picked it up about a month ago for the same price. looks and sounds great. the shipping took forever due to the volcanic eruption in iceland. i contacted Amazon.uk and they refunded me the money. the blu rays arrived the same day i got the refund. they told me to keep them. now that's a deal.
Will foreign blu-ray discs play smoothly on U.S. equipment (i.e., players and tv's)? If so, could this be changing in near future? Also, can U.S. residents purchase products on Amazon's foreign sites without any shipping or currency complications?
The ones listed will work just fine. Do a little searching on the web and you will find lists that have lists of all the Blu-Ray's that are region free. Just remember that in the digital world NTSC, PAL, and SEACAM mean absolutely nothing, so when shopping for Blu-Ray's you can ignore any of that data on Amazon's UK website. All they did was copy the description from the regular DVD listing. When ordering from Amazon's UK site, just make sure that you order in British Pounds. Your credit card company will do the currency exchange, so no need to worry about that. When you check out, the VAT tax will be deducted from the purchase price (It is built into the price you see on Amazon btw.), and then shipping will be added. Sorry, no free shipping to the USA from the UK, but the removal of the VAT pretty much cancels out the shipping, so the deals are really outstanding on Bu-Rays that are region free.
Wineaux said: but the removal of the VAT pretty much cancels out the shipping, so the deals are really outstanding on Bu-Rays that are region free. Thanks for the info, but I'm not sure what this means. One more question - don't U.S. credit cards charge a fee for handling currency exchanges?
VAT = Value Added Tax, and it is included in the price of every item you see on Amazon's UK website. Since you do not reside in the UK, you don't have to pay VAT, so they deduct it from the purchase price at checkout. Yes, your bank will charge you a small fee for the currency exchange, which is why I said to make the purchase in British Pounds. Trust me, with shipping the price will be LESS than what you see on the Amazon item description page.
maizenblue said: Wineaux said: but the removal of the VAT pretty much cancels out the shipping, so the deals are really outstanding on Bu-Rays that are region free. Thanks for the info, but I'm not sure what this means. One more question - don't U.S. credit cards charge a fee for handling currency exchanges?
Wineaux said: VAT = Value Added Tax, and it is included in the price of every item you see on Amazon's UK website. Since you do not reside in the UK, you don't have to pay VAT, so they deduct it from the purchase price at checkout. Yes, your bank will charge you a small fee for the currency exchange, which is why I said to make the purchase in British Pounds. Trust me, with shipping the price will be LESS than what you see on the Amazon item description page.
Thanks, Wineaux. That explains a lot, actually. When I posting this on BD, I was running the numbers through a converter to figure out the shipping, and the numbers always came out a dollar or two lower than I expected. Not by much - but enough to give me a math headache. I guess it's probably the VAT you are describing.
At check out, make sure that you change the currency from US Dollars to British Pounds. Your bank has a much better exchange rate than Amazon does, and even with their 3% fee added in, you come out ahead.
Wineaux said: VAT = Value Added Tax, and it is included in the price of every item you see on Amazon's UK website. Since you do not reside in the UK, you don't have to pay VAT, so they deduct it from the purchase price at checkout. Yes, your bank will charge you a small fee for the currency exchange, which is why I said to make the purchase in British Pounds. Trust me, with shipping the price will be LESS than what you see on the Amazon item description page.
A first time user (like me)goes on to Amazon.uk. I already see all the prices listed in UK currency. I add the blu ray to my cart. I work my way through checkout. I hit the "continue" button at the "pay" step. Then they bring me to a page asking me to click, "Yes, Turn on Amazon Currency Converter"..I hit No Thanks?
techtim said: So what you guys are trying to say is....
A first time user (like me)goes on to Amazon.uk. I already see all the prices listed in UK currency. I add the blu ray to my cart. I work my way through checkout. I hit the "continue" button at the "pay" step. Then they bring me to a page asking me to click, "Yes, Turn on Amazon Currency Converter"..I hit No Thanks?
Amazon.co.uk has Planet Earth: Complete BBC Series on Blu-ray, narrated by David Attenborough for £15.26 (see lower price in cart), + £3.08 shipping, which comes out to ~$27 USD shipped
with conversion and cc fees, you'll be paying $30ish in US dollars. not bad at all. too bad some trilolgy sets, i have 1 & 2 so no sense me getting any sets.
Thanks OP. We could really use a running thread of UK Blu-ray boxset deals. I'm amazed that no one over at the DVDTalk Blu-ray Bargains forum has risen to this task. Consequently I'm sure there are plenty of other sporadic box set deals that we are all missing.
ktg said: Thanks OP. We could really use a running thread of UK Blu-ray boxset deals. I'm amazed that no one over at the DVDTalk Blu-ray Bargains forum has risen to this task. Consequently I'm sure there are plenty of other sporadic box set deals that we are all missing.
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