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It's frankly a disgusting outdated anti-consumer protectionist law the serves no purpose but to protect the profits of dealerships.

I find it hypocritical to claim the US is a "free market" built for capitalism when we have these laws on the books.

The problem now is the chokehold massive dealerships have on the market having bought almost all of the independent dealers. It's close to an oligopoly and the problem w the stick and carrot is that those same dealers who have the benefit of these anti consumer laws are the one with the market size to push back against the manufacturer given their sales volumes. It really harms smaller dealers, most of which cannot afford to play those "market adjustment" fleece the buyer games.

In a true free market system, the playing field would be level with true consumer choice. Manufacturers should have no restraints to sell direct. They would not undercut their dealers as that is not good business. Almost every other consumer market works this way. What it does though is drive consumer choice at fair prices.

Time to abolish this crap. A great dealer, and there are plenty show their value by providing great service and a no pressure sales process.

I personally refuse to support these massive national and regional dealers. I am lucky to have a few honest locally owned dealerships that provide that experience. They have my business without my wasting time with these other large grifters..

Find a local dealer and there are a few player who compete nationally w more pricing and reasonable fees. One of the biggest Maverick dealers runs a youtube channel and sell at msrp from Kansas. No personal experience except that I watch their channel and feedback on forums is highly positive. They move a ton of these highly sought after models so they get good allocations.

It's going to be quite a bit more than the K2 bundle u are looking at. $849 on pre-order. Not top cover so its only good for PLA and maybe PETG.

I have a K2 base model w cfs, K2 Plus and FF C5Pro.

The K2 Plus is significantly faster than then other 2 and the highest print quality. I am surprised at the difference. Will they all print fine? Yep but the difference is noticeable side by side.

The K2 Plus also has a massively larger buld plate w rhe FF C5 being smallest by a good amount.

For multicolor not only is the C5 way faster w less purge but I can honestly tell u the prints are cleaner w dedicated nozzles for each color.

No matter how much purging occurs there are always some fine traces.

The C5 is not perfect but it does offer the best bang for the buck on hw specs. I am not real pleased w the slicer to printer usability. They really do some stupid things to complicate the experience. Creality has a much better tie in w the sw and hw.

I am not running out to replace my K2s. There will be issues w K3 based on their track record and it will quickly drop in price after pre-orders. The U1 was recently down to $721US. Quite a deal and better sw due to open source but still more than c5 pro when adding top hat and hardened nozzles. Good luck.

That's terrible! I am sure u probably weren't home at the time of delivery but if I was I would have.refused it and put carrier damage as the reason w pics.. no excuse for that much damage. They definitely pack these well. Courier negligence no doubt...

Not sure if you have this type of coverage but most cc companies in the US provide 90 days and against theft, damage, etc...

In all of the years I had it, I only made 2 claims for small items, one of them was my fault but within 90 days. They promptly provided a refund against my orginal purchase though there are limits so may not cover the entire cost of that model printer.

Bambu or retailer should make good on it as they will make a claim against the courier.

Good luck!

OMG - I am resurrecting a 2 year old thread to which nobody responded? 🤔

I did a blind Google search wondering if I didn't understand that Perhaps Polymaker's "Polylite" filament is named that way since it's really translucent and it hit on your question.

I bought a roll of this back in May as I'd read from others that it's a close match to DeWalt yellow.

Well, I've only printed a few things with it and so far, I am completely disappointed!

Most of my objects are black PLA base with the DeWalt logo in Yellow but it's so translucent that it looks like a pair of yellow sunglasses looking into the dark...

So -I clicked on your Amazon link and it took me to the identical roll I purchased. There is not a single mention of it being Polylite nor translucent. In fact, it's frankly quite misleading as the title only states Polymaker PLA and the description mentions "solid" colors not once, but 2x! Yah...

I am going to message them via AMZ - to ask about why my experience is like this and if they are willing to offer me a post return period refund or a swap to a different filament that isn't translucent. I weigh the roll - I don't think I've used up my than about 30 grams of it.

I'll update my post once I hear back from them.

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Nice Haul. Even w the highest discount from a Packout Buy more save more w last year's prices, you are talking about $270+ tax for those items. The best discount if you bought $400 was $150 off but you really had to pick/choose closest to $400 to get max discount.

