Re: Lee Valley stores: London or Burlington?

Michael Daly wrote: 
On 16-Dec-2005, "Andy" <andynewhouse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I see on their website that they have stores in Burlington and
London, neither of which would be very far out of the way.



If you are coming from east of Toronto and are heading to London, the Burlington
store will be out of your way.  If you're coming up through Niagara Falls, then
Burlington will be only be a bit out of your way.  If you're taking the scenic route
through the area, then it doesn't matter much.

The Burlington store is the one I go to most often. All of the stores I've been to are pretty much the same. You won't see aisles and aisles of stuff, but rather a display area with one of almost everything. When you know what you want, you
fill out an order form and take it to a counter where the order is filled from the warehouse in back.

Don't worry about the money - you can exchange US$ for CDN$ at any bank.
Major credit cards are international. Bank exchange rates are reasonable;
the currency exchange places are slightly better in downtown Toronto (the
financial district). You won't find a currency exchange place easily in Burlington but might in London. Unless you're spending an enormous amount of money, exchanging at a bank and swallowing the extra fraction of a percent will be a lot easier.

Mike


And I suspect that a American bank would give a better rate -- so they can unload their exotic foreign currency...

The border areas always have shops that prey on tourists -- Kinda Like Nogales, El Paso or Nuevo Laredo...



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