'Lost' R1 DVD for under €40 from CD WOW!

Narcissus · 12-09-2005 03:35PM

herobear wrote:

i got mine today too

High Five!

Mine cost €52 from playusa, but no customs tax!

It probably would be better to cancel with cd wow, seeing as it said the 19th, it might get to you around that date if you changed to another web site

Narcissus · 12-09-2005 03:38PM

viking wrote:

dvdpacific are now out of stock...

dvd empire have it in stock for $46

samo · 12-09-2005 03:51PM

I'm debating between Movietyme who are £29.99 with free shipping to Ireland and 'apparently' according to some dvd forums customs safe and Axel who are £34.99 and are excellent and ship very promptly with no customs risk.

Am far from impressed with cdwow as have had alot of stuff delayed by them recently and very annoying how they dont take stuff off the website if its out of stock.

RobertFoster · 12-09-2005 04:56PM

Gah, another week to wait for another delay! This is all basquille's fault

tvnutz · 12-09-2005 05:31PM

lol,ye blame basquille!

I cancelled today,and re-ordered with amazon.com

Im fed up waiting for it so I paid for priority shipping,meaning it will be here in 2-4 days,when it is shipped,which should be within 24 hours. That obviously costs more and altogether it comes to €55. I got my brother to chip in €10 for shipping so I am only paying €45 altogther,€5 more than CdWow,but won't have to wait another 2 weeks!

samo · 12-09-2005 06:12PM

I ordered it from Movietyme who say they will refund you if you are charged for customs on receipt of a bill. (apparently they ship from within the UK though so hope it will be ok!) and it dispatched this afternoon ...hopefully will be here soon enough!

So a 'i'm very disssapointed in you' email has been sent to cdwow!!!!!

genie · 12-09-2005 07:01PM

Have just cancelled my order with CD Wow as I'm moving house on the 26th and it looks as though my order won't be here by then. I've gone with Movietyme instead. Disappointed in CD Wow, this is the first time this has happened and I've ordered a fair few things with them over the years.

qz · 12-09-2005 08:32PM

FFS, I'm never dealing with Cd-Shít again.

viking · 13-09-2005 08:18AM

tvnutz wrote:

I cancelled today,and re-ordered with amazon.com

Im fed up waiting for it so I paid for priority shipping,meaning it will be here in 2-4 days,when it is shipped,which should be within 24 hours.

I did this as well, although we're probably gonna get screwed on customs too!

(UPS is the shipping company)

tvnutz · 13-09-2005 02:02PM

viking wrote:

I did this as well, although we're probably gonna get screwed on customs too!

(UPS is the shipping company)

Ye maybe...but its not my credit card,so Ill just pay 45 euro and say no more

genie · 13-09-2005 06:11PM

Cancelled my CD Wow order last night and immediately re-ordered with Movietyme. Just got an e-mail from them saying that my order has been despatched. That's service for you!

But to give CDd Wow their due, they did acknowledge my cancellation and refunded me very quickly.

edecrusher01 · 13-09-2005 08:22PM

How long did it take your refund to process? I cancelled yesterday but the money has not gone back in yet...

genie · 13-09-2005 08:27PM

I haven't checked my balance yet but I got an e-mail last night from World Pay saying that I had been refunded in full. Might take a couple of days to go through.

doh.ie · 13-09-2005 10:08PM

Well, as much as the R1 DVD is causing problems (mostly with not arriving), be thankful we've taken the plunge to buy it at all. Look what the poor fools on R2 will be getting...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000B0LHWE/qid=1126645441/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/202-7865591-2349459

This is such bad value, I don't even know where to start! €40 for HALF A SEASON...! Why is it in two parts at all?! (The West Wing tried this years ago and then started releasing proper sets.) I can only assume this is to placate Ch4 (all the episodes on the first half of the box set will have aired by then), but it is madness to release a set costing this much when only half the episodes are on it...!

I hope the fans protest on this one, not least on its hefty price tag...

herobear · 13-09-2005 10:15PM

tvnutz wrote:

Ye maybe...but its not my credit card,so Ill just pay 45 euro and say no more

if im thinking correctly, ups pay the customs tax for you, and then 'request' it from you when they deliver your package to your door

you have to sign for it too

Basq · 13-09-2005 10:22PM

herobear wrote:

if im thinking correctly, ups pay the customs tax for you, and then 'request' it from you when they deliver your package to your door

you have to sign for it too

Yeah.. that's correct!

Unfortunately.. according to people on the Online Buying / Auctions forum, you're pretty much guaranteed to get caught for customs ordering through UPS!