Last buy more this summer was only $100 on $350 I think and all the boxes went up $3-$15... 😌

98% sure it's the 12v battery. If it's the EV battery, that's covered for 8yr/100k so warranty replacement but highly doubt it's that.

Or the BMS - battery management system. Not seen either of these on my mach-e but plenty of 12v and bms issues w my gas Jeep Wrangler w similar symptoms.

Glad you were able to move it on your own

I cancelled my Pro pre-order from 4/30 when by 6/10 I had no confirmation of shipment or even an ETA except for a weak "delay compensation offer" yet they had plenty of units ready to air ship...

I reputable company would have either offered $50 air ship or $50 off for early buyers. Clear they never really intended to sell the Pro at adv price.

They refused to refund my $10 pre-order charge but I will fight w cc comoany for non delivery of service.

I re-ordered from their Ali store at a price <$100+ LESS than my pre-order price. US warehouse ship starting 7/15. For $760 delivered it's tempting to keep the order despite these real shortcomings. Will see if it actually ships.

The more I read, the more I am leaning towards canceling and buying the Snapmaker though I need hardened nozzles and heated chamber which really bumps the U1 price way up though open source community is a safer play.

Concern w FF locked fw and no fixes or other issues down the road...

Anxious to see Creality Klitek device pricing as I have a K2+ & K2 std which work fine once I tunes them up. Open source fw is really nice for tweaks and fixes.

Thx for sharing your concerns OP!

If u select "hide your listing from friends", it won't let you post to any local groups.

I know... it's so stupid.

I don't necessaril care if friends see my listings but what I don't want is for FB to start posting notifications to them of what I just posted.

So if u toggle that option off when u are building your listing, u will see that you can post to groups again.

My experience is that I don't think I ever got contacted by a buyer from thise groups so I don't think its really beneficial.

National MP will show your listings as local based on buyer zip range and your zip code.

K2 Plus owner since last Aug. Shit fw upgrades-they always seem to break something. Now latest fw blocks camera video unless you are on the LAN that the printer is on.

When it prints, it's a great product and worlds beyond my Ender 3v2.

Love the CMS for the simple ability to quickly change from one roll to the other. Multi color prints slow and omg.. the waste.

I highly doubt they will offer us an upgrade though there MAY be room in the K2 Plus.. but doubt it.

Looking forward to all the details. I already ordered a Flash Forge Creator 5 Pro given the price and features and got tired of waiting on. Creality. Hasn't shipped yet so I may cancel..

My intent was to keep my K2 Plus for single color and bigger prints but w a much smaller build plate and 4 tool heads, the FF would have been my go to for most prints -Assuming a positive experience.

Let's see. I am glad they are announcing something and the leaks they've provided today make it sound very interesting....

Same shit for me too!! My K2 Plus has been very inconsistent and seems worse w newer firmware.

I tried playing w z-offset but I just cant get it dialed in properly.

Biggest problem is w PETG. PLA doesn't seem as bad.

For what its worth, some of the worst performance has been w Elegoo Rapid PETG and even Creality (Ender) PETG which is frankly shocking.

The most consistent result i have had is w Overture brand. It performs flawlessly it seems but almost every other brand, same issue..

A shame Creality didn't spend more on a better bed.

I suspected such a large bed is part of the problem. I had a FF Creator 5 Pro coming. Ordered 5/1. No sign of shipment yet and no idea if it will be better but Creality firmware it seems breaks something w every release. The latest from 5/16/26 has now blocked the camera from operating unless you are on the LAN.. wtf.. i rely on it to check into my long prints since this thing has become so inconsistent on large items that take up much of the bed.

Lots to learn about these little idiosyncrasies...

Canadian living in the US the last 20 years.

I see this often with other cultures as well. Walking around Wal-Mart talking on speakerphone like they are shopping together. WTF. Get yourself a headset....

As Canadians most of us are raised to respect others and be tolerant as well as understand the environment you are in and act accordingly.

At a Rock concert or sporting event, yell, cheer or sing. It's fine to be loud. In a classroom, raise your hand or wait for someone to finish speaking before adding to the conversation.

In the US, it's against federal regulations to have a continously conversation be it on a cell phone or online w internet on the plane.

Reason for this is simple... Too many ignorant people who have no respect for others right to a quiet environment. A small cabin like a plane would get very loud if everyone is talking.

