This years HOT bargain seemed to be the Microsoft Zune. Until today, it wasn’t really on my radar at all, but the $ 79 - $ 99 price tag - was very tempting. Unfortunately - despite my ALL POWERFUL Canadian dollars in hand - they weren’t selling outside the USA for the most part. In retrospect, I’m probably better off because I haven’t heard too much positive about the Zune at all - and my Creative Zen Microphoto is actually doing the job quite well for me thank you very much. The promised Apple specials weren’t that special at all, and any ipod reductions were almost laugheable.

I did manage to snag up 5 seasons of SIX FEET UNDER - one of my favorite shows - for $ 19.99 a set ( as compared to $ 50+/set ). If I bought the sets normally, it’d cost me $ 250+ Canadian, and that’s before sales tax. Because I buy it through a US retailer, I save approximately another $ 50. I didn’t even take the exchange into consideration. All in all, I saved about $ 200 doing this.

Thanks for the reminder about Amazon - I’m going to be ordering my gifts here shortly and will remember to start here at V&S.