I don't mind waiting a week or two for my Lost Boxset as i've got plenty of other stuff to watch while i'm waiting (Scrubs DVD, Undeclared DVD due this week, Prison Break etc.) and to be honest, paying under €40 plus no chance of customs still outweighs a week or two wait!

Just pray it's not delayed next week!

qz · 13-09-2005 10:25PM

My thoughts exactley Basq. What with all the legally obtained epsides on my iPod, I can manage for a few more days. Weeks. Months

Basq · 13-09-2005 10:30PM

qz wrote:

..I can manage for a few more days. Weeks. Months? ..

Months?! Let's not go nuts!

tvnutz · 14-09-2005 12:54AM

basquille wrote:

Months?! Let's not go nuts!

I wouldn't be surprised.

viking · 14-09-2005 09:10AM

tvnutz wrote:

viking wrote:

I did this as well, although we're probably gonna get screwed on customs too!

(UPS is the shipping company)

Ye maybe...but its not my credit card,so Ill just pay 45 euro and say no more

Yikes, €30.16 for customs!

Ah well, I'll just have to starve tonight.

SCULLY · 14-09-2005 09:16AM

viking wrote:

Yikes, €30.16 for customs!

Ah well, I'll just have to starve tonight.

D'oh - was that ordered through amazon.com?

viking · 14-09-2005 09:20AM

Yup,

Still, at least it'll be quicker than "2-week Cdwow"....

Oh, and tvnutz, you'll have to pay those charges prior to receiving the DVD from UPS.

Normally I wouldn't dream of paying this much for a DVD but as its a prezzie for Mrs Viking and I need it before this weekend I don't mind too much.

Basq · 14-09-2005 10:02AM

Just a quick note regarding Amazon.com and customs:

If you ordered with Amazon.com with regular shipping (can take 21 days to a month to arrive), you will more than likely not get taxed as that goes through USPS/Air Mail (both are handled by An Post on arrival in Ireland and they don't seem to care where the stuff's come from).

But you selected the faster shipping options - it'll be sent by UPS/DHL, you'll get taxed (as they have their own internal systems to flag up the tax liability, from the shipping manifests).

viking · 14-09-2005 10:06AM

basquille wrote:

Just a quick note regarding Amazon.com and customs:

If you ordered with Amazon.com with regular shipping (can take 21 days to a month to arrive), you will more than likely not get charged as that goes through USPS/Air Mail (both are handled by An Post on arrival in Ireland and they don't seem to care where the stuff's come from).

But you selected the faster shipping options - it'll be sent by UPS/DHL, you'll get taxed (as they have their own internal systems to flag up the tax liability, from the shipping manifests).

UPS charge a €16 "handling charge" for charging you with the customs tax. So nice of them...

ie. my customs bill breaks down as 14.16 (Tax+VAT) + €16 = €30.16

Wouldn't normally do it but I need to get the DVD fairly sharpish. (I was aware I'd get hammered with customs though before I purchased)

samo · 14-09-2005 10:28AM

Well, I was bit worried with CDWOW and the delays (although hopefully I'll be proved massivly wrong and all the people who kept faith with them will get their sets soon

) but I had a dvd that I ordered Aug 4th with cdwow and they finally dispatched it today Sept 14th!!!!!!

Have had a few things lately where delays of 2-3 weeks have been common. Although as Genie said they had replied and cancelled the order within 30 mins of the email being sent and refund back on today.

edecrusher01 · 14-09-2005 07:30PM

how long did your refund take to go back in samo?

tvnutz · 14-09-2005 10:02PM

ah screw the customs,dont care at this stage,as long as I get it soon. Ill pay anything damit! anything! its like crack!

viking · 15-09-2005 06:33AM

Ok DVD arrived yesterday afternoon.

Myself and Mrs Viking have watched the remaining episodes. I must say, its so much better to have proper widescreen (not cut off like RTE) and 5.1 audio, it made the viewing experience so much better.

vibe666 · 15-09-2005 09:51AM

not to mention not having to listen to those god aweful O2 ads before and after each ad break. If I'd had to listen to them for every episode, I really don't think I'd have made it to the end of the series. not to mention that i might well have had to cancel my O2 account in protest and gone with someone else.

thanks god for other means.

tvnutz · 15-09-2005 12:56PM

viking wrote:

Ok DVD arrived yesterday afternoon.

Myself and Mrs Viking have watched the remaining episodes. I must say, its so much better to have proper widescreen (not cut off like RTE) and 5.1 audio, it made the viewing experience so much better.

Mine arrived a few minutes ago

what did you think of the last remaining eps...without giving spoilers away obviously!

and what is with amazon.com and the huge boxes,you would swear it had packages of cocaine in it

'Lost' R1 DVD for under €40 from CD WOW!

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