Same goes for those ignorant parents who give their kids an iPad playing videos or games w no headphones. Wtf...

So the bus should be no different. Those people should be told by bus staff. If they can't comply, they should be removed at the next stop.

Posting signs to that regard (no speakerphone or loud conversations) would go a long way.

Finally: I attend world wide events where I regularly interface with Indian coworkers. I can tell you that they are extremely polite and always greet you with a smile and a a very formal exchange. They are cultured and have much social grace.

What you are seeing we would refer here to as "trailer park trash"... No social grace... it's not all Indians.. 😉

Definitely targeted. 25 select awd. No way i am paying $50 or $500 a year. Its really only worth about $200-$250 for a year...

I paid for a single month due to a long trip and I paid w pass points that were expiring.

Hope they monitor site and get their senses on the true value price point...

A $500 a year offer is like <5% take up I am sure. If 20% or more signed up at $250, significant revenue uptick.

WTF... I am so pissed. Months ago, I updated the FW - obviously -take advantage of new features... The FW had such poor print quality - I was ripping my hair out... Rolled back - of course - re-calibrate everything...

v1.1.3.13 seems to be the only version with good print quality.

The latest 1.1.5.2 had nothing but issues -maybe z-offset - filament globbing up at the nozzle.

Am I stuck at this old FW or what is it that I am doing wrong? Don't these people run QA on new releases?

And - I also needed the trick to "upgrade" FW by changing it to 1.2.. - Sheesh - it should just see an IMG fw file on the USB on boot - and just come up regardless of version matches..

While I am at it - For the life of me, I have never been able to get new Filament profiles properly loaded to the device. When I look at the drop down menu on the printer - I see a bunch of duplicate profiles which I cannot edit. I try logging on/off the cloud site and device to force a sync -nothing seems to work.

Am I missing something? Why don't there filament profiles between Creality Print v7, Cloud and the front panel match? Why can't I just go directly into the printer via the SW or the control panel, see the list and fix it?

Sorry- so frustrated- I am generally more composed but I've wasted about 4 hours messing with this... Argh.. THANKS in advance gang! Appreciate it.

The whole tariff thing is complicated and so to answer your question directly, I honestly don't know except that for personal goods worth a few hundred, I have never been asked to go inside and pay tariffs just because I purchased goods in Canada and brought them back with me to the US.

My assumption is that if it's not commercial goods made in Canada for resale or integration into other products as part of cross border manufacturing processes, it's either not subject to or not worth their time to pull every individual over to collect a few $$ from goods acquired for personal consumption.

The US is one of the few countries in the world that taxes citizens on world income no matter whether they are residents of the US or not even if they have no intentions to return to the US.

We are Canadian citizens who moved permanently to the US almost 20 years ago. We had to file a tax return the final year we had taxable income in Canada and we were deemed to have "disposed" of our financial assets on 12/31 of that year as Canada wants to ensure any assets acquired as Canadian residents (subject to taxation) would not be sold in the future and taxed by another country which would create a loss of tax revenue to which Canada would have claim to. (Tax avoidance rules).

As a Canadian citizen living permanently abroad, you do not have to file a Canadian tax return unless you earned income in Canada.

My wife is a teacher in Windsor and crosses the border everyday (we live in metro Detroit). She has to file a tax return in Canada and then subsequently, we add her Canadian income to our us tax return. The IRS has published exchange rates for every major country for this purpose. We get an offsetting IRS tax credit for her income taxes paid to Canada. MI has a reciprocal tax treaty with Ontario where any taxes she paid to ON gives us a tax credit against MI taxes due.

So in effect, due to tax treaties in place, we are not subject to 2x taxation but since we are US residents, we have to pay income tax on her Canadian sourced income.

Now, if we chose to move back to Canada and retain our US Citizenship, even if we no longer lived in the US and had no US sourced income, the IRS would still require us to file a tax return and he subject to US taxes. That sucks but that's the cost of being a US Citizen!

With respect to original poster. Alberta is an awesome province and Calgary is one of the best cities in the world in which to live. We lived there for 11 wonderful years.

Your situation is very complicated so you do need to consult a tax accountant who is familiar with BOTH US and Canada tax.

Assume you should be able to find one in Calgary if that's where u are headed as there are many Americans living there due to the oil patch.

