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    ^^ yeah I was thinkin of Rima.. though I mind as well find another place and compare prices =)

    has anyone used Premieum DVD-R's before? showing on auction?
    if so how is quality? is it better then Princo?

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3404657032&category=11163
    Slowly Im gettin this DVD-R stuff :)
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  2. Price is important but if the difference is less than $10-15 I won't bother with anyone else than rima.com.

    Their customer service is the best I have had from any E-tailer.

    Go to www.resellerrating.com and see how other media sellers screw people over sending wrong orders, losing orders, never answering e-mail or phonecalls. huh???, now try returning defective discs to these merchants, goodluck.

    The $10 you saved won't go far and my TIME and MY Trouble is worth allot more than that.

    Rima answer my calls, my e-mails and send my orders right the first time with competitive prices and shipping quotes. In have not seen one complaint in all the dvd related forums about rima.

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  3. Originally Posted by Ryen
    I need 100pk of princos anyone know where in canada? cheapest?

    If you are really interested in Princos (or Canadian price of computer products as reference), the cheapest place I know of in Toronto is www.canadacomputers.com This is the place where all the computer enthusiast buy their gear.
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    ^^ thanks though im lookin to buy 100 pk's i didn't see any on the site beside singles
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  5. It seems demand for DVD media is still not that great in Canada such that retailers are not buying in bulks to give us a break. There is another online store called www.greytech.com. Although I haven't bought from them, it is another store next to canadacomputers you can use for reference. They offer 1x Princo DVD-R at 25 for $49.95, therefore canadacomputers still cheaper at 1.99 each with sleeves. For this price, I would go for the better Ritek brand from Rima.com. With high shipping, and the possible duty, it is still cheaper (especially with the lower exchange rate now)!!
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  6. Originally Posted by capitola
    It seems demand for DVD media is still not that great in Canada such that retailers are not buying in bulks to give us a break. There is another online store called www.greytech.com. Although I haven't bought from them, it is another store next to canadacomputers you can use for reference. They offer 1x Princo DVD-R at 25 for $49.95, therefore canadacomputers still cheaper at 1.99 each with sleeves. For this price, I would go for the better Ritek brand from Rima.com. With high shipping, and the possible duty, it is still cheaper (especially with the lower exchange rate now)!!
    No duty on media. There is costly admin if you order by UPS and let UPS collect your GST PST. Go to UPS for explaination of charges. To avoid charges go to UPS and pay taxes yourself at canada customs office.
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  7. I got away from paying duty on my last order from Rima (see my previous post on this topic). It may due to 1) random 2) like Seraphic said, "no duty on media", or 3) the parcel is less than a particular value. I paid about US$26 for the express USPS shipping. Make sure it is via USPS to avoid the UPS broker's fee. (After you placed your order, send an email to specify you want it by express USPS) If you get it shipped by UPS, you will paid your about US$24 shipping fee, and at the door, another say CAN$40 which includes broker fees and the tax UPS declared and paid at the border for you.
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  8. Office Depo/Staples

    They have individual disks for sale, or if you want a pack, they can special order 'em for pretty good prices.
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    At least a couple resellers are on Ebay Canada site. Gonna be a lot of bidders on those Riteks so you might want to ask if you can get a quote on disks without using Ebay. It saves the reseller $$ since they don't have to give any to Ebay. Currently Ritek G03 and G04 spools of 25 and 50 available...
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  10. Buying from eBay is a good idea too, but have to find one that is willing to ship to you via USPS and with a low value on the declaration. A lot of eBay Ritek sellers only ship by UPS with tracking to protect themselves on international orders.....at least the last time I looked.
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    I got my riteks from shop4tech.com.My first order of 50 cost $101.93 canadian including shipping.That was with usps ground.They never came,so i phoned them,and they reshipped via ups.It cost me $20.98 brockerage fees.This works out to $2.46 each.
    I just ordered 100 riteks for $183.91 including shipping via usps air.If it costs $35 to pick them up at canada post(taxes and handling fee),it will work out to $2.20 each.
    I'm sure Rima is close to the same price.A lot of suppliers in the U.S. don't ship international,so your choices are limited.
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  12. bmiller, there shouldn't be any handling fee if shipped via USPS. You may even avoid paying taxes. Please let us know your out come.
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    I think it's a hit or miss with the post office regarding the $5 handling fee and taxes.Even with these added on the price is still hard to beat in Canada.
    I have had to pay $5 handling fee when ordering from amazon.com
    I expect them by the end of next week.I'll let you know.
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    Here is the info I got from one of the Toronto resellers:

