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Paul_SD 11-24-16 03:36 PM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by PhantomStranger (Post 12950729)
The American dollar is stronger than ever at the moment. This combination of a strong dollar and Black Friday sales is creating a perfect storm.

This is the time to jump in for fence-sitters nervous about importing from Europe.
QFT. Enjoy it before the sky falls in on everybody.

A couple of deals I didn't see mentioned in the last couple pages

•Breaking Bad: The Complete Series (includes UltraViolet copy) [Blu-ray] [Region Free] £27.99

•Battlestar Galactica - Complete Original Series £20.99

Those price are with VAT. The final cost of the Breaking Bad set is in the range of $35 and handily beats the $55 deal Amazon US had the other day.
Battlestar Galactic is the original 78 series but this releases only features the 4:3 versions. I know in the US, the 4:3 were visually superior to the zoomed and cropped 16:9 versions- and are only available on the more expensive definitive set.

Brian T 11-24-16 03:42 PM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by Strapped4Cash (Post 12955174)
Today only Amazon Canada has: . . .
Re-posted these in the Canadian Blu-ray bargains thread -- which is pretty much exclusively Amazon deals these days but I can't change the thread title -- and added another decent deal for good measure. :)

Viper187 11-24-16 03:45 PM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by PhantomStranger (Post 12950729)
The American dollar is stronger than ever at the moment. This combination of a strong dollar and Black Friday sales is creating a perfect storm.

This is the time to jump in for fence-sitters nervous about importing from Europe.
My problem with Euro Amazon sites is that they have the worst shipping of any other region of the world. For $14, I can get a blu-ray/game shipped from Japan in 3-4 days. The same thing from Amazon UK/DE/FR/IT costs me $25 easily. It's bullshit. Then Amazon UK keeps giving 3 shipping options but the first 2 have the same exact delivery estimate, and the more expensive one is still bullshit like Asendia instead of proper UPS/FedEx. It used to at least be Royal Mail and that worked. Now it's trash.

Sad thing is I've spent more on Amazon's foreign sites than domestic this month. I got Californication complete series from Germany for $56 shipped, and I had 187 pre-ordered from there. I ordered 5 Universal titles from Italy for half off, including House of Cards season 4 because fuck Sony's digibook garbage here in the US--Italian release was standard case. I also have Captain America 1-3 coming form Amazon UK. $33 shipped, so $11 each. Not bad considering US prices are generally $20/each.

Paul_SD 11-24-16 04:04 PM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by Viper187 (Post 12955195)
My problem with Euro Amazon sites is that they have the worst shipping of any other region of the world. For $14, I can get a blu-ray/game shipped from Japan in 3-4 days. The same thing from Amazon UK/DE/FR/IT costs me $25 easily. It's bullshit. Then Amazon UK keeps giving 3 shipping options but the first 2 have the same exact delivery estimate, and the more expensive one is still bullshit like Asendia instead of proper UPS/FedEx. It used to at least be Royal Mail and that worked. Now it's trash.

Sad thing is I've spent more on Amazon's foreign sites than domestic this month. I got Californication complete series from Germany for $56 shipped, and I had 187 pre-ordered from there. I ordered 5 Universal titles from Italy for half off, including House of Cards season 4 because fuck Sony's digibook garbage here in the US--Italian release was standard case. I also have Captain America 1-3 coming form Amazon UK. $33 shipped, so $11 each. Not bad considering US prices are generally $20/each.

Where are you?
Im in NYS and Amazon UK shipping to me runs about £1.50 per item when I have an order of 3 or 4 items- and I usually wait to order multiple things at once specifically to leverage shipping.
Amazon de is more expensive and usually slower, but still nowhere near $25

My only complaint is that the packaging for both has been lacking lately and I've had several orders where the items fell out or the Post office had to repackage and tape it up. I used to get multi item orders packed in a standard box with with filler paper- but now they just throw everything into a cardboard fold over with unsecured ends.