My assumption is that your wife will not need any type of work permit if she is not seeking work in Canada. She can live there due to the fact that she is living with you and you will have a work permit. She will, however be subject to both Canadian and US taxes since she will be a Canadian resident even if she earned no Canadian sourced income.

I don't know how your US assets will be taxed by Canada unless they are earning income (interest, dividends, rental income, etc..)

Definitely find a tax accountant familiar with BOTH. In my experience, easier to find those folks in Canadian cities with many ties to the US for business as there are far more Canadians earning income in the US than the other way around.

Good luck.

Today is the 29th. Anyone else confirm they were able to get the discount? Signed up for the shopping app a long time ago. Didn't have the browser app loaded until yesterday. Shows 1%.

Been a while since I have received Capital One shopping app email so maybe it was either targeted or no offer due to lack of use?

I use Rakuten all the time. Nothing there.

Good deal for batteries but I heard the DeWalt mowers were POS and many returned but fir that price... I would be willing to give it a shot.

I did buy a 40v Ryobi mower this year but yet to use it. Talking w many different employees and different locations, they all told me the same thing: -DeWalt mowers get returned more than others -Ryobi 40v are solid mowers though they recommend staying away from self propelled models. More complicated and they have seen some returns on those. -hardly ever see any 40v Ryobi push mowers returned.

-40v is way more powerful than 18v models. The go-to platform for a mower

This is absolutely disgusting that Petro Canada is not moving with the times and staying committed to EV fast charging.

I can understand that they don't want to feed the demand for EVs since it's counter to their core business but eventually they will have no choice.

I am shocked to see how little charging infrastructure is in Sudbury and worse that the Tesla Superchargers are not yet open to other brands.

There are more chargers in Parry Sound!

BYD will make a big impact in Canada but charging infrastructure needs to be in place for this to materialize.

BYD just announced 0-70% "flash charge" w their latest cars and battery tech that will deliver 400kms of range in 5 minutes & those speeds will work at -30C.

Their cars will have 500-800 km of range in the battery.

Who will need gas now?

I am not following the timeliness or concern?

If u applied for Fall '26 entry, the application deadline was March 15 '26, not Feb 1st?

Letters of recommendation can come from anyone. I didn't see a requirement for a letter from a previous educator?

Your application would not be complete without the letters of recommendation but those were not required before the application deadline. You just had to submit your application with all other documentation complete and pay the fee.

I am still waiting for my decision and applied close to the 3/15/26 deadline for Fall '26.

The assumption would be that if the rest of your application in the portal shows green, you are still in process but you will need those recommendations to be submitted before they can decide. I have no idea how long it could be on awaiting decision before they deny based on not all letters received but I am sure it's listed in the application details.

Good luck

From the app, it doesn't let me copy the url but its in here under help I assume....

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The paragraph above the red circled text indicates that Mercari will calculate the shipping cost and show the buyer.

Oh I wondered that.. Ya we still have cdn bank accounts w interac e-transfer. If auto-deposit enabled, it cannot be canceled.

That's different though than reversed. If an account was compromised I do wonder if the funds could be "reversed" by the bank. I think this is true.

I would still do cash only. 😉

Always tell the buyer to message me when on the way w an ETA and then when 10 min away. My meet up spot is a TJ Maxx which is easy to locate and about 5-6 min from my house.

Sometimes if we have had good communciation and buyer seems solid, I will head out a bit early to make sure i am there before them.

Every once in a while the buyer forgets to tell me when 10 min out and they say here. I apologize but remind them I was awaiting their 10 min out msg..

I had a few situations where I showed up a few min late when they did give me the 10 min msg.

I always apologize and usually give them back $5-$10 depending on item cost and say "I made you wait and your time is worth something"...

For those people they are pleasantly surprised and are thankful. That usually gets me a nice review.

I will never do a preset time to meet without them telling me they are on the way.

People really appreciate knowing u are responsive and it gives them comfort to know u are also legit.

When u say e-transfer, is this a payment outside of the marketplace system and you are delivering the item in person?

I would definitely be leery of this.

For in person transactions its always cash only and I put it in the add. I do get people ask me if I take venmo or zelle but I just dont want to deal w that. Never had an issue except for someone saying they would need an extra few min to hit the bank. No problem. I also offer to make change if the difference is $20 or less. Just a convenience thing..