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SvennoJ on 20 April 2025
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Conina said:
SvennoJ said:

This is getting standard now when I go to look for movies on Amazon nowadays. Most are from importcds and other 3rd party resellers that import from the USA. No more Canadian releases, thus inflated costs, tarifs, extra shipping, and if you're unlucky get hit by a ridiculous brokerage fee from DHL/UPS when send from the USA directly.

Up to 2005 I imported most of my RC1 DVDs from Canada, because they were so cheap at "DVD Soon". I even imported my PSP from there in April 2005... it was €100 cheaper than in Germany and it arrived many months before the European launch.

Later that year, some DVD orders didn't arrive anymore (got my money back with help of my credit card company) and in December 2005 they've gone bankrupt: https://www.avforums.com/threads/dvdsoon-has-expired.273124/

Up till 2002 I imported my DVDs from the UK and USA as I still lived in Europe. It was a lot cheaper then than now importing from the USA to Canada. Most of the time customs didn't even bother to add import fees and no tax on buying from the US.

The Expanse S6 is $21.33 (CAD 29.50) on Amazon.com, CAD 54.51 (ships from 3rd party reseller) on Amazon.ca, rip off.
I would consider buying from the US but not since Trump declared war on us, which also rules out these resellers as you're still buying from the US essentially.

Over 40 million people here, but most companies can't be bothered anymore to put out a Canadian release. (which needs a bilingual sleeve at least)