Sunrise Records - Blu-ray Deals

[disco1979]

I was in the Scarborough Town Centre location today and I noticed that their Kino Lorber titles changed in price - and the prices are now staggeringly higher.

Dressed to Kill 4K was $43.99 and now $49.99.

Titles such as Clambake and The Children's Hour were previously $24.99 are now $39.99.

Most titles seemed to be higher by $5 to $15 each.

[koten]

KL upped their prices recently. It was noticed on UV's website as members here were waiting for the sale that never happened.

[MrGarmonbozia]

Originally Posted by koten

KL upped their prices recently. It was noticed on UV's website as members here were waiting for the sale that never happened.

Yup, instead of a sale we got a price increase.

[agoofykindasuperman]

I don't know why Canadian's are being hit with tariffs... aren't we the good guys!? Hopefully through all this we can bypass the USA and just order straight from the disc manufacturers in Mexico lol

[AVfile]

Originally Posted by agoofykindasuperman

I don't know why Canadian's are being hit with tariffs... aren't we the good guys!? Hopefully through all this we can bypass the USA and just order straight from the disc manufacturers in Mexico lol

What tariffs are affecting discs?

As far as I can tell there aren’t any. If there were it would be our government imposing a counter-tariff on us.

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-...s-tariffs.html

[agoofykindasuperman]

Originally Posted by AVfile

What tariffs are affecting discs?

As far as I can tell there aren’t any. If there were it would be our government imposing a counter-tariff on us.

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-...s-tariffs.html

Yeah boggles the mind why all of my WOWHD packages are being hit by customs now whereas just a month ago none of them were, or ever have before! So frustrating.

[will oneill]

Folks, just so we’re clear, import tariffs are always, from a practical sense, imposed by the government on its own people. Its people are the ones who pay it, like a tax on top of the price of the good. It’s meant to compel citizens to switch to purchasing domestic products.

In the case of KL, though, it has nothing to do with Canada. They are an American company that produces their discs in Mexico. Once those discs are shipped to the KL office or warehouse, they are hit with a tariff by the US government. This in essence increases the overall cost of producing the disc, which is why they have raised their prices. Just because KL then reships the disc to Canada doesn’t make that initial tariff go away. Expect it to hit most labels sooner rather than later, even the ones that make their discs in Germany (because the U.S. has applied tariffs there as well). Just today, Deaf Crocodile announced they’ll be adding an additional tariff fee. They’re at least separating it out to make it transparent, and have said they’ll remove it if/when the tariffs are lifted. I suspect KL aren’t doing it that way because this leaves them the option of leaving prices as is if tariffs are removed and they determine it hasn’t affected sales drastically. But on that point I’m speculating

[will oneill]

Originally Posted by agoofykindasuperman

Yeah boggles the mind why all of my WOWHD packages are being hit by customs now whereas just a month ago none of them were, or ever have before! So frustrating.

That’s not a tariff though, per se, though it probably is related. I suspect the WOWHD packages getting it is due to increased CBSA scrutiny as part of this trade war. Technically those packages were always subject to additional taxes, they just weren’t getting hit.

[rmihai0]

Originally Posted by will oneill

That’s not a tariff though, per se, though it probably is related. I suspect the WOWHD packages getting it is due to increased CBSA scrutiny as part of this trade war. Technically those packages were always subject to additional taxes, they just weren’t getting hit.

They have been hit since Summer of 2024! This got nothing to do with any "trade war". The additional debt created by the government created this problem - they need more money to cover the debt. Is that simple.

[J.P. Samson]

Originally Posted by rmihai0

They have been hit since Summer of 2024! This got nothing to do with any "trade war". The additional debt created by the government created this problem - they need more money to cover the debt. Is that simple.

The de minimis was set at $20 something like forty years ago. There really isn't anything new here. The CBSA is simply enforcing that regulation more stringently than they have in previous years.

The real problem is that the government never raised the tax-free exemption limit in all those years, despite inflation. $20 back then is worth $50 today. Not only is there the tax revenues and customs brokerage fees that I'm sure the government and couriers like to profit from. But it is also a way to try to get us to spend our money in Canada rather than the U.S. or elsewhere. That's my reckoning.

JP

[J.P. Samson]

Originally Posted by rmihai0

What you say I know all to well for the last 30 years. And has nothing to do with what I just said - debt created by the Liberals in the years 2020-2021 is coming to bite us now. Reckon it or not that is what it is.

I think this is going off topic and descending into party politics. Probably need to refocus on Sunrise Records deals and move any import/customs issues back to the Canadian Shipping and Importing Experiences thread.

JP

[mikeainslie]

Called some of my local Sunrise locations here in Edmonton yesterday to see if they had the new DVD box set of The Drew Carey Show. Only 2 of the locations I called had it, and they both had only one copy, and the copy at West Edmonton Mall was on hold for somebody, so I didn't ask for the price. I did call the only other location that had it, Kingsway Mall, and they didn't have it on hold, so I did ask for the price. It's $136.99. Should I go for it? I've never wanted a show to come to physical media as much as this one.

[loxly]

unless you don't like amazon or trust their shipping, it's 111.91, but that's 25.00 savings

https://www.amazon.ca/Drew-Carey-Sho.../dp/B0DZY3QCLZ

[mikeainslie]

Originally Posted by loxly

unless you don't like amazon or trust their shipping, it's 111.91, but that's 25.00 savings

https://www.amazon.ca/Drew-Carey-Sho.../dp/B0DZY3QCLZ

It was 119.58 yesterday on Amazon, nice to see it went down. Still torn about whether or not that's a good price because I don't really know what's the most to pay for it.

[koten]

Why didn't they release this on Blu ray?

[Hbx360]

Seems very expensive for a DVD set. For context, the Friends 4K set was $130ish recently via Gruv eBay.

[zeze]

The Chinook Centre location is closed for renovations. Sign said that they will reopen later this summer.

[RegressiveScan]

Originally Posted by FrankWeeve

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Perhaps you meant to post that in a different thread?

[MrGarmonbozia]

Sunrise having a father's day sale on select titles. I didn't see all of them but picked up Joker 2 for $12.99. Furiosa was also that price.

[disco1979]

The FYE in the Eaton Centre is now closed.