Viper187 11-24-16 04:25 PM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by Paul_SD (Post 12955204)
Where are you?
Im in NYS and Amazon UK shipping to me runs about £1.50 per item when I have an order of 3 or 4 items- and I usually wait to order multiple things at once specifically to leverage shipping.
Amazon de is more expensive and usually slower, but still nowhere near $25

My only complaint is that the packaging for both has been lacking lately and I've had several orders where the items fell out or the Post office had to repackage and tape it up. I used to get multi item orders packed in a standard box with with filler paper- but now they just throw everything into a cardboard fold over with unsecured ends.
PA. I'm only talking about the Amazon Global Express option because the other 2 are fucking slow. First they say 5-10 days. Then they end up 20. My Amazon.IT order said 5-10 days then they estimated it at December 12th. That's a hell of a lot more than 10 days.

laidbacklarkin 11-24-16 05:45 PM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Don't also forget Amazon Germany. Many WAC titles that are $16+ in the US are available for under $10 (they are region free Warner issues without the Archive label). I bought 'who's afraid of Virginia wolf?', 'Key Largo' and a couple of other Bogey/Bacall titles for euro 7.97 BEFORE VAT. Cost me under $10 each with shipping.

MooMooMooMoo 11-24-16 11:46 PM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by laidbacklarkin (Post 12955242)
Don't also forget Amazon Germany. Many WAC titles that are $16+ in the US are available for under $10 (they are region free Warner issues without the Archive label). I bought 'who's afraid of Virginia wolf?', 'Key Largo' and a couple of other Bogey/Bacall titles for euro 7.97 BEFORE VAT. Cost me under $10 each with shipping.
I'll have to check that out. How's delivery time? Germany's postal system doesn't have the best reputation.

leahcim 11-25-16 07:48 AM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by Viper187 (Post 12954768)
I'm spending more at foreign Amazon sites than domestic this year. Just ordered Californication (Complete Series) for $56 shipped from Amazon.de. Not bad. Was 75 euros before.

Is the conversion rate about 1-1 here?

I am looking for a deal on Sanctury show complete series

Viper187 11-25-16 08:20 AM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by hariseldon (Post 12955436)
Regular delivery is a little slower than Royal Mail. I think 2 - 2.5 wks is my typical without holiday and weather issues
Which is ridiculous, IMO. The fucking thing says 5-10 days when you choose a shipping option then takes 20.

Proglodite 11-25-16 08:35 AM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Amazon Germany has the complete Caprica BR series for just under $16 delivered. --Peter
P.S. Supposed to be Region A&B.

laidbacklarkin 11-25-16 09:27 AM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by MooMooMooMoo (Post 12955347)
I'll have to check that out. How's delivery time? Germany's postal system doesn't have the best reputation.
it typically takes 10 days for me to receive an order into SoCal, sometimes 12. Beyond a reasonable time frame, they will ship out a replacement order without issues (has occurred once). But the prices are terrific, not to mention a ton of titles that are unavailable stateside.

Viper187 11-25-16 12:27 PM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by hariseldon (Post 12955559)
Std shipping for Amazon De says 8-12 business days ($3 for one item plus 1.30 for ea added) which seems to be very reasonable even if it does take 20 days. The packaging is a different issue, but the slow shipping I have little problem with -- 2+ week shipping for less than Amazon non prime ships across town for I can live with
The 2nd option on DE, Amazon Global Standard, is 5-10, and it still took 20 once. Then the assholes wouldn't even issue so much as a partial shipping refund for the delay. Same shit every time. The Global Express option usually costs more than my whole order, but I started using it sometimes because their other shipping pisses me off so much. On Amazon UK, they show the estimated delivery date on the shipping options and both Standard and Amazon Global Standard keep coming up the same exact date and they won't fix it. Why the hell would I spend $5 extra to get something the same day? I got a free upgrade to that option once for bitching, and they STILL used that Asendia shit with no tracking.

thetao 11-25-16 10:39 PM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by thetao (Post 12925192)
For anyone who can do so easily, would you post you bank's current pound -> dollar exchange rate? I have two Chase credit cards, and their rate is still at 1.295. I'm used to it being higher, but typically not this much higher. Transaction fees aside, is CapitalOne really that much better?

Amazon orders give me an option of the "Amazon rate", but I find myself ordering from many different UK merchants.
For anyone who didn't know, like Amazon, PayPal also does their own currency conversions, if you happen to have a credit card with bad exchange rates. I've generally never used PayPal away from EBay, but just placed an order with simplyhe.co.uk where PayPal is the only payment option and was pleasantly surprised to save a little change.

