Amazon FR Vs. Amazon USA BD Price And Currency Comparison

[discking]

The prices charged by Amazon.FR are, in my opinion, obscene. There's been a lot of chat about this before, with some general talk about AMFR having "rare" titles and all that, so it's OK, and besides they can charge for being in France. Fair enough.

But, here's a head to head of various titles available on both Amazon US and Amazon FR, with the US prices translated into Euros at today's bank rate of $1.42 per Euro, and the Amazon FR prices in Euros translated into dollars.

Yikes!

The ONLY consolation is that Amazon FR is an aggressive discounter by French standards, and FNAC and Virgin charge prices that are outright predatory extortion by comparison. Still you have to feel sorry for the poor French BD fans, even with the wealth of more cultural titles available.

It would seem that just as users in Region A want Region Free or AB players in order to get some of the more sophisticated Region B goodies available in France and the UK, that users in France and other Region B countries probably have a business going buying Region Free or Region A layers to get at the vast library of BDs in the US that are, by French standards, priced like DVDs.


Taken............ Amazon US $22.49 = €15,89 | Amazon FR €19,95 = $28.25
Unforgiven....... Amazon US $ 9.49 = € 5,70 | Amazon FR €29,49 = $41.76
Casino........... Amazon US $14.00 = €10,59 | Amazon FR €25,99 = $36.80
Kill Bill V1..... Amazon US $15.99 = €11.30 | Amazon FR €25,99 = $36.80
Dark Knight...... Amazon US $21.49 = €15.19 | Amazon FR €19.99 = $28.31
Tell No One...... Amazon US $15.49 = €10.93 | Amazon FR €19.95 = $28.31
5th Element...... Amazon US $15.99 = €11.29 | Amazon FR €19.99 = $28.31