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by imposterr 1073 days ago
>clear concise description

Except they sometimes leave the brand of the item out of the product title or description which is super annoying. There have been times where I've looked for sellers of certain products in Canada, and having failed, ordered from the states or Amazon. But then I later realize that the product I want is sold at Lee Valley under some generic name.

One example is the Water Right garden hose [1]. They don't ship to Canada but you can get in on Amazon. You can also get it at Lee Valley but nothing on the site indicates it's the Water Right hose [2]. I only realized by examine the images. I would have loved to have supported Lee Valley, but by the time I noticed I'd always bought from Amazon.

[1] https://www.waterrightinc.com/

[2] https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/garden/water-and-irriga...

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I also don't appreciate this, but I understand it is because they cannot compete on price, and if they are selling identical products this is one way to try and differentiate their offering. Example: https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/garden/water-and-irriga... vs. https://www.canac.ca/en/spray-gun-77003365 maybe a poor example because they do indicate the brand.