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ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2004-02-25 22:57 in General Discussion
Hey folks,

no this isn't a spam ad for another bovine disease....

A year ago I finally succumbed to the lure of the Stamp phenomena and picked
up a BS2 Education kit. This put me out a couple hundred clams up here in
Canuck-land.
This was a hefty price to get introduced. I see now that there was a
cheaper way to do it...but I've had tonnes of fun with the kit nonetheless.

I realize the BS2 in it's own right is a great little device....but it pales
to the SX's and P's. I've come to realize that, "Hey, I could use some of
those extra abilities in all the little goof-ball ideas I have"....

So, without consulting my more mature self about financial abilities, I
jumped on a BS2P40 today....
Another hefty drop of some coinage...but fine...no problem.
Now I'm looking at SO MANY MORE THINGS TO DO with my new toy.

I think I've spent about a G ($133 US) on little doo-dads to connect to my
BS2. Now I can use Ibuttons/I2c...oh god oh god....If I claim bankruptcy
will the bank take away my beloved stamp?

Every time I hear about a Stamp convention I get sweaty and twitchy, only to
realize these are just paperlicker clubs!!

I would like to start the first BSA here in Canada....

Hi my name is Steve.....I'm a Basic Stamp Addict.....


PS...HEY PARALLAX....you need more distributors up here...there's only like
6 in the whole country, and we're bigger than you (ok, half the country is
too busy hunting/fishing/finding creative ways to keep warm and don't have
time for Stampin!).

Anyhow....I got a new toy!! woo hoo woo hoo!!!!

Comments

  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-02-25 18:16
    Hi Steve,

    We're glad that you're having fun.

    On the topic of Canadian distributors....we actually have 8 in Canada as
    of right now -
    http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/company/distributors/dist_canada.asp

    Active Electronic Supplies Depot is one of the distributors but they
    have 10 Stores across Canada so there are quite a few options.
    http://www.active123.com

    Since you brought up the size of Canada, I thought I'd provide everyone
    with a little extra info (which doesn't need to lead us to any
    tangents):

    Canada
    Area (sq. km): 9,976,140
    Population: 32,207,113

    United States
    Area (sq. km): 9,629,091
    Population: 290,342,554

    I hope the Bank doesn't take your BASIC Stamp away!

    Erik Wood
    ewood@p...
    Parallax, Inc.
    Marketing
    (916) 624-8333 x106
    www.parallax.com


    Original Message
    From: SB [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=IjwDpLw5gRR2pwabmM3v7VG9PDggIOPrOy0P91423mQglZ4EoEqRrRTnrP7iQanTRzmjj39AQQa56YnS2Rk]steve.brady@r...[/url
    Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 2:36 PM
    To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] BSA


    Hey folks,

    no this isn't a spam ad for another bovine disease....

    A year ago I finally succumbed to the lure of the Stamp phenomena and
    picked up a BS2 Education kit. This put me out a couple hundred clams
    up here in Canuck-land. This was a hefty price to get introduced. I see
    now that there was a cheaper way to do it...but I've had tonnes of fun
    with the kit nonetheless.

    I realize the BS2 in it's own right is a great little device....but it
    pales to the SX's and P's. I've come to realize that, "Hey, I could use
    some of those extra abilities in all the little goof-ball ideas I
    have"....

    So, without consulting my more mature self about financial abilities, I
    jumped on a BS2P40 today.... Another hefty drop of some coinage...but
    fine...no problem. Now I'm looking at SO MANY MORE THINGS TO DO with my
    new toy.

    I think I've spent about a G ($133 US) on little doo-dads to connect to
    my BS2. Now I can use Ibuttons/I2c...oh god oh god....If I claim
    bankruptcy will the bank take away my beloved stamp?

    Every time I hear about a Stamp convention I get sweaty and twitchy,
    only to realize these are just paperlicker clubs!!

    I would like to start the first BSA here in Canada....

    Hi my name is Steve.....I'm a Basic Stamp Addict.....


