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Old Jun 4th, 2005, 12:43 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Howdy!

Read about that at The Inquirer and didn't find anything about it in here so...

Pricenoia.com compares the price of an article on 6 Amazon sites (.com, .uk, .de, .jp, .ca and .fr) and tells how much it would cost to order it from all of them, shipping and exchange rate included.

Could be handy for someone and some of the results could be surprising.

The original article is here: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=23616
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Old Jun 4th, 2005, 10:26 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Wow, what a useful site! Thanks!
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Old Jun 4th, 2005, 03:30 PM   #3 (permalink)
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u can order stuff from amazon.com and get it shipped to canada???
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Old Jun 4th, 2005, 03:31 PM   #4 (permalink)
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u can order stuff from amazon.com and get it shipped to canada???
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Old Jun 4th, 2005, 04:13 PM   #5 (permalink)
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u can order stuff from amazon.com and get it shipped to canada???
Not everything. You can ship somethings, but not everything.
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Old Jun 4th, 2005, 04:43 PM   #6 (permalink)
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u can order stuff from amazon.com and get it shipped to canada???
Oh yeah! X-Files box sets, for example, are about $20 CAD less, and some books are a *lot* cheaper. No free shipping, but on single items where there's a huge difference between .ca and .com it's definitely useful. Also, most books/dvds on .com are available within 24 hours, which is not always the case in Canada.
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Old Jun 4th, 2005, 09:47 PM   #7 (permalink)
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u can order stuff from amazon.com and get it shipped to canada???
and to answer the next questions:

- no there is no tax (or "duty"). it is shipped from within our borders. all you pay is the price of the item, shipping, and its all done in US funds
- free shipping offers do not apply to us
- books,cds,dvds etc you can purchase. electronics, toys, etc you can't

point of reference - you can buy from any amazon world site.
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Old Jun 4th, 2005, 09:55 PM   #8 (permalink)
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- no there is no tax (or "duty"). it is shipped from within our borders. all you pay is the price of the item, shipping, and its all done in US funds
Amazon.com purchases are shipped from the US right? So there would be taxes/duties?
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Old Jun 4th, 2005, 09:58 PM   #9 (permalink)
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you can register on amazon.com with a canadian CC/billing address? i thought i remembered trying to, but it would only let me put in a US address...
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Old Jun 4th, 2005, 11:25 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Amazon.com purchases are shipped from the US right? So there would be taxes/duties?
so much misinformation...

Amazon purchases are shipped from within Canada's borders. so no there are no taxes.

and yes you can register with a canadian address and cc.

after purchasing many many many anime dvds, books and CDs from them i can say this with absolute authority.
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Old Jun 5th, 2005, 12:34 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I can back him up on that. I've bought 60+ DVDs and probably a dozen books from Amazon.com over the past 3-4 years and have never paid a cent in tax. What you pay for shipping from .com is generally a lot less than what you pay for GST+PST from .ca, and often times, the US price is cheaper to begin with.

Another major benefit to ordering DVDs from Amazon.com is you don't get those horrid English/French hybrid covers (nothing against the French language, I'm talking about aesthetics).
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Old Jun 5th, 2005, 12:50 AM   #12 (permalink)
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I have given up on Amazon.ca and Chapters.ca. I order most of my stuff through Amazon.com now and thanks to the original poster for this site.

I swear Amazon.ca gets their stuff shipped from Amazon.com and then they ship it to you. My most recent (and likley last) purchase on Amazon.ca was to ship within 24 hours and I chose free shipping. A few days go by and no book and no shipping info. I order from Amazon.com where the price with shipping still comes to less than Amazon.ca. The books arrive on the same day...

Also, I have never been charged duty, tax, or brokerage on books from Amazon.com.
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Txiasaeia, synaptech, I'm glad you both found that site useful.
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Old Jun 6th, 2005, 08:56 AM   #14 (permalink)
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So there are no benefits to ordering from the .ca site? I ordered a book yesterday and it came to $24.53 Cdn. Going through .com it comes to US$18.01. Only a $1-3 difference (factoring in the bad exchange rates and extra charges I get from my credit card) but if there really is no difference between the two I will cancel my .ca order.
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So there are no benefits to ordering from the .ca site? I ordered a book yesterday and it came to $24.53 Cdn. Going through .com it comes to US$18.01. Only a $1-3 difference (factoring in the bad exchange rates and extra charges I get from my credit card) but if there really is no difference between the two I will cancel my .ca order.
Benefits: sometimes it's faster to order from .ca. You're paying a guaranteed amount vs. US funds which can vary due to exchange rate. Free shipping if you order over $39 worth of stuff; I always wait until I've got a free shipment before ordering just for that reason. But yeah, in your example, looks like it's cheaper from .com.
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