Bargain Moose

I am posting this one up as it is one of my favorite series of recent years! Amazon Canada is offering the complete DVD boxset of Farscape for only $79.99 with free shipping.

• Click here to order Farscape DVD boxset @ Amazon Canada

This is a spectacular show if you like that sort of thing, and $80 for ALL the DVDs is really cool. I have an older version of the boxset, and I once spent the whole summer watching every single episode!

I know that not everyone is a sci-fi fan, but people who gave Farscape a chance enjoyed it! If you like sci-fi but haven’t seen this show, I recommend it. It gets a rating of 8.7/10 on IMDB, which is excellent.

Humina humina – Ben Browder in leather pants!

I know I’m posting this quite far in advance, but those of us who like to be prepared with pressies will already be starting to think about a Valentine’s Day gift for the other half. By the time you choose and gift and get it shipped, it will nearly be Valentine’s Day anyway!

I was browsing Amazon.ca and I noticed they have split a few things into a Valentine’s Day section, which might be worth taking a look at for gift ideas.

• Click here to shop Valentine’s gifts @ Amazon Canada

They recommend many different kinds of things, from romantic DVDs to pink laptops!! Let me show you a few examples:

• Gone With the Wind: You can pick up this classic movie on DVD for only $16.49. You know, I don’t think I have ever watched this movie, so it might be a good idea for me.

• Kodak Zx1 720p Pocket HD Camcorder (Pink): This might be a good one for a lady Valentine… it’s a little pink pocket camcorder, and it’s only $104.99.

• 69 Love Songs Box Set [Box set]: I’ll not say anything about the provocative number in the name of this CD set… but it could be a good audio gift for a loved one! The CD boxset is only $41.99 and it’s packed full of luvvy-dovery songs like I’m Sorry I Love You, Sweet-Lovin’ Man and Chicken with It’s Head Cut Off!?

Remember, shipping is free from Amazon.ca when you spend $39 or more.

I recently bought a copy of Wii Sports Resort, which came with one of the new wii motionplus accessories. Now, the game is good fun… but there’s only so much fun you can have playing the single player games. To really have a lot more fun, you need a 2nd wii motionplus, so you can play 2 player swordfights and table tennis.

If you’d like to buy one with a spare remote, then Amazon are bringing out a few bundle deals in various colors, which could be handy:

• Click here for the Wii Remote and Wii MotionPlus bundles for $55 @ Amazon Canada

The deal is only $54.99 for an extra controller and motionplus, as well as a wii jacket. You can choose from black, blue or pink! The item is due out next month, but you can pre-order them now if you want to get your order placed in advance.

Bite my shiny metal ass.

- Bender

If you would like to own ALL the Futurama DVDs plus some juicy extras too, you can order them all now from Amazon Canada, for the price of $101.99 (reduced from $199.98)!

• Click here to order Futurama coolness now!

The set is huge, and it contains loads of cool stuff which is better described on the dot com.

I already have all the Futurama boxsets or I would be very tempted to buy this deal! For all the hours of fun you could have with these DVDs, they’re well worth the hundred bucks. I think one of my favorite episodes was the one with the giant Amazon women and the femputer.

I am a day or two late in posting this Boxing Day deal from Amazon Canada, but it still applies now and doesn’t end until the 1st of January 2010, so there is still time for you to take advantage of it.

• Click here to shop the electronics Boxing Day deals @ Amazon Canada

Every day, they show us a new deal in their electronics section.

Listed on the page right now are a few bargains:

• The Razer gaming keyboard or the mouse, each is only $59.99.
• The Kodak C182 digital camera for only $99.99, in a choice of ravishing red, shiny silver or beaming blue.
• The Slingbox for only $299.99…
• Or the Flip UltraHD camcorder for only $199.99, with $25 free Amazon credit too.

Regarding the little GlipHD camcorder – a family member has one of these little devices, and I recently saw it for the first time when we were in Vegas. It was really handy – it was small, lightweight, and he could just whip it out and film whatever he wanted. A great little piece of electronics!

