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Old 01-07-2015, 11:13 AM   #1
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purchase Slackware 14.1 at a Canadian website ?


Can I purchase the Slackware 14.1 DVD at a Canadian website ?
Could anyone give me the address of such a site if it exists ?
 
Old 01-08-2015, 04:34 AM   #2
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You can get Slackware 14.1 DVD from official Slackwares store. On checkout page you can choose "State/Prov" and choose Canadian province. Why do you necessarily need to buy Slackware DVDs on Canadian website?
 
Old 01-08-2015, 11:59 AM   #3
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If your trying to avoid taxes/import duties etc. why not download it and just make a donation through the Slackware store.
If your trying to get the book, you might look at online retailers.
 
Old 01-08-2015, 12:06 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by zeelog View Post
Can I purchase the Slackware 14.1 DVD at a Canadian website ?
Could anyone give me the address of such a site if it exists ?
I'm Canadian and I buy from the Slackware store.

If you have a reason for preferring a Canadian store, then let us know what they are, and we can talk about how you can get your needs met.

Last edited by dugan; 01-08-2015 at 12:10 PM.
 
Old 01-08-2015, 12:21 PM   #5
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Why do you necessarily need to buy Slackware DVDs on Canadian website?
guessing to pay the " you are a pirate/ IP THIEF " tax that everyone pays on dvd's,harddrives, and thumbdrives, and mp3 players .
 
Old 01-08-2015, 03:16 PM   #6
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I don't understand - pay or not to pay? There is no such tax in Canada?
 
Old 01-09-2015, 07:34 PM   #7
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purchase slackware 14.1 at a Canadian website?

I don't care about any tax. Anyway, under NAFTA
products made in the USA by Americans are duty free
in Canada. I just don't want to have to tavel out
to some customs warehouse way out in the swamps
just to pick up the DVD and have to answer weird
questions like "was this DVD made in Syria?
Are you now or ever have been an El-Qcummber ?
Does your mother boil cabbage ?"
It's just a pain in the butt. Yes, I want
to buy from a Canadian website. Why is that
so impossible ?
No, I don't want to download. My connection is slow
and prone to errors.
Thank you all for the replys !
 
Old 01-13-2015, 06:13 PM   #8
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Zeelog, items you purchase from the Slackware store will be received as a regular mail package via Canada Post. No custom duties to worry about.

That is how I have received Slackware CDs/DVDs in the past.
 
Old 05-27-2015, 08:01 PM   #9
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purchase Slackware 14.1 at a Canadian website ?

I complain too much. I downloaded Slackware 14.1, installed it,
and realized Slackware really is different from the rest !
It's going to take a while to re-learn what I once knew about
Slackware. But xwmconfig and Xfce is great !
This thread is "Solved".
 
Old 05-28-2015, 02:55 PM   #10
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If you buy a Slackware DVD from any other place than the Slackware Store (store.slackware.com) then Pat is not going to see a penny of your money.
 
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