    "For the Ritek Silver on Purple 4X (RITEKG04):
    They are available for sale for $205 + shipping (only $4.10 CDN per 4X DVD-R).
    They are also available at volume discount, $400 for 100 4X Ritek DVD-R
    Spindle + shipping (only $4.00 per DVD-R) and should you need higher quantity, let me know. The Ritek 4X sell locally at $4.99 at CanadaComputers + 15% tax so you're looking at savings of over $1 each (25% off)"

    Since I have no such resellers selling volume DVD-R blanks and I haven't dealt with US suppliers, is this a good deal or not?
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    ^I Think that price is pertty killer.. cause American supplier sell it for like $3.00 ea
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  16. try www.ncix.com
    I'm gonna try these out, orders on the way
    GENERIC 4.7GB DVD-R 10 DISC SPINDLE GENERAL USE
    http://www.ncix.com/canada/productdetail.php?sku=9291
    $44.80 CDN
    Don't knock on deaths door, ring the doorbell and run, death hates that!
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  17. Originally Posted by oldfart13
    Here is the info I got from one of the Toronto resellers:

    "For the Ritek Silver on Purple 4X (RITEKG04):
    They are available for sale for $205 + shipping (only $4.10 CDN per 4X DVD-R).
    They are also available at volume discount, $400 for 100 4X Ritek DVD-R
    Spindle + shipping (only $4.00 per DVD-R) and should you need higher quantity, let me know. The Ritek 4X sell locally at $4.99 at CanadaComputers + 15% tax so you're looking at savings of over $1 each (25% off)"

    Since I have no such resellers selling volume DVD-R blanks and I haven't dealt with US suppliers, is this a good deal or not?
    Ritek 4x rima.com $170 US + $10 US Shipping = $180 US

    Using Hold package at UPS, Pick up yourself at UPS and paying Customs taxes yourself. No BS UPS ripoff Admin fees.

    Taxes 170 x 1.52 x .15 = $38.76 Cdn + $180 x 1.55

    = $317.76 Cdn Final

    $3.17 Cdn per DVD-R Ritek 4x shipping tax included

    Big difference still to Canada media sellers.

    Rima.com still tops in my books.
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    As I recall, the last time I had an item shipped by UPS, I still had to pay the brokerage fee even though I picked it up myself. This is why most people here ship to the U.S. border point (1/2 hour drive) and then turn around and return to Canada and pay their duty/taxes at the Canadian border. If you are getting around the brokerage fees somehow, then that would make a world of difference. Otherwise, shipping USPS would be okay. I take it your above price is for 100 Ritek G04 4X discs? The other problem is in buying ANYTHING in the U.S. and not being able to have it shipped to Canada. That's why I also use the aforementioned method. Works great for me...
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    ^^ say , if i bought 100pk spindle from rima.com for $69.00+$11.00USD
    so like $79.00USD =$115.81CAD , how much would tax be when it arriaves at me door? because this one guy off ebay is sellin 100pk of princo's for $160.00CAD with no tax or nothing shipped. so I was wondering which one is cheaper
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  20. Originally Posted by Ryen
    ^^ say , if i bought 100pk spindle from rima.com for $69.00+$11.00USD
    so like $79.00USD =$115.81CAD , how much would tax be when it arriaves at me door? because this one guy off ebay is sellin 100pk of princo's for $160.00CAD with no tax or nothing shipped. so I was wondering which one is cheaper
    Canada Revenue and Customs calculates the tax on the DECLARED VALUE of goods by the Seller on the Declarations Invoice.


