xmas shopping continues to piss me off

[bjarvis]

Yes, it's two days after xmas but it's still raising my blood pressure.

I'm trying to get some Fisher Price "Read With Me" DVDs for my two-year-old niece in Parry Sound, Ontario. While I've found suppliers in the US, sending them across the border into Canada not only will require additional shipping expense, but also customs & duties, processing fees and a tonne of headaches for the recipients. I've shipped items to family in Canada before and regretted it every time: I now only order from Canadian outlets to be shipped directly to Canadian destinations.

The snag is that I haven't been able to find any retail outlet outside of the US of "Read With Me" products. All the usual suspects --Sears, Hudson's Bay, Zellers, Canadian Tire, Toys-R-Us.ca, Amazon.ca, etc.-- have all come up dry.

Anyone have any recommendations of online Canadian retail outlets? Kaylee will forgive a single present from her weird uncles arriving late, but if I can't find something soon, I'll have to think of some form of Plan B.

Comments

[ruralrob.livejournal.com]

These are Canadian:
http://search.ebay.com/ws/search/SaleSearch?sofocus=bs&satitle=read+with+me&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC5&fbd=1&sorefinesearch=1&from=R14&nojspr=y&pfid=0&fswc=1&few=&saprclo=&saprchi=&fss=0&saslop=1&sasl=&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D0&fls=3&salic=2&saatc=1&sadis=200&fpos=K0K+3K0&fsct=&sacur=0&sacqyop=ge&sacqy=&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&sabdlo=&sabdhi=&saaff=afdefault&afcj=&afmp=&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&fcl=3&frpp=50

[ruralrob.livejournal.com]

And this is a Candian on-line bookstore that has Read With Me items . .

http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/search?keywords=read%20with%20me&pageSize=10

[moofedct.livejournal.com]

Future Shop? They sell DVDs...

[crossing fingers]

[allanh.livejournal.com]

I was going to suggest http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/dvd/search?keywords=fisher%20price&pageSize=10 ... but ruralrob beat me to it. :)

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Alas, those are a line of books with a similar product name but not the same series as I'm looking for. Thanks though!

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Good idea, but my searches there have come up dry. Figures!

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

This is --so far-- my best option although it burns me to pay such $12 for shipping & handline fees for $2 of postage. Depending on my mood at the end of today, I may either go for it or skip to Plan B.

Thanks for the link!