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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 561464" data-attributes="member: 24285">That $29 US was 'used' - but with the tags still attached and still smelling new it was not used much.&nbsp; Probably a return that someone decided didn't suite them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Checked today and new is $42.&nbsp;&nbsp; Should see what they want to ship it across the Atlantic? FYI Amazon.CA in Canada wants $68.76 CDN for this - which comes to $53.91 US$ today.&nbsp; A far cry from $150.&nbsp; Shipping is free.&nbsp; So that is competitive with B&amp;H because their &quot;free&quot; shipping fee is $19.30,&nbsp; total would be $77 CDN so Amazon would win if I were to buy new.&nbsp; I have noticed prices on amazon.ca are sometimes total nonsense coming in at several times what other vendors want.&nbsp;&nbsp; For example, I'm looking at buying a filter system.&nbsp; Formatt Hitech is under consideration.&nbsp; Direct from the UK $626 (CDN) Amazon.CA wants $2410.11&nbsp; (and no free shipping).&nbsp; OK then?&nbsp; [ATTACH]214818[/ATTACH]You really have to watch, I have no confidence at all in their pricing system.&nbsp; It must be based on the old &quot;fool and their money&quot; policy.&nbsp; Now usually their prices are just a little higher and every now and then their price is the best I can get.&nbsp; Sometimes they are the only supplier of some products in Canada - although cross border shopping from the USA is getting a little better.&nbsp; I even find with some products I can buy it cheaper from the UK and ship it across the pond for less than I can buy it in Canada.&nbsp; Find this with model railway items for example.&nbsp; Pays to shop around - globally in this world market.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 561464, member: 24285"] That $29 US was 'used' - but with the tags still attached and still smelling new it was not used much. Probably a return that someone decided didn't suite them. Checked today and new is $42. Should see what they want to ship it across the Atlantic? FYI Amazon.CA in Canada wants $68.76 CDN for this - which comes to $53.91 US$ today. A far cry from $150. Shipping is free. So that is competitive with B&H because their "free" shipping fee is $19.30, total would be $77 CDN so Amazon would win if I were to buy new. I have noticed prices on amazon.ca are sometimes total nonsense coming in at several times what other vendors want. For example, I'm looking at buying a filter system. Formatt Hitech is under consideration. Direct from the UK $626 (CDN) Amazon.CA wants $2410.11 (and no free shipping). OK then? [ATTACH=CONFIG]214818._xfImport[/ATTACH] You really have to watch, I have no confidence at all in their pricing system. It must be based on the old "fool and their money" policy. Now usually their prices are just a little higher and every now and then their price is the best I can get. Sometimes they are the only supplier of some products in Canada - although cross border shopping from the USA is getting a little better. I even find with some products I can buy it cheaper from the UK and ship it across the pond for less than I can buy it in Canada. Find this with model railway items for example. Pays to shop around - globally in this world market. [/QUOTE]

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