Ditto. I think it must have been a real bad winter out East. ;-) I think the
Back40 has a case of cabin fever.

Springs, just around the corner!

Oh yeah, and black fly season, West Nile, the local, "Kent Brockman" talking
about, "The dangers of DEET", and for Southern Ontario, humidex readings in
the mid 40's. ; - )


"Ulli" wrote in message
...
I still trying to figure out what the fuzz is all about.
How's the bad guy? Feathercraft, MEC, or somebodyelse?

So MEC had one left in stock for mail order, (or was it Feathercraft)?
It's the last one, so what? If it is OK? MEC often buys stuff once a year
on bulk to
get good pricing (but I guess boats are not in that category -just to
expensive to
stock them).

The local MEC store had none in stock, that's easy to understand given the
price and
demand in such a product.

So why not mail-order, since their price seems OK and competitive to the
Feathercraft
price. It's not unusual that dealers are able to sell below manufacturers
direct
pricing. Makes sense, than manufacturers don't want to compete with their
dealers,
otherwise they would not have them for long.

Based on language and attitude in the first message I don't want to know
how the
conversation in the store went. I found MEC staff so far very cooperative
and
helpful, in the store and on the phone.

My 0..02 $

Ulli