    Canada Revenue and Customs calculates the tax by converting the US funds at 1.5204x of that declared value. Lower than the banks of course since it is a real conversion with no profit added % like financial institutions. Then they apply the PST and GST on that converted value. NO DUTY is collected by Canada Revenue and Customs. Any other charges incurred are added by the shipping company not Canada Revenue and Customs.

    Shipping costs is not part of the value of your goods nor is it taxable when shipped from any other country out of Canada into Canada.
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    Don't be too sure on using assessed value based on the customs invoice. I bought a bottle of perfume for my Mum and it was $22.50 on the invoice. Canada Customs reassessed it at over $200! Needless to say, I am appealing that decision...
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  22. Well those in the Montreal area, passing by or willing to make the trip.

    Frostys is now selling Ritek DVD-R media

    Ritek Spinde of 100 1X -R $ 234.00
    Ritek Pack of 10 1X -R $ 28.20
    Ritek Single unit 4X $ 4.50

    Prices include tax

    http://www.frostys.qc.ca/e_products.phtml?category=media

    Compared to ordering from rima.com final at your door price

    Frosty's is About $20 more if you do the UPS legwork routine, about the same price shipped USPS and if you ship UPS and let them custom broker it than it's cheaper at frostys in quantity of 100. Your gas driving from far away was not factored.
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  23. Originally Posted by TwIZzlEr
    try www.ncix.com
    I'm gonna try these out, orders on the way
    GENERIC 4.7GB DVD-R 10 DISC SPINDLE GENERAL USE
    http://www.ncix.com/canada/productdetail.php?sku=9291
    $44.80 CDN
    Why?

    I love NCIX and use them for all my hardware orders but try effectuality.ca instead. They sell noname (really Ritek G3) at 3.02 Can$ each with no minimum plus cheap and prompt shipping (fedex).

    I ordered from them twice and will order more (I no its ultimately a little cheaper to order from the states and run-to-the-border for pick up but I find this waaaaayy to mych trouble).
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    I just ordered 25 off some guy on ebay , canadian site.. and it came out to be $56.00 dollors CAD for a pack of 25's im going have to see how well it works, will update you people
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  25. Herbapou you da man!

    My order at rima from last thusday was ready for pickup at UPS distro center Lachine QC. I had called them on Monday for a hold and That I would clear customs myself. NP. I keep an eye on web tracking and this morning the web said it was ready. I called them to double check the paperwork was ready for me. It wasn't. Called back 2 hours later and paperwork was ready. Drove in, picked up paperwork at UPS. Drove 5 mins away to old customs building. Yeehaw it was empty got served right away. No duty and paid tax on the declared value of invoice PST GST came to $23. Drove back to UPS gave back paperwork and took my dvd-r's. So 100 riteks plus 10 dupez dvd-r plus shipping was $180 on my credit card plus $23 for tax. Was $203 Cdn.

    Rima + UPS + Doing your own customs clearance is definately cheapest way to get dvd media in Canada
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    These are Ritek G04's right? Just want to make that clear before I send out any money...
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    omg this media burns greatwhen I wrote on top of it seems like t here is 2 layers.. cause I can see the shadow of the lettering I wrote on the media.. these are the $1.90 per DVD-R I bought off ebay.ca what kind of media are these ? can anyone tell me? its silverish on top and light purple on bottom
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    guys.. ive bought 25 dvd-r's of these

    http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3407587258&category=11163

    they are well packaged they work great , shippin cost is low too.. I bought 25 for 56 bucks and buying another 10 for 23 bucks , these are surely the best media Ive used , these kill the Mitsui Gold Media I got before , Im going to stick to CMC , they burn great and they work on my machine great
    Slowly Im gettin this DVD-R stuff :)
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    A follow up to my ritek order from shop 4 tech.100 Ritek silver purple.
    $183.91+22.35 in taxes.That works out to $2.05 apiece.I'll take it.
    I notice the price on their website is now $130 U.S. Rima is only $110.
    I ordered mine befor the price went up.
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  30. just finished burning my first Ritek G03 at 2x on my cendyne 105

    So glad I bought a 100 of those
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