My latest experience with amazon.com

[blurai]

Keeping in mind that the dollar isnt as strong anymore but the way it was a week ago this was worth it....I also had a 25.00 gift certificate i had not used so i went for it.

I figure this might help some of you who perhaps were thinking to buy from amazon.com when the dollar is better (or perhaps now).

Basically i placed an order on Thursday of last week. Basically i was charged for the blu-rays, shipping, and duties up front. Duties are new as it used to be free.

For those who care i ordered:
Who wants to be a superhero (DVD) 24.95
Sarah connor season 2 blu-ray 42.49
Van helsing blu-ray 12.49
Black mask blu-ray 7.99
sub-total 87.82
s&h 16.95
import fees deposit 11.68
total about 116.00 US minus my gift certificate

A day later it shipped. According to the site using DHL (it used to use canada post). I figure this would be bad as it used to ship from Canada but now it looks like it shipped from the US.

As of this morning (Wednesday) i could not see much of an update on their tracking. I got home and the package was at my door so it looks like shipping is still pretty speedy (3 business days).

So...how much did i save?
here's a quick comparison...

I woulnt have been able to buy who wants to be a superhero season 2 as that is exclusive to amazon.com
sarah connor is 69.99 @ futureshop.ca
van helsing is 24.99 @ best buy

i'll stop here there...basically for an extra 15.00 and then the taxes i also got Black mask and who wants to be a superhero....

i saved about 30.00-40.00 on an 100.00 order so about 30%

Not as good as it used to be but if you have the right titles it can be worth it...

as for shipping time...keep in mind everything was in stock i ordered so it might be worst depending on what you get

so...would i do it again? probably but it will likely be a long time before i do again...as i said the 2 factors were 1) the dollar and 2) my gift certificate which was collecting dust.

Edit; one last thing...although the site said DHL it was shipped via Canada post....