North of the 49th

I’ve come to understand that it is common for Canadian children to feel disadvantaged upon returning from a trip to the United States. The proliferation of fast food choices, amusement parks and mega-malls full of toys and the like made smaller-town Canada seem very pale in comparison.

My sister and I would bee-line for Chuck E. Cheese every time we made our way to Seattle, both of us understanding the combining of pizza and video games to be greatest merger of all time. Provided we kept a lid on it while we shopped for back to school clothes each year, we were rewarded with a precious 3-hour window of greasy cheese, soda and arcade favorites.

Just as quickly as it came around each Labor Day it was gone as soon as we departed the Anacortes ferry in Sidney. I remember getting one last fix of 50-cent chocolate bars on the ferry before proceeding into my annual rant on the way back into town on how “Canada gets nothing good.” Oh, the blissful ignorance of youth.

Granted, that was very short-sighted in a way to be expected of a pre-teen, but in truth the number of retailers and consumer goods available to Canadian consumers has grown exponentially even since those days. While it’s commonly referred to the “American Dream”, it might be more applicable to add the adjective “North” to the term as Canadians are just as determined to provide themselves with a comfortable life as their southerly neighbors.

Cymax Stores understands that Canadians demanding quality home furnishings, and at competitive prices, is a given as well. Accordingly, Cymax is pleased to consolidate all of its products available to Canadian consumers at www.cymaxstores.ca. Individuals can peruse the impressive selection of home and office products in much the same way they would do at www.cymax.com, but without the need to search for the “THIS PRODUCT SHIPS TO CANADA” tag on the product page. At Cymax Canada, you don’t need to give a second thought as to whether or not the product is available to you at a Canadian residence. Canadian consumers are similarly encouraged to take advantage of the free shipping offer extended to them until October 6^th.

When it comes to providing top-quality products at reasonable prices with a full-satisfaction guarantee, Cymax most certainly hasn’t forgotten those of you north of the Fourty-Ninth Parallel.