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Due to an abundance of over-excitement about the movie Avatar, I find myself looking at the different offerings that tie into the movie. I’ve downloaded the script, found the book on learning the Na’vi language ( that might make me just a touch geeky!). The one piece that really interests me is the Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora.

And there is where the trouble starts. And the fury at being absolutely hosed by Amazon as a Canadian. The screen shots below show the difference between Amazon.com’s pricing

and the Canadian price at Amazon.ca

There are two pieces of data on the images that really show the differences between the USA and Canada. The first, obviously, is the price. The US price is $10.97. The Canadian price? A whopping $25.02. More than double that of the US price. I completely fail to see how Amazon can justify that difference. The Canadian dollar is hovering around the $.95 USD mark, so I could see a price of about $12, maybe $13 to account for the exchange rate. But $25? That’s outrageous! And then to have it not ship for 2-5 weeks? The Amazon.com version ships in 24 hours.

How can Amazon justify this? Its a total rip-off combined with a total failure of service. I would really like to have someone from Amazon give me a valid and reasonable explanation of why this occurs?

Posted in: movie reviews by Bastien / Tags: avatar james cameron movies, movies