Zip.ca Experiences...

[HillJack]

www.zip.ca -- have any of my fellow Canadian's tried this place yet? How is it working out for you? Where do you live in relation to their warehouse; how long does it take to get your DVD's? What shape are the disc's in that you get (scratched, dusty, covered in fingerprints, etc)?

I just signed up for a two-week free trial today. I've added about 20 DVD's to my ZipList, and all show as being available. I'm in Calgary, and I guess they're somewhere in Ontario (what isn't)? Lets see what happens...

[Doramius]

Being that it is in Canada and I'm in the U.S. I don't really know what the heck that place is, let alone heard of it. While that may not be all that surprising, I can look at the site and find out for myself. But for those of you who have some sort of block because you're at work, or something, and may not be able to see the site, this is what I've found - It's Canada's answer to Netflix, but I thought Netflix was in Canada too, and cheaper.

[HillJack]

Being that it is in Canada and I'm in the U.S. I don't really know what the heck that place is, let alone heard of it. While that may not be all that surprising, I can look at the site and find out for myself. But for those of you who have some sort of block because you're at work, or something, and may not be able to see the site, this is what I've found - It's Canada's answer to Netflix, but I thought Netflix was in Canada too, and cheaper.

Netflix is not available in Canada. Though Zip.ca and Netflix.com sure look ALOT like eachother... perhaps Zip is Netflix's Canadian arm... hmmm...

Cheaper, no. 4 DVD's @ $25/mo on Zip and 3 DVD's @ $29/mo for Netflix (Canadian $$). Though Netflix claims 25,000 DVD's and Zip only 17,000.

[HillJack]

I logged in to Zip this morning and low and behold, they say they've shipped two of my DVD's on my list:



They're estimating the 16th (Monday) for delivery... lets see how quick they get here.

[BJ_M]

Ottawa, ON K1G 6T9 is where they are located ... looks interisting except that canada post can be slow as snails ..

i will give them a try for sure ..


edit: you are allowed 4 at a time , so in effect you can rent about 12 a month max. , based on 5 day turnaround ..

I don't know how this compares to other services like this.

[HillJack]

Ooh, now they're showing 4 DVD's (the maximum I can have at one time) on their way to me... All estimated to arrive Monday...

Ottawa, ON K1G 6T9 is where they are located ... looks interisting except that canada post can be slow as snails ..

i will give them a try for sure ..

edit: you are allowed 4 at a time , so in effect you can rent about 12 a month max. , based on 5 day turnaround ..

I don't know how this compares to other services like this.

I have to admit, they do have quite the selection... Alot of stuff you don't see at your local Blockbuster/Rogers like TV-series DVD's - gotta see if the $130+!!! Paramount wants for a season of Star Trek is worth the money

[Doramius]

Canada Post, eh? They're a might bit slow runnin' north with the dog-sled team, eh? What aboot the Post people, eh? They probably do they're best and get moose s**t on, eh? Give em' a break, eh? :P

[Grimey]

You should give him a warning BJ_M.

:P

[BJ_M]

Doramius is just jealous he is not allowed to live here :P

maybe we will ship a little more water or electricity south to help them out (or maybe not)


and the dogsled delivery is not that bad if they can find the right igloo

[Doramius]

Doramius is just jealous he is not allowed to live here :P

maybe we will ship a little more water or electricity south to help them out (or maybe not)


and the dogsled delivery is not that bad if they can find the right igloo

You guys haven't read some of my earlier posts. I worked in Canada for about a year and I was born in Upstate NY and visited Toronto quite often. I've been to Alberta, Ontario (I was working in York) & New Brunswick. Though I'm only joking, in some of the farther north places it's almost sad to say it's very close to the truth. And you want to meet people who hate the French. WOOO! What did the French people do to piss them off. It's like an African visiting Alabama or Georgia.

[HillJack]

I logged in to Zip this morning and low and behold, they say they've shipped two of my DVD's on my list:



They're estimating the 16th (Monday) for delivery... lets see how quick they get here.

Got them both today (August 13th). 2-day delivery, not bad for coming across Canada...

Cheap mailers though - the only thing keeping the mailers from being bent are the DVD's themselves!? And the return envelopes have an actual stamp on them, but hey... Both discs are in pretty decent shape, considering they're in paper sleeves.

[HillJack]

Hmm, I just noticed that the return envelopes go to Edmonton, not Ottawa. Maybe they have a distribution warehouse up there? 2-day turnaround would be pretty cool

[HillJack]

Hmm, I just noticed that the return envelopes go to Edmonton, not Ottawa. Maybe they have a distribution warehouse up there?

Well, I dropped the first two DVD's in the mail Monday morning around 7:30am. They had $0.49 stamps on them (so they come/go as letters, so it should be super fast). They were only destined for Edmonton. I can DRIVE to Edmonton in less than 3 hours. My account still shows them as being out.

This is not encouraging.

[Doramius]

They probably have some patsy clerk that sits all day opening the envelope and entering them into a database. I would give them 2 days after they receive it.

[BJ_M]

typically Canada post would send that to Moncton, Halifax or Mississauga first for routing - then to drop city ...

not so far off the truth