A Question About Amazon.co.uk and Customs...
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A Question About Amazon.co.uk and Customs...
It's been a while since I bought stuff from amazon.co.uk. I know that they don't charge VAT if outside of the UK but would I be charged a customs fee? I have ordered mostly cds from them and I never had an issue before, have things changed in the last months?
I'm trying to buy some dvds this time but I don't want to be paying an outrageous fee when they enter the US. Have any of you been charged custom fees before?
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I'm trying to buy some dvds this time but I don't want to be paying an outrageous fee when they enter the US. Have any of you been charged custom fees before?
Thanks for the comments.
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I'm in CT and I've never had custom fees charged when ordering from them. And my most recent orders have arrived 4 or 5 days after being shipped (seems faster than when I started ordering from them years ago).
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Thanks for the replies guys. Is it true my tv won't play a pal dvd? I have a regionless dvd player so would it depend on the dvd player or the tv? By the way I am in California, USA.
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I picked up Disney's Rocket Man from Amazon.uk recently since Disney apparently is never going to release it here. Funny movie. When I got my credit card bill the conversion ended up being closer to 2x than 1.5x. BTW a cheap Philips 642 can easily be made region free and will play Pal discs with no problem.
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Originally Posted by conehead433
I picked up Disney's Rocket Man from Amazon.uk recently since Disney apparently is never going to release it here. Funny movie. When I got my credit card bill the conversion ended up being closer to 2x than 1.5x. BTW a cheap Philips 642 can easily be made region free and will play Pal discs with no problem.
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Originally Posted by conehead433
I picked up Disney's Rocket Man from Amazon.uk recently since Disney apparently is never going to release it here. Funny movie. When I got my credit card bill the conversion ended up being closer to 2x than 1.5x. BTW a cheap Philips 642 can easily be made region free and will play Pal discs with no problem.