Questions about Amazon.ca

[SDon1969]

Hello all - I have just a couple questions about Amazon.ca imports for those of you with some experience with them:

1) Do I have to create a new account/username/password (I already have an Amazon.com account)?

2) What is the current exchange rate? For example, a $16.99 CDN BD would cost me how much in US Dollars?

3) I've heard of Kill Bill, From Dusk Til Dawn, Freddy vs Jason and Sin City as Amazon.ca import recommendations, so I assume they will all play in my US PS3. Any other import recommendations from Canada?

4) Finally, what will shipping cost per title (is it much higher than the 2.98 I am used to)? Do they include free shipping for orders over a certain amount?

Thanks!

[JamesKurtovich]

Originally Posted by SDon1969

Hello all - I have just a couple questions about Amazon.ca imports for those of you with some experience with them:

1) Do I have to create a new account/username/password (I already have an Amazon.com account)?

2) What is the current exchange rate? For example, a $16.99 CDN BD would cost me how much in US Dollars?

3) I've heard of Kill Bill, From Dusk Til Dawn, Freddy vs Jason and Sin City as Amazon.ca import recommendations, so I assume they will all play in my US PS3. Any other import recommendations from Canada?

4) Finally, what will shipping cost per title (is it much higher than the 2.98 I am used to)? Do they include free shipping for orders over a certain amount?

Thanks!

Hi SDon, your Amazon.com account will work with Canada and the UK (and probably more... but these are the only ones I go with usually).

Currency conversion... http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-co...submit=convert

Personally, I'd hold out on Kill Bill. Check the Movie forum for news of "The Whole Bloody Affair".

Amazon.ca says shipping is free on all orders above $40 CDN.

[JamesKurtovich]

Anyone know if these 'Bilingual Editions' are just as good as the 'normal' editions? That is a VERY good price for The Terminator! Also Narnia is $15 USD... Bilingual...

[Teabaggins]

sin city with shipping was like $20(american) to the US for me

[Teabaggins]

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

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Amazon.ca says shipping is free on all orders above $40 CDN.

I think that is only for canadian addresses, right?

[jw]

Originally Posted by SDon1969

Hello all - I have just a couple questions about Amazon.ca imports for those of you with some experience with them:

1) Do I have to create a new account/username/password (I already have an Amazon.com account)?

no same username works for all amazons

2) What is the current exchange rate? For example, a $16.99 CDN BD would cost me how much in US Dollars?

www.xe.com
16.99 CAD

=

13.5365 USD

3) I've heard of Kill Bill, From Dusk Til Dawn, Freddy vs Jason and Sin City as Amazon.ca import recommendations, so I assume they will all play in my US PS3. Any other import recommendations from Canada?

They are region A releases so no worries there

4) Finally, what will shipping cost per title (is it much higher than the 2.98 I am used to)? Do they include free shipping for orders over a certain amount?

Thanks!

no free shipping Its pricey, but the bigger orders get DHL express

[JamesKurtovich]

Originally Posted by Teabaggins

I think that is only for canadian addresses, right?

Ouch, yeah, sorry. I assumed shipping would be free anywhere.

$8 for 1 title! There's the catch. Ridiculous.

[SDon1969]

Thank you, gentlemen!

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

Ouch, yeah, sorry. I assumed shipping would be free anywhere.

$8 for 1 title! There's the catch. Ridiculous.

Is it also $8 for two titles, and $8 for three, etc?

[jw]

yea but thats in CAD, so ultimately you end up paying the 16.99 in USD to have it shipped when buying several

I bought several Firefly for 29.99 CAD and they ended up being 26.00 and change shipped

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

Ouch, yeah, sorry. I assumed shipping would be free anywhere.

$8 for 1 title! There's the catch. Ridiculous.

Eh... you get what you pay for right?

I mean you are shipping something across an international border.

Logan

[Clark Kent]

For Americans, it makes sense to order multiple titles at once from Amazon.ca. Multiple BDs do not really cost anything more to ship than one BD. If you are going to import, getting three or more at the same time usually makes the best sense.

[Teabaggins]

hmm, I got an email saying they had a problem processing the same card I use at amazon.com.
I asked them to retry the card twice with same results, then their customer service wouldn't answer, goes straight to a generic voicemail so I canceled and ordered it through amazon.com(using the same problematic card) which worked out to be $16(shipped) because I forgot I still had some funds left on my gift card. yay