I was one of the early adopters, maybe the first on the WKC at the time, to pull the trigger on a Canadian slate mastertouch, having it shipped to the States. I looked back at the many paged thread and I bought in January of 2016. The wild thing is that it ended up only costing me about $255 with the conversion rate, etc. Now, I could buy one in the States and it'll be more than that with tax. I'm going to end up getting an ivory now to fulfill my dream of a red, white and blue set.