Actually Active's latest flyer had a big disclaimer  indicating they no
longer had any association with Future...

At 01:58 PM 7/18/03 -0400, you wrote:

>At 11:17 AM 7/18/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>>I hate to break this bit of news to you, but Digikey seems to have a depot
>>in Winnipeg. THAT is why you get an $8.00C shipping fee. If they have
>>to ship out of the states, it's $48.00 (or so, depending on weight).
>>Check the label on the box to see what I mean (my last half dozen orders all
>>have Winnipeg as the origin point).
>
>If that was true, it would be very odd that the quantities in stock for 12
>hour delivery to Toronto are precisely the same as those in stock for
>next-day delivery to Duluth, wouldn't it?
>
>Actually, Canada Post, through their Purolator subsidiary has been
>making a bunch of deals speeding up cross-border commerce. Whether the
>origin appears as MN or MB depends how the shipments are consolidated
>and broken up, and is, to quote Paul Wolfowitz, a bureaucratic decision.
>
>If an American customer asks to have stuff shipped to Canada, OTOH, they
>charge the rip-off  price you mention. So don't do that. ;-)
>
>>Apeaking of Active, has anyone noticed that their stores are getting rather
>>barren of stock (caps, connectors, semis, etc.)? I asked about it and was
>>given
>>the line 'problems with the bagging machine'. For 5 months?
>>Methinks it's more likely that their suppliers have stopped supplying product
>>because of late payments. I've seen this twice before with computer stores
>>that soon went bankrupt. Given the downturn in the economy, it wouldn't
>>surprise me that they're in trouble.
>
>I hope that's not true. They are part of FAI, which is a MAJOR North
>American distributor. I could see FAI shutting the retail stores, though,
>and concentrating on internet commerce.
>
>Best regards,
>
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