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Many of our learning materials, books and toys that we love are purchased from amazon.com. I buy from amazon because I can get an amazing choice of products at great prices.
Clicking on our links to amazon products results in a very small percentage that translates to an amazon credit, that we use toward the purchase of additional materials - at no additional cost to you.
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Hi! I'm a fellow Canadian, love your site! I was just wondering if you have found any other affordable ship-to (or from Canada) sites other than Amazon? (I am still going to look at the Amazon options but am just feeling a bit bamboozled looking at all of these sites!)
ReplyDeleteThank you!! I have purchased from many many sites Canadian and otherwise but shipping costs have pushed me to Amazon over and again. The markup on products can be so high and I have saved so much. I used to purchase books and toys from Chapters.ca but even with free shipping it was still way more expensive and such a reduced selection. Lately I have been getting amazing deals on used books from Amazon as well. I do live very close to travel across the border to pick up shipments and have saved huge amounts of money doing things this way. I have purchased nearly all of our traditional Montessori materials from Kidadvance and a few from Montessori Outlet. I have made purchases from IFIT, Adena and a couple of others. I have received quality merchandise and service from all of them. I have had very few issues. Our manuals are shipped cross border also because the weight of the shipment is just way to expensive to ship here. I worked very hard in the beginning to find good Canadian options and have found lots of great deals on quality toys from Winner's and a few local shops. I think sometimes it depends on what you are looking for and the time you have to source. I am short on time and need to get the best value for our money and I can satisfy the majority of our needs from Amazon. I found it hard to make the jump to basically solely purchasing our materials online but it just evolved into the best option for us. There is a Montessori supplier in Toronto but they are very expensive and were not even an option. I wish I had more to share that would be of help to you. There may be others who have had different experiences finding great affordable Canadian options.
DeleteI paid your blog a visit!! I will look forward to reading your updates:) Best of luck!!
Hi
ReplyDeleteI am also in Canada and really love your blog. Can you please let me know where you purchased your Montessori albums from? Shipping from http://montessorird.com/ works out more than the manual itself.
Thanks
We purchased all of our albums from Montessori Research and Development but we did have them shipped to a receiver like the UPS Store just across the border and we picked them up. It was far to expensive (for us)to ship them here. Their manuals are amazing. I wish it were more cost effective to ship here but at the moment it is not :(
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