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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)
-   Canada (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/)
-   -   Amazon.ca is pants! (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/amazon-ca-pants-785033/)

cjones Jan 26th 2013 7:45 pm
Re: Amazon.ca is pants!
 
Originally Posted by JimandBettina (Post 10506914)
Mate,

As I said before - wind your neck in.

During the last 3 years I have lived for the most part in Kuwait, then Germany and the UK for only 4 months. I have moved house house 13 times in 20 years because of my job, have been shot in the face, had skin cancer misdiagnosed for 1 year and am in a current battle with the UK Govt to reclaim some money they overcharged me in tax. Why the f**k would I whinge (I am not going to use the word bitch as it sounds 'merican) about shite like online shopping?

This is me popping smoke from this thread.

Oh btw I am Canadian.

Thankyou very much for the support from those who understand why I posted what I did.
If a man who can take being shot in the face can get wound up by Amazon.ca I think it's only fair to say the service is probably not all it could be.

BristolUK Jan 27th 2013 7:14 am
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Originally Posted by cjones (Post 10507926)
If a man who can take being shot in the face can get wound up by Amazon.ca I think it's only fair to say the service is probably not all it could be.
I don't recall Frank Serpico complaining about it. :rofl:

Shard Jan 27th 2013 7:25 am
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Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 10508814)
I don't recall Frank Serpico complaining about it. :rofl:
Frank Serpico used Amazon ?

;)

BristolUK Jan 27th 2013 8:31 am
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Originally Posted by Shard (Post 10508827)
Frank Serpico used Amazon ?

;)
Yes. It's a little known fact that when he was connected up to the machines in hospital he was able to access an early version of the internet, but they didn't want ordinary people to know and it was cut out of the movie. ;)

JimandBettina Jan 27th 2013 1:22 pm
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..... and the first words he said was ....... 'Amazon is shit in Canada! ..... Arrrggghhh, I need to go ack to sleep now"

BristolUK Jan 27th 2013 3:25 pm
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...but his recovery was aided by the discovery that there were times when it was actually better and he now lives in Upstate New York to be closer to Canada.:rofl:

He really is still alive. :thumbsup:

Novocastrian Jan 27th 2013 3:28 pm
Re: Amazon.ca is pants!
 
Originally Posted by cjones (Post 10503982)
Yes it is.
No it's not.

cjones Jan 27th 2013 6:24 pm
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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10509381)
No it's not.
Yes it is.

Steve_ Jan 31st 2013 5:28 am
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Originally Posted by Zoe Bell (Post 10505762)
yes because if it is shipped via UPS then they hit you for massive admin charges if you have to pay import duty.

2 buck tax turns into 40 if you are not careful
The trick to this one is to use companies in the US that are GST registered, then there are no brokerage fees. Not many companies are, but there are a few, usually big ones.

Steve_ Jan 31st 2013 5:33 am
Re: Amazon.ca is pants!
 
Originally Posted by CanadaJimmy (Post 10505841)
A big part of that is not because USPS doesn't work, but rather because they are required to pre-pay retirement benefits. It's not fair to compare based on those numbers alone.
True but USPS is a far more costly exercise than Canada Post generally speaking, Canada Post for example also has cut pension benefits.

Just to illustrate my point about other shippers being more expensive in Canada, go to fedex.ca and fedex.com and compare Saturday delivery rates to the US. Because Fedex uses USPS to facilitate local deliveries in the US, the rates are far lower. I get a $30+ difference on a 1Kg package sent over a similar distance.

The lack of sales tax on out-of-State purchases and also the lack of indirect subsidy to shipping companies via USPS definitely does mean there is an uneven playing field in the US, which to answer the OP - is why amazon.ca and other on-line retailers are pants.

MarkG Jan 31st 2013 5:34 am
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Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian (Post 10506030)
What is that people are ordering from Amazon.UK that they cant get here?
Lots of books and DVDs/Blu-Rays are either unavailable in Canada or much cheaper in the UK. Particularly when Amazon have sales; I think I paid about $20 for 'Band of Brothers' on UK Blu-Ray vs $60 here.

BristolUK Jan 31st 2013 12:40 pm
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I just had the usual emails from Amazons based on my orders and I happened to notice that on their home page, the UK and Canada sites were both advertising the same Kindle.

Both qualified for free delivery (not that the UK site would deliver here) but £69 total on the UK site, just under £66 on Canada.

Alan2005 Jan 31st 2013 12:45 pm
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Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 10518253)
I just had the usual emails from Amazons based on my orders and I happened to notice that on their home page, the UK and Canada sites were both advertising the same Kindle.

Both qualified for free delivery (not that the UK site would deliver here) but £69 total on the UK site, just under £66 on Canada.
And? I don't think it's price so much as selection that is the problem with amazon.ca.

scrubbedexpat091 Jan 31st 2013 3:41 pm
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Originally Posted by Steve_ (Post 10517485)
True but USPS is a far more costly exercise than Canada Post generally speaking, Canada Post for example also has cut pension benefits.

Just to illustrate my point about other shippers being more expensive in Canada, go to fedex.ca and fedex.com and compare Saturday delivery rates to the US. Because Fedex uses USPS to facilitate local deliveries in the US, the rates are far lower. I get a $30+ difference on a 1Kg package sent over a similar distance.

The lack of sales tax on out-of-State purchases and also the lack of indirect subsidy to shipping companies via USPS definitely does mean there is an uneven playing field in the US, which to answer the OP - is why amazon.ca and other on-line retailers are pants.
Depending on state, its harder now to get tax free stuff from Amazon as they are slowly having to charge sales tax when shipping to certain states now.

California for instance, was tax free until last fall, now all shipments to California from Amazon have sales tax added, and several other states are the same and growing.

The days of sales tax free purchases on Amazon are coming to an end.

BristolUK Feb 1st 2013 4:22 am
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Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 10518262)
And? I don't think it's price so much as selection that is the problem with amazon.ca.
Cost has been mentioned throughout the thread as well as selection.

Yet they do carry many of the same items and often cheaper.

It's worth emphasising the point so people don't carry on with the wrong impression and miss the advantage of comparison.


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