Buying VCR from US. I'm in Ontario.

[ccoltas]

Can't find the Toshiba W808 in Canada. The closest is the Toshiba W804, but it is missing the Digital Noise Reduction (DNR) and has only 4 heads instead of the W808's 6 heads.

Has anyone in Ontario purchased any electronic equipment from the US? Have you done it shopping Online? I have gottne good quotes for the Toshiba W808 S-VHS vcr, but I wonder about CSA certification etc. The only costs quoted by borderfree.com were the conversion of US to CAN dollars, the PST and GST, and the ground UPS 7- 14 day shipment was free. Total cost of average quote was $410.00 CAN. Cost of W804 in Canada was $400.00 before tax.

Any ideas???

[Patrick]

I'd read this before you order anything.

http://forums.murc.ws/ubb/Forum2/HTML/004717-2.html

[ccoltas]

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out more later, but just at a glance, it adds to my concerns of course. I'd have to inquire with 'borderfree.com" whether they garantee against a scenario like that happening to me. "borderfree.com" gives you a quote through them, and they seem to be involved with, or quote you for the shipping so maybe they have a setup.

I am not sure about purchasing a VCR from the US now because I'd not necessarily have warranty coverage up here!


I want a 6 head HiFi S-VHS VCR with 19 um heads, Digital Noise Reduction (video DNR), and flying erase head would be cool too. Also, quasi S-VHS and/or S-VHS ET would be likely found on a deck with these specs too.

What VCR in Canada is there like the above for less than $500.00 or $600.00????

[This message has been edited by ccoltas (edited 20 February 2001).]