anal sphincter muscles at Sporty's just lost a customer

"journeyman" wrote in message u.com...
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 19:46:34 -0400, G.R. Patterson III
wrote:

Just got off the phone with them and I am Not Pleased.

Were I in your shoes, I would call VISA (which is what I use) and stop
payment on the order.

Which reminds me, I used my AOPA Mastercard, so I should take this up
with AOPA for whatever good that will do...

It won't do much to tallk to AOPA. AOPA's interest is how much of a kickback
MBNA will give them. MBNA's credit card department (ohter than
their habit of losing the rebate requrests) actually isn't too bad. I can't say
the same for MBNA's aircraft loan department. What a bunch of jerks.

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 00:14:00 GMT, David Megginson wrote:

Anyone have a reliable source of Canadian charts for an occasionally
homesick canuk?

These guys are just around the corner from me:

http://www.worldofmaps.com/
(800) 214-8524

I was in there a couple of days ago, and they told me that shipping to
the U.S. is no problem.

Cool. I'm planning to drive up to Ottawa in a couple of weeks for a
visit. I'll plan to drop in on them. Sounds like it's similar to a
store in Seattle (which sells all maps except aviation) that I have
used (and hope to use again) for topo maps of hiking trails.


Morris

(journeyman) writes:

Cool. I'm planning to drive up to Ottawa in a couple of weeks for a
visit. I'll plan to drop in on them. Sounds like it's similar to a
store in Seattle (which sells all maps except aviation) that I have
used (and hope to use again) for topo maps of hiking trails.

World of Maps is definitely worth a visit for anyone even remotely
interested in cartography. It's at Holland and Wellington, about 10
minutes' drive from Centretown (five blocks west of the Ottawa Bagel
Shop).

If you're going to be flying to Canada semi-regularly, you're much
better off subscribing for the CFS and the IFR charts:

http://www.navcanada.ca/contentEN/aeropubs/default.asp

The price difference is significant. Individually, the CFS costs CAD
29.00, or CAD 203.00 for all seven in a year. If you subscribe, you
get seven editions of the CFS for CAD 99.00 instead. The same thing
works for the CAP and the IFR charts. You will have a CAD 35.00
handling charge on the order for the U.S. (CAD 30.00 for within
Canada), so it makes sense to get more than just the CFS if you're
interested.

I personally find it very cool having all this stuff arrive
shrinkwrapped at my house every few weeks, always promptly (usually in
several separate packages). I subscribe to the CFS, the Ontario and
Quebec CAPs, the IFR Terminal Area Charts, and the a LO chart for
Windsor-Quebec, all for about the same cost as buying just a year's
worth of CFS's at the store.


All the best,


David

--
David Megginson, , http://www.megginson.com/

David Megginson writes:

World of Maps is definitely worth a visit for anyone even remotely
interested in cartography. It's at Holland and Wellington, about 10
minutes' drive from Centretown (five blocks west of the Ottawa Bagel
Shop).

For "west", read "east" -- not that pilots are supposed to be good
with directions, of course.


All the best,


David

--
David Megginson, , http://www.megginson.com/

"journeyman" wrote in message
u.com...

Anyone have a reliable source of Canadian charts for an occasionally
homesick canuk?


I switched from Sporty's to Airways (www.flyairways.com) for similar reasons
and have been much happier with their reliability and customer service.
They do list Canadian charts on their website.

Besides better service, they are cheaper too!

--
Richard Kaplan, CFII

www.flyimc.com

"journeyman" wrote in message
u.com...

snip ....them.

Anyone have a reliable source of Canadian charts for an occasionally
homesick canuk?


www.aviationworld.net

journeyman wrote in message
u.com...

Just got off the phone with them and I am Not Pleased. I put in a
web order this morning for the Canadian CFS and some approach plates.
They're on a 56-day cycle, my current set expires today and I was
hoping to do trip this weekend. So, I was willing to pay extra for
next-day service.

Got a voice mail at 3:15 saying the charts were on back order. So,
I called to cancel the next-day shipping. Apparently, the IFR hood
I tacked onto the order (old one's no longer usable) was already
shipped, so they will bill me for overnight shipping for the entire
order. I'm willing to pay extra to have the charts tomorrow. They're
charging for it but failing provide what they charged for. Not enough
to be worth the time and energy to fight it, but annoying enough for
me to do no further business with them.

Anyone have a reliable source of Canadian charts for an occasionally
homesick canuk?


I've been very happy with mypilotstore.com-- they once made good on a
misunderstanding that was mostly my fault. I've had my chart subscription
with them ever since (a year or so). I see that they now have Canadian
Charts...

Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas

Morris,

www.jeppesen.com

they have both IFR and VFR charts.

I have been dealing with them for over ten years, very few problems. Pay
a little extra but it is worth the service.

Michelle

journeyman wrote:

Just got off the phone with them and I am Not Pleased. I put in a
web order this morning for the Canadian CFS and some approach plates.
They're on a 56-day cycle, my current set expires today and I was
hoping to do trip this weekend. So, I was willing to pay extra for
next-day service.

Got a voice mail at 3:15 saying the charts were on back order. So,
I called to cancel the next-day shipping. Apparently, the IFR hood
I tacked onto the order (old one's no longer usable) was already
shipped, so they will bill me for overnight shipping for the entire
order. I'm willing to pay extra to have the charts tomorrow. They're
charging for it but failing provide what they charged for. Not enough
to be worth the time and energy to fight it, but annoying enough for
me to do no further business with them.

Anyone have a reliable source of Canadian charts for an occasionally
homesick canuk?


Morris



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