Buying Touch in Vancouver BC?

[eXan]

I want my friend to buy me a 16 gig iPod touch, while she's still in Vancouver (Canada, British Columbia).

However, I found out that there's no Apple Store there and searched for Apple resellers and this is the list of them that I found:

VISIONS #49
THE SOURCE BY CIRCUIT CITY - STORE #55927
GCI TOTAL SYSTEM INTGRATION
LONDON DRUGS #4
BEST BUY - STORE #952
DIVINE MAC
THE SOURCE BY CIRCUIT CITY
WESTWORLD COMPUTERS LTD.
STAPLES - STORE #223
CHAPTERS STORE #789

(I searched on the Apple's site)

So my question is, which of these places is the best to buy a Touch (16gig)?

BTW, the Canadian online Apple Store states that the price for this iPod is 449 CAN$, but they charge taxes for it too, right? I would like to know this number too if possible

My friend will (obviously) take it with her when she comes back to Russia, is there any hope for a tax return? What are the conditions of that happening?

I'm sorry for my ignorance, but I have never bought anything abroad, except for iPod mini in 2004 which I bought myself at the Apple Store in US (BTW, I wasn't given tax return when I left the country )

 

[naftalim]

You left out Future Shop which is now owned by Best Buy

They both have several locations in Greater Vancouver

www.futureshop.ca

 

[eRondeau]

You should find the 16GB for $399 now.

 

[lil'homunculus]

stay away from the chain stores and open up the yellow pages or google. There are some good apple resellers in the lower mainland. I bought my MBP from an authorized Independant guy who delivered and set it up for me at no extra charge--And he knows his stuff. [MacSimize(Chuck)]
also: macStation, themacMarket, and one on Broadway (between Cambie and Oak, i believe) whose name escapes me, come to mind. There's more, but i tore my pages out of the yellow pages and forgot where i put them, smooth move....

 

[antibact1]

Costco has the 16GB for < 400.