Amazon.com to Canada - Blu-ray Forum

Lord_Phan · 01-16-2008, 06:50 AM

Anyone from Canada ordered from Amazon.com? If I bought movies from their would I have to pay duties and customs on them? I was told that I can't really get any of the deals on recievers and such from there without paying duties and taxes and such. But what about movies? There are alot of great deals on Amazon.com that you can't get close to up here... yet.

Verbal · 01-16-2008, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Lord_Phan

Anyone from Canada ordered from Amazon.com? If I bought movies from their would I have to pay duties and customs on them? I was told that I can't really get any of the deals on recievers and such from there without paying duties and taxes and such. But what about movies? There are alot of great deals on Amazon.com that you can't get close to up here... yet.

Just received three BDs today from Amazon.com. I use them a lot. Not once have I paid any extra for it when picking it up. No duty, no taxes.

My largest single order from them, for the record, was 10 BDs. Gotta love the BOGO sales.

Petra_Kalbrain · 01-16-2008, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Lord_Phan

Anyone from Canada ordered from Amazon.com? If I bought movies from their would I have to pay duties and customs on them? I was told that I can't really get any of the deals on recievers and such from there without paying duties and taxes and such. But what about movies? There are alot of great deals on Amazon.com that you can't get close to up here... yet.

I order 95% of my movies through Amazon.com and have for several years. Even when the Canadian dollar was at $0.85 USD I was still saving money!!!

I've placed about 30 orders with them and not once have I seen any duty or tax charges come my way. I think that they are able to save us the hassle by relaying the order to a Canadian distribution centre as "corporate inventory dispersment" or something like that. If a company moves product within its own establishment, they are waived the fees. As long as you don't mind waiting the extra 3 to 5 days for shipping, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND AMAZON.COM over AMAZON.CA!

As for receivers? The Amazon.com system won't even let you order any hardware (of any kind) or video games. As far as I know, the only things able to cross the border to Canadian consumers via Amazon.com are all formats of home media (DVD, Blu-ray, HD DVD) and literature.

Banjo · 01-16-2008, 07:24 AM

Yeah, I would recommend Amazon.com over Amazon.ca anyday. There are also other good websites, like DVDPacific.com. But avoid DeepDiscount.com as you often will get nailed on customs. I know I did!

Spidey208 · 01-16-2008, 07:27 AM

Does Amazon.ca ship to the US?

ThatArtGuy · 01-16-2008, 07:33 AM

They do with certain items like Amazon.com does. Books, CD's, DVD's they ship. Video Games, Electronics, they don't ship.

Verbal · 01-16-2008, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Spidey208

Does Amazon.ca ship to the US?

I doubt it's ever come up.....ca's prices are horrible.

zombieking · 01-16-2008, 01:58 PM

Don't understand why we can't order videogames to Canada??

How are they different from bluray,dvd,etc.?

glenn-bob · 01-16-2008, 01:59 PM

i've ordered several times from there and never been hit with duty.

glenn-bob · 01-16-2008, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Spidey208

Does Amazon.ca ship to the US?

I don't know why you'd bother with that. prices are prbably 15-20% more up here.

glenn22 · 01-16-2008, 02:02 PM

I placed my first order with Amazon.com during the BOGO at the beginning of the month. I received my movies (first 4 harry potters) a week and a half later. No duty, no problem. Great price and I will be ordering a lot more from Amazon.com in the future.

Kyot · 01-16-2008, 02:26 PM

Ive ordered pretty much all of my movies from Amazon.com. The only thing you have to watch out for is if you change the shipping to expediated, you might be charged duties. BUT standard and expediated take the same amount of time, as I ve tested the shipping out, and so just make sure everything you order is on standard shipping.

When they have BOGO's though, they will usually give you a free upgrade to expediated and this has never given me duties, only when I actually choose expediated myself.

Verbal · 01-16-2008, 02:44 PM

^^
Three things:

1. I've used standard before, and it is slower than expediated by a few days
2. I've never been given a "free upgrade to expediated"...it always costs $2 more
3. I use expediated almost exclusively now, and have never been charged duty

Carmien · 01-16-2008, 05:06 PM

Awesome information. I've been looking at the Amazon.com BD says and wondered about duty!

Thanks.

Johk · 01-16-2008, 05:25 PM

Same for me! No duties at all...

I have only used the USPS (standard US postal service) method so far. It takes at least a week but no problems at all!

And you can order movies that seem to take forever to get out in Canada (like Mr Brooks!, don't know if it's even out in Canada yet).

RDBowers · 01-17-2008, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Banjo

Yeah, I would recommend Amazon.com over Amazon.ca anyday. There are also other good websites, like DVDPacific.com. But avoid DeepDiscount.com as you often will get nailed on customs. I know I did!

I have placed orders with DeepDiscount.com last Sep, Oct, and Nov (Disney, Sony and Warner BOGOs) which all ended up getting split into multiple shipments of varying values.

When the shipment value was listed as $24 or under I haven't been hit with any border handling fee or sales taxes. However every shipment that was over the $40 mark got hit. It didn't matter how many BDs were in the shipment, all that seemed to mater was the listed value.

The Canadian Border Services Agency (www.cbsa.gc.ca) says shipments under $20 CAD should go through without incurring any additional charges. Over that there is a handling charge of $5 for standard and $8 for expidited or express. They also tack on the sales taxes applicable to the recipients province.

