Help Importing to The US

[antimatter]

Hey guys I was going to place an order and I just wanted to make sure everything I am getting is compatible Please Help Me Out. FOR THOSE WHO HELP ME IN PMs THANK YOU. I'm glad I found this page to dump the list and stop bothering you on PMs.

I know that some most of these if not all are Concorde, Universum, or Universal which tend to be region free I just need confirmation please. I only have a region A player and I cannot decode 1080/50i here are my titles. If any of these have burned in German subs please let me know.

Basic/from paris with love-B (AC?)
Mothman Prophicies-RF-burned in subs (thanks tyler durden 10)
America's Sweet Hearts-RF (thanks penthouse)
Judge Dredd steelbook-RF (thanks rdodolak confirm region A)
Die Stunde Des Jagers AKA The Hunted-RF
Mindhunters-RF
My Big Fat Greek wedding-B(AC?) just found this(RF Courtsey hdreporter.de)
Rules of Engagement-RF (thanks rdodolak confirm region A)
The Mexican-A,B (thanks rdodolek confirm region A)
Notting Hill-B (AC?) (prob. RF Universal title) (thanks rdodolek confirm region A) just found this(RF Courtsey hdreporter.de) no worries just bough UK
Ich Du Und Der Andere AKA You, Me, Dupre-B(AC?) (prob. RF universal title) no worries Bought UK
Borat-RF
Jeepers Creepers-RF
Death sentence-RF
Die Hochzeit Meines Besten Freudes AKA My Best Friends Wedding-RF- No worries Bought UK
Breaking and Entering-RF (thanks penthouse)

If Any of this is wrong or you can confirm RF or region A compatibility please let me know or if any of these have burned in subs.

THANK YOU GUYS!

[rdodolak]

Judge Dredd, The Mexican, Rules of Engagement, and Notting Hill all play in Region A players.

[antimatter]

Thank You very much for the confirmation.
I was wondering would you know what the limit I can import without having to pay import taxes? They are charging me an Extra 4.51 euros for taxes up front should that cover it? My items would total under $250 before shipping charges so I thought I was all good.

[rdodolak]

US Customs allows individuals to import up to $200/day for personal use. If it exceeds that then there is a 2.6% customs fee.

How is it being shipped; e.g. what method? If it ships via UPS Express then you should only be charged the customs fee (routine customs clearance (for entries up to five classification lines) is included at no additional cost). If it ships via a slower service via UPS, USPS, FedEx, or DHL then they may also add a surcharge for paying for the custom fees up front and for completing any necessary paperwork (entry preparation fees).

[rdodolak]

Also, Mothman Prophecies has been reported to be region free in this thread.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=183783

You can also view the blu-ray profile page for each of the movies, assuming it exists, and click on the Region Coding link to see if any member has previously reported the region coding of the disk.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-M.../#RegionCoding

[antimatter]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

US Customs allows individuals to import up to $200/day for personal use. If it exceeds that then there is a 2.6% customs fee.

How is it being shipped; e.g. what method? If it ships via UPS Express then you should only be charged the customs fee (routine customs clearance (for entries up to five classification lines) is included at no additional cost). If it ships via a slower service via UPS, USPS, FedEx, or DHL then they may also add a surcharge for paying for the custom fees up front and for completing any necessary paperwork (entry preparation fees).

Yea I was going to use amazon.de express. on 15 items at 210ish but 256 with shipping no customs fee but I added a 16th item and the total is 230ish with customs tax and del. 280. If I read it correctly I should not have to pay anymore than 280 even if customes fees are alittle higher b/c they cover it if the miscalculate what they charge you. Unless they over charged you they refund the money but it is only like 6 extra bucks. I just wanted to make sure that when my package arrived they don't ask for 50 bucks to release it.

It sucks I can't find the region codes on these anywhere unless someone owns them. I've been to like 10 web pages and done google.de searches. And now I'm wondering about the breaking and entering as everywhere I see it It's region B locked and I know accorrding to everywhere the UK and AU are. Now except for some wierd bluray site selling it for like 5 bucks claims they have it region free. But didn't say what country of orgin of the disc was it could be the German release but seems odd that all other releases would be locked but the German release.

[rdodolak]

Amazon estimating customs fees is relatively new for the european sites so I'm not sure what would happen. However, it's highly probable that either the shipping company or Amazon will seek reimbursement if the customs charges are higher than expected. For blu-rays however it's very unlikely that Amazon would have miscalculated the customs fees; they may even error a bit on the high side at times.

Amazon has the following customs info listed on their Amazon.de site:

http://www.amazon.de/gp/help/custome...0564179&sr=1-1

I forgot to mention that US custom fees do not apply to the shipping and handling fees.