Just to put my 2 cents in this discussion, CTA was allowed reseller status from BAT mainly to sell to Canadian customers as their authorized dealer, but also to any customer any where in the world, if they (the customers) so choose to purchase from CTA. There are many cases where we have had stock on certain BAT items (not the springs as per this thread), but could not resell to our out of country customers because we already paid customs, duties, taxes, brokerage, shipping, etc. If we were to buy a product from BAT stock it here in Canada, then sell it back to say a US customer, we make nothing, in fact there would be cases we would lose money. Granted, push came to shove, we may do that to keep our customer(s) happy, but, just like with any business, we have to make a profit.