PhantomStranger 11-26-16 01:16 AM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Paypal's forex conversion is cheaper than Amazon's outrageous forex conversion, which is blatant greed. I'm surprised an enterprising attorney state general hasn't sued Amazon yet over the issue.

ctyankee 11-26-16 08:24 AM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by PhantomStranger (Post 12955949)
Paypal's forex conversion is cheaper than Amazon's outrageous forex conversion, which is blatant greed. I'm surprised an enterprising attorney state general hasn't sued Amazon yet over the issue.
I'm not exactly sure what conversion rate you are blaming on Amazon. Isn't the conversion rate done by the individual credit card companies?

TheBang 11-26-16 10:35 AM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by ctyankee (Post 12956011)
I'm not exactly sure what conversion rate you are blaming on Amazon. Isn't the conversion rate done by the individual credit card companies?
No, we're talking about Amazon's in-house conversion rate.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/cus...deId=201895380

Paul_SD 11-26-16 11:38 AM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
a couple years ago, my credit card issuer upgraded me to a world Mastercard. They don't charge any conversion fee for purchases in other currencies, just whatever the exchange rate is the moment it posts.

It worked out well because I hadn't opened the account to get the usual CC promos (air miles, retailer specific bonuses, etc) and this was something I would take advantage of more frequently anyway.

If you plan to order internationally more often in the future, you might want to inquire with your CC company if they have a similar card option available.

DVD Polizei 11-26-16 11:46 AM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by hariseldon (Post 12955491)
Region Free, but it is 1080/50 which is only compatble with some US equip
Yeah, I'd highly recommend people to buy a multi-region player which has this functionality. Even further, buy a television that can switch as well. Of course, that's if you're into imports and foreign films which don't make it to the US.

Viper187 11-26-16 11:53 AM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by Paul_SD (Post 12956089)
a couple years ago, my credit card issuer upgraded me to a world Mastercard. They don't charge any conversion fee for purchases in other currencies, just whatever the exchange rate is the moment it posts.

It worked out well because I hadn't opened the account to get the usual CC promos (air miles, retailer specific bonuses, etc) and this was something I would take advantage of more frequently anyway.

If you plan to order internationally more often in the future, you might want to inquire with your CC company if they have a similar card option available.
What the hell credit card company does that?

Viper187 11-26-16 12:17 PM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by hariseldon (Post 12956101)
A few probably if you use the card enough. It's likely easier to just get a Cap One CC since that's one of their big perks on all their cards
Fuck Capital One. I got one about 15 years ago as a 2nd card. My original card from another bank had a limit around $10k (now 17k), and the card those idiots sent me had a $300 limit. So I stopped using their garbage card and never activated the new ones they sent. Yet, somehow someone was able to use that account after 10 years of being completely inactive and the new cards never being activated. Nice security.

Why So Blu? 11-26-16 12:19 PM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Yeah, I don't get charged foreign fees and I never use Amazon's conversion thing, because it'll charge you for it.

Steve 11-26-16 03:30 PM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by laidbacklarkin (Post 12955242)
Don't also forget Amazon Germany. Many WAC titles that are $16+ in the US are available for under $10 (they are region free Warner issues without the Archive label). I bought 'who's afraid of Virginia wolf?', 'Key Largo' and a couple of other Bogey/Bacall titles for euro 7.97 BEFORE VAT. Cost me under $10 each with shipping.
interesting.. never ordered from germany before. I could care less about the long shipping time (I have so many unwatched movies anyhow) - only price shipped. Unlike the UK site, I have to translate every page to understand what is going on.. Are there any special sales/prices (Besides WAC) I should be aware of?

Update: they seem to be having a buy 10 BD for 50 euro special! Be careful, some of these only have german language/german subtitles....19 pages of stuff to choose from...

MooMooMooMoo 11-26-16 04:12 PM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
A LOT of the German language releases do not have English subs. I'm a huge fan of German film (especially pre-Hitler 1913-about 1931) & you really have to check closely.

Viper187 11-26-16 04:31 PM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Am I the only one who noticed the X-files complete series for 60 Euro on Amazon.fr? After deducting VAT and adding shipping, it came out to $65. I think the cheapest the US release has been was $120.

laidbacklarkin 11-26-16 04:47 PM
re: International Blu-ray deals
 
Originally Posted by Viper187 (Post 12956253)
Am I the only one who noticed the X-files complete series for 60 Euro on Amazon.fr? After deducting VAT and adding shipping, it came out to $65. I think the cheapest the US release has been was $120.
Wow, that's a new low indeed ! Thought the $81 price on Zavvi with a 10% discount was the lowest


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