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Western Digital Caviar Black 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 32 MB Cache Internal Desktop Hard Drive Bulk/OEM - WD5002AALX
Western Digital Caviar Black 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 32 MB Cache Internal Desktop Hard Drive Bulk/OEM - WD5002AALX
Price: CDN$ 109.96

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Beware of item mis-labeling, Mar 29 2011
Nice cheap internal hard drive. But this is a SATA III 6GB/s unit if the model number (WD5002AALX) is correct. If you are looking for the SATA II 3GB/s version, the model number is (WD5001AALS). Not too many motherboards support SATA III currently. Do not mismatched SATA II & SATA III hard drives in a RAID array.

Star Trek (Bilingual) (Widescreen)
Star Trek (Bilingual) (Widescreen)
DVD ~ Chris Pine
Price: CDN$ 8.00
17 used & new from CDN$ 8.00

65 of 84 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Price gouging by Paramount Home Entertainment, Nov 3 2009
No matter how good this movie is. It couldn't explain why Amazon US is selling this same item manufactured by the same sole source supplier for $15.99 USD. It doesn't take a genius to notice the price discrepancy even accounting for the exchange rate. Guess Paramount doesn't really want Canadians to buy this DVD. Don't blame Amazon Canada for the inflated retail price set by Paramount Home Entertainment.

A Genie's Wish [Import]
A Genie's Wish [Import]
DVD ~ Tanya James
Offered by vidco
Price: CDN$ 15.00

3.0 out of 5 stars A bit skimpy, Sep 29 2009
This review is from: A Genie's Wish [Import] (DVD)
Slightly about average for this genre of entertainment. Would have rated 4 stars, but only got a running time of about 52 minutes. Obviously this DVD is almost a straight transfer of the cable video from the very early 2000's. Price is high for a video less than an hour.

Stargate Continuum
Stargate Continuum
DVD ~ DVD
Price: CDN$ 13.98
11 used & new from CDN$ 2.01

13 of 42 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Grossly inflated price in Canada, April 29 2008
This review is from: Stargate Continuum (DVD)
Amazon Canada really don't want my business. Why is the Stargate: Continuum DVD is only $16.99 on Amazon America for pre-orders? Even the regular list price is about ten dollars higher in Canada. It's the same product from a sole source manufacturer. The last Stargate direct to DVD movie have dual UPC codes, one for MGM in the US and one for Fox/News Corporation in Canada. This price gouging must stop. Buy this DVD if you like the Stargate franchise, just not from Amazon Canada. At least until they reasonably match the US price. Which will drop prior to the July 29th release like the last release.

Stargate: The Ark of Truth (La Porte des Etoiles: L'Arche de Verite)
Stargate: The Ark of Truth (La Porte des Etoiles: L'Arche de Verite)
DVD ~ Ben Browder
Price: CDN$ 13.98
13 used & new from CDN$ 0.01

15 of 29 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Canadian Price Rip-Off, Dec 13 2007
How is it that Amazon America is selling this very same item for $18.99 US for pre-order?

Updated February 11th, Amazon America is pre-selling the Ark of Truth for $16.99 compare to the so-called Amazon Canada's reduce price of $23.99 with the Canadian and US currency at parity today. That works out to a 40 percent difference for the same dvd with different distributor packagings. MGM distributes in the US and News Corp. in Canada. But all the dvds are produced in one facility. I would like to gave this dvd a half star rating for the the inflated price.

updated March 20th, have a look of the DVD. There is only one version for region one! DVD package got dual labeling for MGM and News Corp. (Fox).

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