Friday, April 22, 2011

Amazon … insane regional price differences …

amazon.com

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amazon.ca

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See … the Canadian dollar is actually up against the US dollar at this moment …

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So it’s mighty depressing to see things cost double. And did you notice that shipping inside of Canada is 48% more expensive than shipping across the border to my house?

I mean … how could this make any sense?

Of course I ordered it from the US … I think we should change the words in our anthem to “True North strong and fleeced …” ;-)

Update: Dotbalm points out that Americans have been aware that the Alien Quadrilogy Blu-Ray has been available for much cheaper at Amazon UK than in the USA. I did a wee bit of research regarding region codes, which plagued distribution of DVDs for their entire life span, and Blu Ray has such a concept (which amazes me) … but there is a site that shows that many region free Blu Rays do exist, and the Alien Anthology is one of them :-)

Sidebar: Perhaps it is time we simply boycotted those money-grubbing bastards who manufacture region-locked Blu Ray. Enough is enough already.

Back to my point in this article, the actual difference in prices is staggering

UK

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That’s about 30 bucks Canadian … wow …

USA

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Canada, the True North strong and fleeced … ;-)

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What more is there to say? Oh yeah … in the cart the price drops again and the shipping is less expensive than the US shipping …

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That’s amazing …

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