Amazon.ca Preorder Disparity

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  1. calluses

    calluses Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Ok so maybe "disparity" makes it sound worse than it is, but have other Canadians noticed that (recently) Amazon.ca simply don't have preorders for a lot of music products that are available on Amazon.com?

    I know that the Amazon.ca preorder usually lags behind the Amazon.com listing by a few days or couple of weeks, maybe because Amazon needs to project what the exchange rate will be on release day in order to set a good price? I'd imagine that a company as large as Amazon engages in currency hedging anyway, and/or they'll just adjust the price to reflect a more accurate FX'ed price closer to the release day. In other words, currency adjustment is not new for them.

    Or maybe I just happen to be looking at the bad examples:

    (Edit: I just notice that SH Forum automatically redirects to Amazon.ca on which no equivalent exists, so you'll need to copy and paste the URL)

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DWXY399/

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BTGN8LT/

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09GWMFFB5


    All of these are somewhat big releases by well-known artists, but as soon as you change the domain to ".ca" the Canadian counterpart does not exist. It's been that way for at least a couple of weeks.

    What I do notice is that the higher cost versions of the same releases (i.e. CD boxsets, 2 or 3 LP vinyl sets) are listed on Amazon.ca. So are they simply foregoing the lower value stuff in the Canadian market? It seems counter-intuitive to forego the lighter and cheaper (therefore, less risky) formats.

    Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this...
     
    Last edited: Oct 6, 2021
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