Just a note for Americans that are not aware: the rest of the world, generally, pays a lot more for the same or inferior items. Some Canadian examples: 0 Shipp

Just a note for Americans that are not aware: the rest of the world, generally, pays a lot more for the same or inferior items. Some Canadian examples: 0 Shipping - Free shipping is much less common within and to canada; it's also more expensive, in my experience. 1 Duties/import broker;s fees - Can be tens of dollars, even for items whose value is about that. 2 Taxes - Typically, bringing across items with net value more than ~150USD will have taxes levied (~15%, depending) 3 Straight-up 'gouging' - For example, the exact same book in canada will typically be 10-30% more, even taking into account exchange rates. I'm sure the differences can be partially explained but I've never seen good reasons. 4 Product differences - Cars are a good example here. In the US often the 'base' model will have features CA versions of the same cars require upgrade packages for. 5 Product Choice - The bigger US market means more colours (or colors even), wattages etc to choose from 6 Warranties - I haven't taken a survey but whenever I've checked the US warranties are as good or better. And that is just CA, EU countries generally have it worse if my UK friends are to be believed.