of loading the trailer and the drive, but also on consultation and paperwork and dealing in advance with the Canadian government to make sure everything was legal as far as import duties and sales taxes. At the Canadian border, they went through his paperwork, said it was all good, but since he planned to sell the products there, that was work, and he didn't have permission to do work in Canada (a work visa) so they would not let him into the country. Considering the other journalists, and vendors at the trade show that came from the US (many of the vendors not having taken all the steps for import duties and taxes) who were allowed in, it appeared to many that the decision made by the border agent was rather arbitrary.

Since then, he has had a sale at the store in Chicago every year instead of going to Skyball.

See you on the field,
-Bill Mills

[Scooter/Cootie]

I believe it all started in 1999. Bad Boyz Toyz was going to have a booth at Skyball but the dreaded Canadian custom agents swarmed their trailer and told Mr. Renick himself that he could not bring all that gear across their beloved boarder.

So, Mr. Renick, now with 100,000 dollars of goods, had no place to sell 'em. So he took them back with him to Chicago and created the 1st annual Canada hates Bad Boyz Toyz megasale!

It was a big hit in the Chicago area and Mr. Renick decided to continue to have the megasale every year during Skyball just to piss off the Canadians. But we all know, it was the Canucks that had the last laugh!


The same thing happened to Paintball Junkies that year as well if I remember correctly.

[Muzikman]

Damn, Bill beat me to it...and I actually knew the answer!

[Muzikman]

Was it PBJ or was it Smart parts? I thought I heard Smart Parts having problems one year.

This is the reason that the trade show at Skyball usually sucks

[shartley]

Originally posted by billmi
Several years ago, I believe it was at the first or second Skyball, Rennick Miller (owner of Shocktech) loaded up his trailer and headed from Chicago to Canada to run a booth at the tournament.

He had spent money not only on the time and labor of loading the trailer and the drive, but also on consultation and paperwork and dealing in advance with the Canadian government to make sure everything was legal as far as import duties and sales taxes. At the Canadian border, they went through his paperwork, said it was all good, but since he planned to sell the products there, that was work, and he didn't have permission to do work in Canada (a work visa) so they would not let him into the country. Considering the other journalists, and vendors at the trade show that came from the US (many of the vendors not having taken all the steps for import duties and taxes) who were allowed in, it appeared to many that the decision made by the border agent was rather arbitrary.

Since then, he has had a sale at the store in Chicago every year instead of going to Skyball.

See you on the field,
-Bill Mills

Now THAT is funny. Thanks for the insight Bill. I for one was not following everything in 99.

[Python14]

I could have gotten him into Canada.

[Clare]

Clare, are you just making a joke or do you really want more details?

what are you talking aboot? ok ok I'm done.

[tranman]

For your information, mostly everyone in Canada doesnt say aboot!! Maybe people that live up north...i hope AGD doesn't get turned around at the border (which is probably very unlikely).

[shartley]

Originally posted by tranman
For your information, mostly everyone in Canada doesnt say aboot!! Maybe people that live up north...i hope AGD doesn't get turned around at the border (which is probably very unlikely).

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