Gouged In Canada

[PrinceLH]

Been having E Mail wars with some of the mailorder sites in Canada. Been *****ing at them about the discrepency of price between U.S. and Canadian online sites, owned by the same company.

Spiderman BD Box set:

Amazon.com: $65.99USD + Free Shipping
Amazon. ca: $89.99CND + Shipping

Best Buy.com: $60.88USD + Free Shipping
Best Buy.ca: $65.99CND + Shipping
Future Shops.ca $69.99CND + Shipping (Owned ny Best Buy.ca)

Then there is the 6 cent premium for Canadian Dollars + 14% Canadian sales tax, as opposed to 7% New York State Sales tax.

Getting sick of getting gouged!

[Xerosaber]

order from walmart or something, hehe. sorry man.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Just order from Amazon.com! I do it all of the time. You pay for shipping, but there is no tax and the price difference makes up for that shipping charge! On 3-5 titles you can save up to $50. And, since the Canadian Dollar is up right now, your credit card company will convert to give you that little extra per dollar (of course they also charge you something like 2% of the purchase for that conversion, so it more of less balances our exchange advantage).

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

Just order from Amazon.com! I do it all of the time. You pay for shipping, but there is no tax and the price difference makes up for that shipping charge! On 3-5 titles you can save up to $50. And, since the Canadian Dollar is up right now, your credit card company will convert to give you that little extra per dollar (of course they also charge you something like 2% of the purchase for that conversion, so it more of less balances our exchange advantage).

DVDPacific.com charge much less for shipping. They often offer good prices on their products.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by Banjo

DVDPacific.com charge much less for shipping. They often offer good prices on their products.

But they only have 8 titles available on Blu-ray?!?!?! How does that help? LOL

I'll stick with Amazon.com

[Kyot]

Almost all the movies I order are from Amazon.com, Best Buy and Futureshop have ridiculous prices, as does walmart. The only time I'll buy it directly from the store is if I can't go on without it in my posession.

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

But they only have 8 titles available on Blu-ray?!?!?! How does that help? LOL

I'll stick with Amazon.com

Um, they have pretty much everything.

http://www.dvdpacific.com/AdvancedSe...sfl=1&BRonly=1

Try to look a little harder next time.

[BluePooh]

No sh*t, I feel so sad to live in Canada. Even Canadian money is good now doesnt make any different, cuz everything here is like almost import from USA. I mean BD's or games.

[jdc115]

Originally Posted by BluePooh

No sh*t, I feel so sad to live in Canada. Even Canadian money is good now doesnt make any different, cuz everything here is like almost import from USA. I mean BD's or games.

I order from Amazon and ship it to Singapore which ends up being a few dollars cheaper then buying locally which go from about US$37 and up. If the Sing$ keeps getting stronger, then it will be even cheaper for me.

But from a former Canadian... I feel your pain as well, no cheap alternative out here at the moment

[aristotles]

Yup. I ordered the Trilogy from Amazon.com.

I've made several order from Amazon lately.

[jw]

Originally Posted by BluePooh

No sh*t, I feel so sad to live in Canada. Even Canadian money is good now doesnt make any different, cuz everything here is like almost import from USA. I mean BD's or games.

getcha a friend in the us to act as a go between

[X400]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

getcha a friend in the us to act as a go between

that's what im doing got my cousin visiting at least once a month with a bunch of stuff

there's also postal outlets that will let you send your packages to them (not po box) for $2 a package on average, only its just sooooooo annoying heading over the border with the customs agents on both sides. The american agents think your a terrorist and the canadian agents think your a drug/weapon smuggler

[Branden]

there's a couple reasons why the prices in stores don't reflect the dollar yet:
1) even though right now we're at 1.05 alot of the stuff on the shelves were purchased while the dollar was at 0.95 (for example). the dollar is gaining strength faster than retailers need to re-stock their shelves at changed exchange rates.
2) made-in-canada products won't drop in price, there's no exchange rate when a car/magazine/CD/etc made in canada gets sold in canada. this means those products will actually get more expensive when sold in the US.
3) it costs more to ship stuff here than the US (for some reason i'm not aware of) which means the additional cost will get passed on to us.

