Talk:Canadian Tire
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It is colloquially known by Canadians as "Crappy Tire", although this is generally an affectionate nickname and therefore not meant as a disparaging remark.
I've also heard it called Craptacular Tire, again as a mark of affection, but I haven't heard it often. 216.209.140.117 02:07, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
The Canadian Tire couple needs to be included in the adverstiment bblurb right near the contents.--199.212.250.96 16:23, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- My family (and others) call it "Canadian Trash" colloquially too. Should this be stated somewhere in the article that there are many colloquial terms playing on the name, used affectionately? The Chief 23:32, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] What about Head Cashier?
I was just thinking that maybe the person in charge of the cashiers and the customer service should be included under Store Operations. I work in a Quebec store, so I'm not sure how the position is called in the rest of the country, but I believe it would be Head Cashier.
I work in a Brampton (just outside of Toronto) store and the person in charge of Cash and Customer Service is called the Cash Manager.
[edit] Lowes?
Auto service departments owned by Lowes? Or the chain owned by Lowes? What is that line getting at? As for Lowes, I never knew they had any connection to CTC. Where did this come from?
- I suspect this is vandalism. It's a tedious practice throughout Wikipedia for vandals to claim anything Canadian is a subsidiary or in some way subordinate to or dependent on something American. It's extremely funny, if by 'funny' one means 'inducing or tending to induce drowsiness'.
- I can't find any mention of the connection at the Canadian Tire site, nor at the Lowes site. The company profiles available at Etrade make no mention of a connection. Each company issues its own stock, each on a different exchange. Lowes-branded stores not connected to Canadian Tire are poised to open in Canada. Google search yields no mention of any such connection. Short version: I'm gonna remove it. Rrburke 04:24, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
- Followup: the line in question had been added by a since-banned vandal from Houston, Texas. See user's talk page for more info his history of vandalism. Rrburke 04:51, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Canadian Tire Online section
This section is not necessary. I removed some of the ad-like stuff like the 1-800 number but it still seems like an ad. On top of that, its not remarkable to have an online store, every major retail chain has that so it doesn't really seem notable. Any comments? if not I'll delete the section but we'll see.--BoyoJonesJr 14:15, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
- I disagree. Canadian Tire is unique due to the fact it is a franchise, so products purchased in the store results in the dealer making profit. When products are bought through the catalogue or Canadian Tire online, the money goes to the corp. -- Jaydawg 03:17, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Crappy Tire
Canadian Tire is often called Crappy Tire. In 2001, Canadian Tire took Mick McFadden to the World Intellectual Property Organization over the website crappytire.com. The company claimed that it had rights to the name because the nickname has become so ingrained among Canadians that it no longer means anything bad and therefore is neither satire nor parody. They further claimed that by owning the domain, McFadden was "attempting to create an impression of an association with Canadian Tire". In his defence, McFadden wrote, "Respondent inquires 'since when is the word "Canadian" interchangeable with or similar to "crappy"'?" Canadian Tire's complaint was dismissed. As of June 2006, the crappytire.com domain is owned by Canadian Tire.
Source? Factual accuracy? --Deenoe 00:42, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
I agree, I'd love to see some kind of citation or sourcing on this. I mean, it's fascinating but I have never heard of this or of anyone refer to Canadian Tire as "Crappy Tire." Maybe it's because I'm in Quebec, I don;t know, but it's news to me... Shawn in Montreal 20:04, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