I guess Amazon.com has found a back door across the border.

goshikisen · 01-17-2008, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Kyot

Ive ordered pretty much all of my movies from Amazon.com. The only thing you have to watch out for is if you change the shipping to expediated, you might be charged duties. BUT standard and expediated take the same amount of time, as I ve tested the shipping out, and so just make sure everything you order is on standard shipping.

Can you take advantage of Amazon's Free Shipping if you order the qualifying amount or do shipments from Amazon.com to Canada end up costing you money? I have stuff sent to my sister's P.O. box over the border but would have them sent directly to my Canadian address if I didn't have to pay shipping. Save me some driving time.

hc666 · 01-17-2008, 04:46 PM

What irratates me about ordering from Amazon to Canada...

I bought Sunshine, one movie... they send it in a massive box and I have to jump thru hoops to go pick it up somewhere because it was too big for my mail box....

usually they only use small packaging, but the odd time they give you a box big enough to put a 20 inch tv in :P

hc666 · 01-17-2008, 04:47 PM

I think they consider Amazon a book store... that's why they don't hassle the packages at the border I think.

Kyot · 01-17-2008, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by goshikisen

Can you take advantage of Amazon's Free Shipping if you order the qualifying amount or do shipments from Amazon.com to Canada end up costing you money? I have stuff sent to my sister's P.O. box over the border but would have them sent directly to my Canadian address if I didn't have to pay shipping. Save me some driving time.

Canadian's do not qualify for the free shipping from Amazon.com

01-16-2008, 06:50 AM	#1
Lord_Phan Active Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Brampton, On	Amazon.com to Canada Anyone from Canada ordered from Amazon.com? If I bought movies from their would I have to pay duties and customs on them? I was told that I can't really get any of the deals on recievers and such from there without paying duties and taxes and such. But what about movies? There are alot of great deals on Amazon.com that you can't get close to up here... yet.

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Banjo Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Blu-ray collection:143	Yeah, I would recommend Amazon.com over Amazon.ca anyday. There are also other good websites, like DVDPacific.com. But avoid DeepDiscount.com as you often will get nailed on customs. I know I did!

01-16-2008, 07:27 AM	#5
Spidey208 New Member Member since:Jan 2008	Does Amazon.ca ship to the US?

01-16-2008, 07:33 AM	#6
ThatArtGuy Active Member Member since:Nov 2007 Blu-ray collection:242 Blu-ray reviews: 3 Trading Score:1	They do with certain items like Amazon.com does. Books, CD's, DVD's they ship. Video Games, Electronics, they don't ship.

01-16-2008, 01:58 PM	#8
zombieking Special Member Member since:May 2007 Location:CANADA Blu-ray collection:304 Blu-ray reviews: 18	Don't understand why we can't order videogames to Canada?? How are they different from bluray,dvd,etc.?

01-16-2008, 01:59 PM	#9
glenn-bob Power Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Dartmouth, NS, Canada Blu-ray collection:165	i've ordered several times from there and never been hit with duty.

01-16-2008, 02:02 PM	#11
glenn22 Power Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Vancouver, Canada	I placed my first order with Amazon.com during the BOGO at the beginning of the month. I received my movies (first 4 harry potters) a week and a half later. No duty, no problem. Great price and I will be ordering a lot more from Amazon.com in the future.

01-16-2008, 02:26 PM	#12
Kyot Special Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:Toronto, Canada Blu-ray collection:115 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:69	Ive ordered pretty much all of my movies from Amazon.com. The only thing you have to watch out for is if you change the shipping to expediated, you might be charged duties. BUT standard and expediated take the same amount of time, as I ve tested the shipping out, and so just make sure everything you order is on standard shipping. When they have BOGO's though, they will usually give you a free upgrade to expediated and this has never given me duties, only when I actually choose expediated myself.

01-16-2008, 02:44 PM	#13
Verbal Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Toronto, ON 4K collection:172 Blu-ray collection:867 DVD collection:117 Blu-ray reviews: 5	^^ Three things: 1. I've used standard before, and it is slower than expediated by a few days 2. I've never been given a "free upgrade to expediated"...it always costs $2 more 3. I use expediated almost exclusively now, and have never been charged duty

01-16-2008, 05:06 PM	#14
Carmien Member Member since:Dec 2007	Awesome information. I've been looking at the Amazon.com BD says and wondered about duty! Thanks.

01-16-2008, 05:25 PM	#15
Johk Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray collection:645 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:2	Same for me! No duties at all... I have only used the USPS (standard US postal service) method so far. It takes at least a week but no problems at all! And you can order movies that seem to take forever to get out in Canada (like Mr Brooks!, don't know if it's even out in Canada yet).

01-17-2008, 04:46 PM	#18
hc666 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Nov 2007 Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray collection:100 Blu-ray reviews: 26	What irratates me about ordering from Amazon to Canada... I bought Sunshine, one movie... they send it in a massive box and I have to jump thru hoops to go pick it up somewhere because it was too big for my mail box.... usually they only use small packaging, but the odd time they give you a box big enough to put a 20 inch tv in :P

01-17-2008, 04:47 PM	#19
hc666 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Nov 2007 Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray collection:100 Blu-ray reviews: 26	I think they consider Amazon a book store... that's why they don't hassle the packages at the border I think.

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