with that said, free-trade and supply & demand is kicking in. zellers is matching US prices where they can, walmart is matching US prices on magazines/video games/etc, retailers are trying to get better deals out of their suppliers, lower prices are coming.

but for now just buy from amazon.com. BD's are generally $5-10 cheaper and have no GST (or PST if you're unlucky enough to have that).
general rules for canadians buying from amazon.com to make it worth it:
1) buy multiple discs per order, this minimizes the shipping charges (buying 6 BD's individually will cost $48 in S&H, but $23 S&H when bundled together)
2) the price on amazon.com should be about $3-4 cheaper than what you can find here to make the price "break even". every dollar cheaper after that is savings. all you have to do is be patient, it will take time to ship.

[Brent]

Doing business in the "Great" State of Canada isn't cheap.

[all_blu_man]

Originally Posted by PrinceLH

Been having E Mail wars with some of the mailorder sites in Canada. Been *****ing at them about the discrepency of price between U.S. and Canadian online sites, owned by the same company.

Spiderman BD Box set:

Amazon.com: $65.99USD + Free Shipping
Amazon. ca: $89.99CND + Shipping

Best Buy.com: $60.88USD + Free Shipping
Best Buy.ca: $65.99CND + Shipping
Future Shops.ca $69.99CND + Shipping (Owned ny Best Buy.ca)

Then there is the 6 cent premium for Canadian Dollars + 14% Canadian sales tax, as opposed to 7% New York State Sales tax.

Getting sick of getting gouged!

here in Edmonton, Alberta, London Drugs has the Spiderman BD Box Set for $67.99 + 6% tax

But I know what you mean by us getting gouged here in Canada. I believe that there is some guy in government (can't remember who he was, my dad was telling me this the other day(I am only 18 so living with parents )) that is trying to fix this retail over pricing thing.

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by all_blu_man

here in Edmonton, Alberta, London Drugs has the Spiderman BD Box Set for $67.99 + 6% tax

But I know what you mean by us getting gouged here in Canada. I believe that there is some guy in government (can't remember who he was, my dad was telling me this the other day(I am only 18 so living with parents )) that is trying to fix this retail over pricing thing.

That would be Jim Flaherty (James Michael Flaherty), Minister of Finance.

[Razzy]

I was suprised to see Call of Duty 4 is $59.99 on both Amazon.com and .ca. Futureshop wants 64.99 so f**k them. I'll be ordering from .ca this time.

[Kyot]

Originally Posted by Razzy

I was suprised to see Call of Duty 4 is $59.99 on both Amazon.com and .ca. Futureshop wants 64.99 so f**k them. I'll be ordering from .ca this time.

Amazon.ca is awful for preordering anything that is a 'popular' release, be it books or entertainment. Every time I have preordered something, the day it is suppose to come out I get an email saying it is delayed, and that it will take 1-2 months to arrive. I am currently in this case for a new book that came out last week.

Also, when its the games release date if you look at Amazon.ca it will most of the time say 'In Stock Soon. Get in Line, First come first serve'. If you ever see that then your screwed as well. Your best bet is to go to EB Games and get it there the day it comes out.

EB Games where I live always has the new games exactly when they come out, and they are always fair prices, so COD4 will be 59.99, and i cant wait to get it

[PrinceLH]

Anybody ever get nailed by brokerage fees? Those can be 40% of the price. I like how U.S. customers ordering from Canada are allowed up to $400.00 while Canadians ordering from the U.S. are only allowed $20.00. Another cruel joke on Canadians. I've already complained to Amazon.ca and Bestbuy.ca and got form letters back, so obviously, their oblivious and don't give a shit!