Bill Geiger

Nice!

toddly6666

hi Bill, I recommend adding the following USA-based DVD stores that ship everywhere:

Turkish DVDs:
www.tulumba.com

Arabic DVDs from Egypt/Middle East/etc.:
http://www.buyarabic.com/default.asp

gmike

Canada dvd retailers
DVD's Next Gen Gaming
VideoCanada.ca

Shoptoit.ca - Canadian shopping search engine.
click on music and dvd link.

worrywort

http://www.bensonsworld.co.uk closed ages ago

Norm de Plume

Any of you ever ordered from www.thehut.com? If so, how is it?

snausages

Very poor packaging. It's ok if you are ordering an amaray case I guess, but boxsets or anything that has special packaging I will guarantee will be damaged in some way. They use a very thin bubble mailer, even for a big boxset.

Upside is shipping is cheap though. Returns are annoying. It is free if you are in the UK, but if you are ordering from overseas, you have to pay postage up front for returns and then keep reminding them to refund your return postage costs (only applicable if they made an error).

Norm de Plume

Thanks for the info. Sounds a bit on the dodgy side. Unfortunately, it's the only place that sells a certain DVD I want at a price I'm willing to pay, so I'll probably just take the dive.

snausages

Good luck with it. I hope things work out well for you

Norm de Plume

Thanks. It's a matter of only a few dollars, so I'm not concerned. I'll report back with my experience once I receive the DVD.

toddly6666

This thread needs a make-over and massive e-tailer updates.

Jay G.

Are you volunteering?

toddly6666

How come the websites that have been mentioned aren't added to the original thread? Isn't there a way to make this thread "editable" by everyone sort of like wikipedia? Is it possible to set up a thread that if someone finds a a new etailer or forum, you just edit and add it, instead of counting on one person to update the thread?

Jay G.

Checking VBulletin's website, it doesn't look like there's a way in their software to allow anyone but the original author and moderators to edit a particular post.

DVDTalk could potentially set up a separate wiki site, for posting of some info and pages that would benefit from multi-user editing.

Or, someone could set up a page on an existing wiki, such as this DVD wiki at wikia:
http://dvd.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

It might even be possible to create one on Wikipedia, although such a listing may not fit their guidelines:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...2C_or_textbook

benedict

If anyone SERIOUSLY wishes to take over the mantle, maybe they could ask Bill. I believe that there was another thread maintainer before him so it'd be like passing the baton in a relay....

toddly6666

I'm all for creating a new thread just for international DVD E-tailers. I don't think I have the time to find forums or review sites though.

I would be happy to list/update/maintain a thread that lists international DVD E-tailers as well as E-tailers that specialize in import DVDs.

Bill Geiger

Please, be my guest! It is anyone's who wants it.

CritterYawn

Don't want to take over the thread, I just came to make a contribution to the international DVDs retailer's list:
There is a Romanian bookstore in New York, and it also sells (besides hot tea and jazz concerts) DVDs. Apparently they can also be shipped within the US
http://usa.carturesti.ro/ and check the "Filme" menu on the left.

Right now the offer is not wide, but not terrible either. I recommend:

Cold Waves/Razboi pe calea undelor
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
12.08 East of Bucharest (A fost sau n-a fost?)
Filantropica/Philanthropy
Restul e tacere/ The Rest is Silence
5 Succese mari pentru 5 filme mici - a collection of 5 shorts, most of them received international awards
I don't know anything about Thomas Ciulei's "Asta e".

Generally these titles have good imdb.com entries.

Last, not least, these DVDs do have subtitles in general. It might be worth calling before ordering, though.
Contacts:
http://usa.carturesti.ro/catalog/Cum...%9Fti,705.aspx

RyoHazuki

Anyone know of a good Danish retailer that is English friendly or at least ships to the US without ridiculous shipping charges? The one listed in this thread didn't have what I was looking for.

cine

Has anyone ordered from MovieMail in UK? How is their service, and do they charge your card when the order is placed or when it is shipped?

TheDoug

How about this site, I've ordered from them without any cost issues:
http://english.megastore.se/

Sonny

I hope this question is posted in an appropriate place. I've always used a pc for computing, and I had a neat program I downloaded that would translate foreign language dvd sites (such as Amazon France) into English so I could shop them. I recently bought a Mac and can't find a comparable program for it. Every one so far is a program that allows me to cut and paste sections of a page for translation, but I want one that translates whole pages. Can anyone recommend such a program for me? If not, how do you read these pages to order?
Thanks.

Jay G.

Just use Google Translate:
http://translate.google.com/

or BabelFish:
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

Sonny

Thanks. I'll try that.

RyoHazuki

Thanks for the link but they didn't have it either. The title i'm looking for is Bennys Badekar (Benny's Bathtub).

TheDoug

Well, I did find it at this English friendly retailer, but I think their shipping amount is quite high. But they have the film. It being from 1971 is what makes it limited at some retailers. Link:

http://www.imusic.dk/dvd/57087586555...ys-badekar-dvd