WANTED: Warner Martin Scorsese Collection for under £25?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 May 2006, 13:41

Can this be bought for under £25? The cheapest I can find it is at DVD Pacific but I'm not keen to buy from them as it's bound to be hit by customs:

http://www.dvdpacific.com/item.asp?ID=599734

It's at Loaded 247 for £31.99 which will be customs safe but that is some price hike.

If not I'll risk it at DVD Pacific.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 04 May 2006, 13:48

It's £26.99 from Cd-wow. I don't see what the big deal about £3-5 extra is though, is it becuz of your tight arse customs?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 May 2006, 13:53

The limit is £18 and European customs are really strict, well I know UK customs are for sure. I'm sure Grim bought a DVD for £18.50 and got stung. It's the amount before postage btw not after.

You know what I checked CD WOW and couldn't find it. Thanks for the heads up. Their search engine is so pants sometimes.

EDIT: I've re-checked and only the MGM box set. It's the Warner box set I want. Are you sure it's there?

CD WOW used to sell it for £29.99 I think (which could work out cheaper as customs are bound to sting me). I'll have to e-mail them to ask if they can get more in.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 04 May 2006, 14:04

The Warner boxset is definitely there. Search for "scorsese".

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 May 2006, 14:12

Nice one cheers. CD WOW really need to fix their search engine.

Searching for "martin Scorsese" doesn't find it but it should. Actually wait Martin isn't in the title, that will be why.

£26.99 and customs free lovely. I'll be ordering that today. It's about time I got some more Scorsese flicks, to go with my Raging Bull and NYNY DVDs I recently picked up. I really need to get on and watch The Aviator now.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 04 May 2006, 18:00

UK customs are a bunch of facists.

As soon as an item hits £18 you're arse is owned.

So unless you wanna add on a 17.5% VAT charge PLUS a Post Office handling charge........... be careful.

:shock:

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 May 2006, 18:07

Yeah that Post Office handling charge is even more cheeky. It's only their like ticket handling charges: To make money.

How does it differ in Kiwi land Eva?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 05 May 2006, 02:20

bradavon wrote:How does it differ in Kiwi land Eva?

Honestly I don't know, I have never been slapped with any charges. I think that you only get slapped with customs fees if the parcel is over $250.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 05 May 2006, 12:06

How much is $250NZ? That seems really generous compared to UK customs.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 May 2006, 17:34

What's the most expensive international order you've bought Eva?

I suspect it strongly has something to do with the EU, being part of Europe and well being much more integrated into the wider world.

New Zealand really is the middle of nowhere

, okay not literally but you get what I mean. Hell Region 1 DVDs are legal in shops but they sure as hell aren't in the UK, France or I don't think America. Actually I think in France they are but ONLY after the French theatrical run is over.

p.s - £86 Grim. I see the NZ dollar is now stronger than the Aussie dollar. A few years back they were pretty much the same £1 = $3 but now it's $2.90 to the NZ dollar and $2.40 to the Aussie dollar.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 05 May 2006, 18:38

£86 blimey

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 06 May 2006, 03:32

bradavon wrote:What's the most expensive international order you've bought Eva?

~$210 I think.

Hell Region 1 DVDs are legal in shops but they sure as hell aren't in the UK, France or I don't think America.

For retailers:- Only if the local DVD has been out for at least 9 months (private importers can import to their heart's content). Even then I think they're very lenient on the law. Retailers doing parallel importing is very much legal here.[/quote]