
Like many Canadians I was quite happy a while back when Amazon decided to amp up the canuck version of their store. Imagine that: all the US goodies, well, almost all, now available to Canadians too. And by goodies I’m not only talking about products, but also deals and general prices, not to mention great customer service.
Needless to say that my disappointment is currently reaching new heights, growing from monumental to cosmic proportions. I know, that’s harsh, but it actually matches my initial excitement.I have to say that I am doing a lot of shopping online and mainly on Amazon.com. As mentioned before, great deals and lots of goodies. People were asking me, “Yeah, but what about shipping, taxes, duties, etc? All those defy the simplicity of online shopping.”. Well, NO, they don’t. I will talk about each one later.
Let’s take a quick look at some basic products that we can find in both Amazon stores: Canadian and US. One more thing I need to mention here: I am comparing items in the “TODAY’S DEALS” on Amazon.ca to items regularly priced on Amazon.com.
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