    PS...HEY PARALLAX....you need more distributors up here...there's only
    like 6 in the whole country, and we're bigger than you (ok, half the
    country is too busy hunting/fishing/finding creative ways to keep warm
    and don't have time for Stampin!).

    Anyhow....I got a new toy!! woo hoo woo hoo!!!!



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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-02-25 22:57
    I've stopped taking calls for fear of the repot guys stoppin by.

    I didn't look in to multiple stores for active....Never fear I'll buy more,
    so long as I can afford my beer. (lame poet alert!)
    Original Message
    From: "Erik Wood" <ewood@p...>
    To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
    Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:16 PM
    Subject: RE: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] BSA


    > Hi Steve,
    >
    > We're glad that you're having fun.
    >
    > On the topic of Canadian distributors....we actually have 8 in Canada as
    > of right now -
    > http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/company/distributors/dist_canada.asp
    >
    > Active Electronic Supplies Depot is one of the distributors but they
    > have 10 Stores across Canada so there are quite a few options.
    > http://www.active123.com
    >
    > Since you brought up the size of Canada, I thought I'd provide everyone
    > with a little extra info (which doesn't need to lead us to any
    > tangents):
    >
    > Canada
    > Area (sq. km): 9,976,140
    > Population: 32,207,113
    >
    > United States
    > Area (sq. km): 9,629,091
    > Population: 290,342,554
    >
    > I hope the Bank doesn't take your BASIC Stamp away!
    >
    > Erik Wood
    > ewood@p...
    >
    > Parallax, Inc.
    > Marketing
    > (916) 624-8333 x106
    > www.parallax.com
    >
    >
    >
    Original Message
    > From: SB [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=8aF6YPn-3oHfR_rB5T9i5hNiKI3OIZTDAJQI2PazxMUlig34Z3CG64iAJrMPXFeLuWIjEdOCtsLBbrDA]steve.brady@r...[/url
    > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 2:36 PM
    > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] BSA
    >
    >
    > Hey folks,
    >
    > no this isn't a spam ad for another bovine disease....
    >
    > A year ago I finally succumbed to the lure of the Stamp phenomena and
    > picked up a BS2 Education kit. This put me out a couple hundred clams
    > up here in Canuck-land. This was a hefty price to get introduced. I see
    > now that there was a cheaper way to do it...but I've had tonnes of fun
    > with the kit nonetheless.
    >
    > I realize the BS2 in it's own right is a great little device....but it
    > pales to the SX's and P's. I've come to realize that, "Hey, I could use
    > some of those extra abilities in all the little goof-ball ideas I
    > have"....
    >
    > So, without consulting my more mature self about financial abilities, I
    > jumped on a BS2P40 today.... Another hefty drop of some coinage...but
    > fine...no problem. Now I'm looking at SO MANY MORE THINGS TO DO with my
    > new toy.
    >
    > I think I've spent about a G ($133 US) on little doo-dads to connect to
    > my BS2. Now I can use Ibuttons/I2c...oh god oh god....If I claim
    > bankruptcy will the bank take away my beloved stamp?
    >
    > Every time I hear about a Stamp convention I get sweaty and twitchy,
    > only to realize these are just paperlicker clubs!!
    >
    > I would like to start the first BSA here in Canada....
    >
    > Hi my name is Steve.....I'm a Basic Stamp Addict.....
    >
    >
    > PS...HEY PARALLAX....you need more distributors up here...there's only
    > like 6 in the whole country, and we're bigger than you (ok, half the
    > country is too busy hunting/fishing/finding creative ways to keep warm
    > and don't have time for Stampin!).
    >
    > Anyhow....I got a new toy!! woo hoo woo hoo!!!!
    >
    >
    >
    > To UNSUBSCRIBE, just send mail to:
    > basicstamps-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
    > from the same email address that you subscribed. Text in the Subject
    > and Body of the message will be ignored.
    >
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    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
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    > abuse@p....
    >
    >
    >
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