The "They have it cheaper on Amazon.co.uk than Amazon Thread

[J.P. Samson]

Originally Posted by spawningblue

It's unfortunate as I ordered this with several other limited editions hoping they'd ship them all together in a box, but this was was delayed and then shipped separately. Mind you, The Driver steelbook came bouncing around the box with a big dent in it anyway, so I guess ordering anything limited from Amazon UK is just not a good idea. I wish there were more options for UK releases for Canadians without costing an arm and a leg.

Amazon U.K. is pretty bad these days in my experience. My most recent order I paid for "Global Priority", their most expensive and fastest delivery service. Don't bother. They sent it Australia Post Global which then transferred it to Purolator Ground. Exactly the same service as their lowest-priced standard service.

These were just regular discs in a plastic case with an O-ring. Every shipment arrived in a thin cardboard envelope and was smashed. The discs are fine, but I had to throw away the cases (and those are hard to replace here because they are thicker and the labels are too wide to fit in a North American case). My track record is about 2/3rd of stuff coming from Amazon U.K. arrives noticeably damaged.

JP

[leocan]

Now I am a bit nervous because I have ordered the Arrow's Bruce Lee boxset from Amazon.co.uk.

[fred25_Ca]

Originally Posted by leocan

Now I am a bit nervous because I have ordered the Arrow's Bruce Lee boxset from Amazon.co.uk.

Expect a beat up box for sure. If you can, try to order from elsewhere.

[spawningblue]

Originally Posted by fred25_Ca

I had the same problem but they accepted the return in my case. Unfortunately, it cost me 70$ CAD to send it back and even though they assured me they would refund both the cost of my purchase AND the cost of what it cost me to send it back by mail on my visa card, a month and a half later i got an email saying i had 200$ amazon uk credit.
All of this took nearly two months of fights and frustration with employees constantly telling me different information. After I got the amazon credit, every employee I talked to said it was impossible to refund me on my visa since they had already given me the credits, even though I had two emails assuring me they would.
I told myself i'd never buy from amazon uk ever again. Their customer service is one of the worst i've ever dealt with. I rebought the Texas limited edition on Second sight's website directly and it cost me 97 frigging bucks but at least it's in pristine condition.
God I hate amazon. They treat their customers like crap and lie again and again. Never buy from amazon uk a limited edition, they will drive you insane. :P

The worst is, when I pre-ordered this item I talked to 4 different employees asking for this to be well packaged. They all assured me it would be and that i'd get my item in perfect condition. Obviously none of them cared or did anything about it and it came all beat up.

Yes, they offered to give me a refund if I sent it back, but from previous experience it would probably cost me $60 or so to send it back with tracking, and I didn't want to have to wait weeks for them to refund that to me. And I too was worried it would end up being Amazon credit, as that's what they gave me for another title that they weren't able to send out after already charging me for the item.

Now I just have to decide if I want to spend the time and money searching out one in better condition or just accept it as much as it kills me haha.

[fred25_Ca]

Originally Posted by spawningblue

Yes, they offered to give me a refund if I sent it back, but from previous experience it would probably cost me $60 or so to send it back with tracking, and I didn't want to have to wait weeks for them to refund that to me. And I too was worried it would end up being Amazon credit, as that's what they gave me for another title that they weren't able to send out after already charging me for the item.

Now I just have to decide if I want to spend the time and money searching out one in better condition or just accept it as much as it kills me haha.

Actually, write to Second sight. They offer to send box replacement as long as you pay 10 pounds for the shipping. If I had know, that's what I would have done with my amazon copy instead of going through all that trouble.

[spawningblue]

Originally Posted by fred25_Ca

Actually, write to Second sight. They offer to send box replacement as long as you pay 10 pounds for the shipping. If I had know, that's what I would have done with my amazon copy instead of going through all that trouble.

I actually sent them a message to see if they had any extras they are willing to sell. Hopefully they get back to me.

[Habsfan77]

Did anybody order from Amazon UK recently? If so, was the order shipped with APG or DHL? At the beginning of the year it seemed like they were only using DHL.

[rmihai0]

Originally Posted by habsfan77

did anybody order from amazon uk recently? If so, was the order shipped with apg or dhl? At the beginning of the year it seemed like they were only using dhl.

dhl

[Deadend45]

When I ordered 2 years ago I put in my Flex PO Box as the address and it was shipped via Royal Mail.

[bubaglobalj]

Originally Posted by Habsfan77

Did anybody order from Amazon UK recently? If so, was the order shipped with APG or DHL? At the beginning of the year it seemed like they were only using DHL.

Been all dhl, haven't gotten lucky with australia post global in quite a while.

[J.P. Samson]

Does anyone know what is up with the import fees that Amazon U.K. seems to want to add to a Blu-ray boxset order? This is for a single item sold and shipped by Amazon on which I'd nominally owe 5% GST:

Given that Canada Post and the CBSA seem to be getting more attentive with charging customs fees and sales taxes on lower valued orders, I thought I'd see if there would be some benefit in prepaying these customs fees via Amazon U.K.'s upgraded shipping option.

JP

[loxly]

i noticed big import fees from Amazon.de as well recently, i instead went with Rarewaves ebay but i was dinged from customs on several orders

[ilovedealsonmovies]

10 years ago id order 3 movies and it would be 99 cents there money and no duty for 30 gbp from the uk id order ever week never got hit with duty ever i did that for years on blu rays

[fred25_Ca]

Quick question, I have some old gift cards on amazon uk I still need to use. Anybody know if I use it on two pre-orders (in the same order but that both ship at different dates) if when the first item ship it will use all of my gift card or will it split the gift cards in two and use part of it on both items? I'm kind of tight on cash right now and i'm hoping it would use all of my gift card on the first item (I save on shipping if I order two items). Thanks!