I buy a LOT from Amazon.ca. It’s probably one of my most used sites. I particularly like the free shipping on a $39 spend, though sometimes it’s a struggle to push my order up to $39, when I only want 1 or 2 small items.

I’ve found a useful tool that can help in this situation. Say you want a new DVD or book, but you aren’t quite meeting the $39 minimum spend. You might be looking for a small filler item to bring your order up to $39. That’s where Jungleninja comes in.

• Click here to use Jungleninja

You’ll see the “free shipping” tool at the top left of the page. You just enter the dollar amount that you need to make your order up to $39.

The Jungleninja tool searches all the items from Amazon Canada, and you can see if there is something you like, at an appropriate price, which just pushes your order total over the threshold. You can then narrow by category (such as books or electronics), or by a few other factors, to find something you like.

I’ll give you an example. I’d like to get this Star Trek DVD boxset for my brother, and it’s $33.99. That means I need to spend $6 more to get free shipping. I popped $6 in the search, narrowed the results to books, and there are a load of cool kids books which would make excellent gifts for my nephews for Christmas!

There are a few other features on Jungleninja, such as price drops, and newest deals added, but I feel the free shipping tool is one of the handiest.

Here’s one for my fellow Mulder-lovers! You can buy the complete DVD boxset of the x-files for only $99.99!

• Click here to order The X-Files @ Amazon Canada

The boxset includes all 9 seasons of this popular TV show,  on a whopping 61 discs.

The DVD boxset has been around this price at a few retailers, and it’s also this price in-store at HMV. But as Amazon Canada offer free shipping, you can order it online now, and get it shipped out to your door ASAP!

I already own the older version of these DVDs, or else I would be snapping this one up! Actually, I haven’t re-watched them in a few years, I’m about due for another session. As a teenager, I was totally in love with David Duchovny, he’s just yummy. And for those X-philes out there (you know who you are), I actually met Krycek and Skinner at a video (!) signing!

I think this is probably my favorite show of all time. And Mulder’s red speedos were only one of the contributing factors…

I think we all recognize these books… the “For Dummies” range. Right now, Amazon has a half price sale on all the dummies books.

• Click here to browse the dummies sale @ Amazon Canada

I think these make good Christmas gifts, if you would like one on a particular topic.

When I first saw these books, I think they were all serious business, computer and technology topics. But now they also have silly ones, like Happiness for Dummies and Chocolate for Dummies. Of course they still sell a lot of serious ones, Windows 7, Energy Efficient Homes and more. Hmm this is an odd one – Nutrition For Canadians!?

Remember, free shipping at Amazon comes with a $39 spend. So you probably want to purchase a few other things while you are there!

This is a combo promo currently available from Amazon Canada. If you buy the Wii Sports Resort Game (which comes with 1 motionplus controller), and an extra motionplus controller, you get $15 discount on your order!

• Click here to order Wii Sports Resort @ Amazon Canada

Add the game and the extra controller to your cart, and you will see the discount at checkout. Now, as the game is only $55 and the extra controller is $20, this means you end up paying $60 after the $15 discount has been applied.

If you were considering buying Wii Sports Resort for Christmas, I would highly recommend going for this package deal with the extra controller. I purchase the game a while back, but I only have the 1 motionplus controller. This means we cannot play the 2 player fun games, like light-sabre duels! I really must buy a 2^nd motionplus controller some time soon.

As for the game itself, all the mini games are pretty good fun. The archery in particular is one of my favourites. This is a great party game, and would be a good Christmas present.

Oh, and free shipping is standard!

Amazon Canada has an excellent price on the Nintendo Wii game The Beatles: Rock Band Special Value Edition. It’s only $79.98!!

• Click here to order The Beatles: Rock Band Special Value Edition @ Amazon Canada

This set includes the game itself, and the regular Rock Bad instruments (drum kit, guitar, microphone).

I did find a little article on Joystiq though, if you want to read it before forking out the cash. It’s about how this value bundle contains the instruments from Rock Band 1 rather than RB2, so take that into consideration.

I think this would be an excellent pressie this Christmas.

Remember, as this is over $39, you get free shipping automatically.