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Well, my family had a bookstore

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that sold sort of used books, new books
in Scarborough, where I grew up.

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At the time,
eBay was just coming on the scene

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and my father started
to get interested in it.

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We decided,
or he decided to close the store down

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and start listing the books on eBay,
and he quickly started to realize that,

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he could make a living selling the same
books at one state and store online.

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Recognized that he couldn't
compete with U.S. sellers.

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So if he had to quote
the high cost of Canada Post.

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So he started printing his own postage
in Canada at home,

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and was driving down to the United States
Post Office.

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Once he started doing that, his online
sales, you know, started to

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really grow quite rapidly.

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Chit chat

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says, a freight forwarding company
that goes to the U.S.

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six days a week
and gets a mail into the US postal state.

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One of the biggest problems
that Canadian businesses

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are having with shipping
is that the prices are too high.

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I'd love for chit chats to disrupt
the shipping industry in Canada.

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And the reason
why is I feel there's a great injustice

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the freedom, the liberty to do business.

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And the opportunities are there in the US.

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We are a company
that sets Canadian e-commerce businesses

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up with the ability to print US
and international postage in Canada.

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You know,
we clear customs, tax and duty free

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and all packages that have a retail value
of less than $800.

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And we induct mail directly into the
United States Post Office six days a week.

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Our website is

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this new platform
that our customers can log in to anywhere,

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at any time to prepare postage
and prepare their shipments.

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They can get quotes to give quotes
to their customers.

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Getting the lower pricing
and the quick tracking gives them

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peace of mind
that once they hand it over to chit chat,

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they don't have to worry
about their packages anymore.

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Shipping costs in Canada are so high
and what everything is on the web

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and you're e-commerce,
what is that doing for Canadians?

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This means that Canadians
e-commerce businesses can compete

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in the US and international markets
because we level the playing field.