Pre-Black Friday Deal Spotting 2: Save $$, Shop for Blu-rays on the net!

Tired of paying exorbitantly marked up prices to your local Video stores for blu-ray movies?? So was I, and I've long since stopped patronising the local stores in favour of on-line purchases. As mentioned before in my earlier posts, Amazon is a good place to start. Some of the reasons why you should do so?

1. For Blu-ray Region A discs that are sold on Amazon (although some are region-free aka playable anywhere in the world), The region is the same as that in North, Central and South American and Southeast Asian countries plus Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, Macau and Korea. If you reside in these countries, the discs are compatible with your blu-ray player.
2. Very competitive prices where you can get more than 50% off Recommended retail prices in your country especially during sales like now.
3. Shipping rates are quite reasonable. For example, take shipping to Singapore directly from Amazon, the shipping rate starts at US$8.98 per title and goes down from there.Generally, the more you buy the cheaper it gets. But please check the shipping and price in cart before confirming the order.

One of the best times to buy is now, especially in the run up to Black Friday (this year it falls on 23rd November). Some good examples of discounts:
1. Sucker Punch: US List Price : US$14.98, NOW : US$3.99 (71% discount) Singapore Price: S$ 39.90

2. Alien Anthology (Alien 1 to 4) : US List Price : US$69.99, NOW : US$19.99
Singapore Price: S$ 156.76

3. Avengers (2 Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) : US List Price : US$39.99, NOW : US$15
Singapore Price: S$ 41.95

Just for your information and comparison, the current exchange rate is US$1 = approx S$1.28 (credit card currency rate). Even if you add the shipping cost, it doesn't take much to do the math and know it's a no brainer.


So what are you waiting for? Get clicking!

Tip: For a guide on how to create an Amazon account, you can refer to my earlier post : Refer to section: Step 2: Create an account with Amazon  and follow steps 1 to 6,. For Singaporeans and non-US citizens, at Step 5, please enter your own Address in your country.