<html><head></head><body data-blackberry-caret-color="#00a8df" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: initial;"><div id="BB10_response_div" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I was at NCIX yesterday to help my mom buy a pair of speakers for her friend. They had a set for $9.99 on sale for $7.99 and total costing $14.xx. Almost double due to taxes and eco-fees. </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Needless to say we didn't buy them. I wonder if the government realizes the true economic impact they have had on consumers with the eco-tax.</div> <div id="response_div_spacer" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="display:initial"></div> <div id="_signaturePlaceholder" style="font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.</div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody><tr><td id="_persistentHeaderContainer" colspan="2" style="font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div id="_persistentHeader" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>From: </b>Digimer</div><div><b>Sent: </b>Sunday, June 30, 2013 17:37</div><div><b>To: </b>tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org</div><div><b>Reply To: </b>tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org</div><div><b>Cc: </b>Jon Thiele</div><div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [TLUG]: The End of Eco-Fees?</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="_persistentHeaderEnd" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><br><div id="_originalContent" style="">On 06/30/2013 04:40 PM, Jon Thiele wrote:<br>> <br>> And what does this Toronto Star article have to do with Linux?<br><br>Linux runs on computers, and ever computer purchased of late has<br>included these fees, so I think it is on topic enough.<br><br>-- <br>Digimer<br>Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/<br>What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without<br>access to education?<br>--<br>The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://gtalug.org/<br>TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns<br>How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://gtalug.org/wiki/Mailing_lists<br></div></body></html>
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