Registered: Jun 2000
Location: Montreal, Canada
Posts: 5

The Visor and a number of accessories are now available in Montreal, Canada. During a visit to my local Bureau En Gros (part of the Business Depot & Staples group) I spotted, to my surprise, a Visor Deluxe on display beside the Palm PDAs.

The Bureau En Gros that I visited carried the Visor and Visor Deluxe. Multiple colors were also on sale. They also carried a number of accessories, including cases, cradles and some modules. The price of the Visor Deluxe was a very reasonable $378. I personally had to check the price more than once to confirm. It seems to me to be a very good price.

The salesman told me that Visors were put out last week and have been selling very well. He made a very nice pitch to me, clearly steering me to purchase the Visor over any of the Palms.

Anyway, Canadians rejoice, Handspring is here.

Ismay

Registered: Dec 1999
Location:
Posts: 43

Why are you surprised by the price? It sells for $250 US which translates to about $375 CDN. What I'd like to know is how the accessories compare.

Registered: Jun 2000
Location: Montreal, Canada
Posts: 5

I am "surprised by the price" because usually electronic items sell in Canada for more than just the CDN dollar equivalent. As well, I have seen the Visor advertised on Canadian webpages for as much as $425.

Ismay

Registered: Nov 1999
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 434

Glad to see it's finally available in Canada.

As for electronics, in the retail channel, I find that the prices are usually about the same in Canada vs. the US.

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Registered: Feb 2000
Location: vancouver, bc, canada
Posts: 22

Man...
damn...
i should have bought in canada.. i went on vacation and picked up my visor in la. But the second day i got back i found out that future shop and staples were selling them. I was so pissed off. But it doesn't really matter. cuz i saved more $$ because the taxes are lower in LA.

Registered: Nov 1999
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 434

P.S. There's a full page Visor-for-sale ad at Future Shop in today's Globe.

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