Canadian Dollar is higher than US... US deals count now. - Blu-ray Forum

TheZoof · 10-13-2009, 01:23 PM

Hey all!

I am not one to look at the US dollar comparison often but it seems this morning we are approaching a higher dollar.

Time to start loading up on those great deals!!!

I think by Wed we should be higher by quite a bit if trends continue.

Johnny Vinyl · 10-13-2009, 01:26 PM

Cool! The good times back! Times for a visit to my fave internet retailers!

John

Jimbo976 · 10-13-2009, 01:36 PM

The good times back to some degree yes but the Import Deposit Fee from amazon.com ruins some of it. Plus the prices in Canada have gotten a lot better since the last time the dollar was at par.

I'll certainly start considering amazon.com again for sure.

Steve46 · 10-13-2009, 01:51 PM

This might open up some of the other US retailers. They don't all have the import deposit fee and the minimum $8 charge like Amazon. Some of them even send goods as a "gift" to help people out with possible import duty.

Jimbo976 · 10-13-2009, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve46

This might open up some of the other US retailers. They don't all have the import deposit fee and the minimum $8 charge like Amazon. Some of them even send goods as a "gift" to help people out with possible import duty.

Yeah I agree. I was always concerned before with hit and miss duty charges and taxes from other vendors. With amazon.com it was always guaranteed to get neither of these.

Maybe we can try to group together experiences on here related to taxes/duty from other places.

Does anyone have recent experiences will some places for Blu-rays to Canada?

Some places I can think of:

http://www.jr.com/
http://www.deepdiscount.com/
http://www.tower.com/

Steve46 · 10-13-2009, 02:03 PM

I might order The Prisoner as it is around $50 in the US and $90 here. I can't believe they issued this on blu. It was my favourite series as a kid. Some of it looks extremely dated in terms of clothes, but many of the stories have incredible depth.

Hammer Into Anvil has such a good plot. McGoohan would have made a better Bond than Roger Moore.

10-13-2009, 01:23 PM	#1
TheZoof Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Aug 2008 Location:Ottawa,Canada Home Theater Gallery:27 4K collection:850 Blu-ray collection:1636 DVD collection:10 Blu-ray reviews: 38 Trading Score:2	Canadian Dollar is higher than US... US deals count now. Hey all! I am not one to look at the US dollar comparison often but it seems this morning we are approaching a higher dollar. Time to start loading up on those great deals!!! I think by Wed we should be higher by quite a bit if trends continue. Last edited by TheZoof; 10-13-2009 at 01:33 PM.

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Johnny Vinyl Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:At the crossroad of Analogue Dr & 2CH Ave Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:205 DVD collection:7 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:8	Cool! The good times back! Times for a visit to my fave internet retailers! John

10-13-2009, 01:36 PM	#3
Jimbo976 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Canada Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:209 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:1	The good times back to some degree yes but the Import Deposit Fee from amazon.com ruins some of it. Plus the prices in Canada have gotten a lot better since the last time the dollar was at par. I'll certainly start considering amazon.com again for sure.

10-13-2009, 01:51 PM	#4
Steve46 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Oshawa, ON 4K collection:156 Blu-ray collection:1040 Blu-ray reviews: 79 Trading Score:16	This might open up some of the other US retailers. They don't all have the import deposit fee and the minimum $8 charge like Amazon. Some of them even send goods as a "gift" to help people out with possible import duty.

10-13-2009, 02:03 PM	#6
Steve46 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Oshawa, ON 4K collection:156 Blu-ray collection:1040 Blu-ray reviews: 79 Trading Score:16	I might order The Prisoner as it is around $50 in the US and $90 here. I can't believe they issued this on blu. It was my favourite series as a kid. Some of it looks extremely dated in terms of clothes, but many of the stories have incredible depth. Hammer Into Anvil has such a good plot. McGoohan would have made a better Bond than Roger Moore.

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