Salut, fellow Canadians! I moved to Korea many years ago, and up until recently, I had done any international shopping via Amazon.

I’m looking for a few things and am in need of help:

  1. I need a shipping service that is Canadian owned that I can use to forward parcels to Korea, effectively replacing Amazon’s shipping.

  2. I’m in search of Canadian made bedding.

  3. I worked in George Richards/Grafton many moons ago, so I know they’re probably my best bet for big and tall clothes, but am looking to see if anything else has become an option since I left.

  4. Shoes… I’m a 16EEE sized shoe… I don’t even know where to begin to find replacements for my boats-for-feet coverings. I’ve even tried local cobblers here in Korea with no success.

Any ideas?

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
    3·
    1 day ago

    I’ve even tried local cobblers here in Korea with no success.

    Okay, how did that go, lol? Did they tell you to go back up the beanstalk?

    It’s hard enough finding shoes in size 14 here. I can only imagine looking for 16EEE (is that like double-wide?) in Asia.

    • LucJenson@lemm.eeOP
      3·
      1 day ago

      Poorly. They said they don’t have patterns that big. I offered to source them. Still no. Fair enough, I suppose. I get the same treatment looking for a tall bicycle here.

      • Sturgist
        3·
        1 day ago

        I get the same treatment looking for a tall bicycle here.

        What do you mean you don’t want to look like this guy below?!

        God…check your privilege bud!

        Hard /s there if it wasn’t obvious.

  • Perhapsjustsniffit
    3·
    1 day ago

    Canadian high quality linens, pillows and duvets. We have been buying pillows from here for over a decade. We found them in a hotel we stayed at one time and loved them. They also make very nice high quality bedding that we have also purchased in the past.

    https://skylark-owl.ca/

    • LucJenson@lemm.eeOP
      2·
      1 day ago

      Awesome stuff, thanks! I’ll reach out to them about shipping if I can’t find a third-party shipping option.

  • Em Adespoton
    7·
    2 days ago

    For the shoes, if you want to avoid the US, you’re looking at Europe.

    • LucJenson@lemm.eeOP
      5·
      2 days ago

      Solid idea there. I’ll have to go visit an EU community to ask similar questions after I finish sourcing what I can from Canada.

    • LucJenson@lemm.eeOP
      1·
      1 day ago

      Suoer! Thank you! I will do some digging this weekend :) I’ve got a group of fellow Canadians here who are interested, too, so I’ll also pass it along to them.