Remember that issue with Michaud Toys in Ontario, Canada four months ago about their charging a stiff tariff and an extra shipping charge on cribbage boards?
The tariffs and extra charges were dropped. I just checked today. I’ve been looking occasionally to see whether or not they were still on. Michaud was charging a 35% tariff and a 25% UPS brokerage fee—and then they just stopped shipping to the U.S. altogether.
It was disappointing because we were interested in the jumbo Cribbage Rumble board, which is essentially the same as Cribbage Wars although it’s designed differently so that it fits on a regular large cribbage board instead of a rectangular one, like the one we bought from Ebonwood. Michaud called it Cribbage Wars until about a year ago when they changed the name to Cribbage Rumble.
So, because the first jumbo cribbage board we bought from them 6 years ago is starting to show a little wear (especially since our last move), we ordered the newer model as well as Cribbage Rumble.
Michaud Toys got started in 1984 (there’s a little history on their website) and we’re pleased with their workmanship. They’re in Jarvis, Ontario, Canada, which is only an hour and a half drive from Niagara Falls—not that we ever drove there.
I don’t know how to pronounce Michaud. Phonetic guidance on the web gives different answers: mih-SHOW (French), MIH-shoo (anglicized), Mish-awd, Meh-shood, and JONES.
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