Importing from Amazon.uk to the US, customs rates?
 

Hi there! I hope someone can answer this question for me. I just found out that the Robocop: Prime Directives box set was released in Region 2, but no signs of a R1 release. I went to Amazon.co.uk's website, and the price is quite good, but in the shipping rates helppage, it talks of "customs fees". On videos, it lists an average price that is twice as much as the box set!

Is this fee, or something approximating it, going to be added to my order after-the-fact? Anyone have experience with this? (Or, does anyone know if the R1 set is coming out any time soon?) Thanks in advance!

I've ordered many a dvd from them w/o having to pay customs fees.

Ditto. I've ordered several r2 dvds and never paid any customs fee.

what dvd players have you guys got as i am looking for one that plays R2 DVD's

I've never had to pay a customs fee on any of the book orders I've placed through the UK site. I think it's just a general warning that the fees MAY be assessed.

IIRC, you're only charged customs fees for merchandise in excess of $400. Now, whether that's total or for an individual item I'm not entirely sure, but unless you're placing grandiose orders, you're okay.

Now, how fast is shipping from the UK?

i'm assuming you have got mulitregion players so where did ya get em from?
:)

Most Apex players have multi-region (and Macrovision defeating) hacks. And I believe most DVD-ROM drives are multi-region too.

I bought mine from http://www.world-import.com/

I've ordered a couple books from Amazon.uk over the past year.. I think it took about a week or so. It was actually less time than I expected.

I have never been assessed customs fees either. But then again, I have never ordered more than one CD or DVD at a time. I think if you were to place a large order you might get hit with a fee.

Since no one else is saying it, I'll say you should get a Malata. Almost all other code free players do not convert PAL to NTSC properly and the aspect ratio, especially with anamorphic widescreen discs, come out wrong. See the International Forum and do a DVD Talk search for "Malata" to get all sorts of information.

The current model, the DVP-520, is available here:

http://www.accountwizard.com/clients...em&itemid=1910

Prices are in Canadian dollars. The US cost is about $280 shipped. It's worth it!

i seen i daewoo that is $140 and it says it has video conversion. $280 is a bit to high for me

Of course, it's up to you, but I hope you don't mind everything looking too short and wide.

There's a "hidden discount" for US shoppers when ordering form Amazon sites. Listed prices include a European Value Added Tax. Amazon's computers deduct this automatically when shipping to the states. Rates vary by country, but you can genearally save about 15%.

My Orders from AMAzon UK have been shipped very promptly by air. I usually have the DVDs within a week to 10 days of ordering.

Amazon.de (Germany) has exhorbitant shipping rates (almost double that of Amazon.uk). Currently an order that is in transit to me from Amazon.de is held up due to a postal strike.

Is the exclusion of the European Value Added tax available on everything shipped to the US? I remember buying some books from Amazon UK and being charged the listed price.