Going to be buying a fair amount of R1/R4 DVDs - Customs?
Dave Barr(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Sunday, 30th June 2002, 06:07
Well, I`ve been skint for a while, but I`ll shortly have a fair amount of cash.
I`m intending to buy a couple of dozen DVDs, so it`s worth my while shopping around for them.
My TV/DVD player are able to handle NTSC and multi-region, so that`s not a problem... However, am I likely to have my discs impounded, and if so what would the charges likely be? And is there any way to avoid this?
RE: Going to be buying a fair amount of R1/R4 DVDs - Customs?
clayts(Elite) posted this on Sunday, 30th June 2002, 10:03
Buy your R1 discs from http://www.cd-wow.com as they despatch them individually, and it`s free delivery, or stick to retailers that manage to avoid the thorny issue of customs all together - eg http://www.play.com (also free delivery), http://www.futureent.com (personal importers based in the UK, also with free delivery).
Similarly, just avoid going above £18 (not including postage) on Australian discs - http://www.ezydvd.com.au charge AUD$5.50 per title for P & P, which is pretty cheap in the scheme of things.
Some retailers are known to be "customs friendly" (eg marking up the custom declaration as a "gift" meaning your limit increases to £36 per package), but there can never be any guarantees on this.
