The "They have it cheaper on Amazon.co.uk than Amazon Thread - Page 5 - Blu-ray Forum

ajvdbg · 05-06-2010, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by thecardman23

it definitely is. my friend has placed the same/ if not more orders from them than me and he has only paid duty once or twice. its stupid for canadas limit to be $20/day anyway whereas the us limit is $200/day. they just love to screw us royally over here

Yup, I got hit wth $8 in duty fees once, but only when I ordered three at once. It is certainly better to do individually...

lucv13 · 05-07-2010, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ajvdbg

Yup, I got hit wth $8 in duty fees once, but only when I ordered three at once. It is certainly better to do individually...

And I got lucky, ordered 3 box sets - Oceans, Matrix and Bourne great prices something like $75-80 shipped Royal Mail - no duty - I guess it all depends on the Post Office and what kind of mood they are in...

ajvdbg · 05-07-2010, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by lucv13

And I got lucky, ordered 3 box sets - Oceans, Matrix and Bourne great prices something like $75-80 shipped Royal Mail - no duty - I guess it all depends on the Post Office and what kind of mood they are in...

Lucky duck.

Have you ever had to pay duties? It would be good to know what the chances are with larger orders...

thecardman23 · 05-07-2010, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by lucv13

And I got lucky, ordered 3 box sets - Oceans, Matrix and Bourne great prices something like $75-80 shipped Royal Mail - no duty - I guess it all depends on the Post Office and what kind of mood they are in...

its not actually the post office, rather than the customs office. customs decided what to hit you with and CP only delivers it and collects for them.

bigbuzz666 · 05-07-2010, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ajvdbg

Lucky duck.

Have you ever had to pay duties? It would be good to know what the chances are with larger orders...

On my side, I received today the Batman Boxset. Value of the package was 16.xx£. No duties. A few weeks ago, I received an order of +-60£, no duties as well.. I don't know how they choose the ones who will be paying those fees...

Hope it will be the same for the rest of my last order that have not been shipped with my batman boxset....

Blu-vie · 05-09-2010, 06:23 AM

I was wondering. I've never been hit before. But even if you did get hit, wouldn't it still be cheaper then buying it in Canada? Let's take Batman anthology for example. In Amazon.ca it's $90 CAD and Amazon UK is about $29 CAD shipped! How much could Tax and duty be? I see everyone here seems to be scared or nervous about it(including me HAHAHA).

Johnny Vinyl · 05-09-2010, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Blu-vie

I was wondering. I've never been hit before. But even if you did get hit, wouldn't it still be cheaper then buying it in Canada? Let's take Batman anthology for example. In Amazon.ca it's $90 CAD and Amazon UK is about $29 CAD shipped! How much could Tax and duty be? I see everyone here seems to be scared or nervous about it(including me HAHAHA).

I've never been charged either when ordering BD's or vinyl from amazon UK, so I don't know what the Customs Duty charge could be. I suspect it's based on the selling price, so it couldn't be more than say $5 or something. Even at $10 it's most definitely worth it.

John

Trifid · 05-09-2010, 12:30 PM

From the Canada Border Services Agency Website:

Under the provisions of the Postal Imports Remission Order, if someone mails you an item worth CAN$20 or less, you don’t have to pay duty or taxes on the item. If the item is worth more than CAN$20, you must pay the applicable duty, the GST or HST, and any PST on the item’s full value.

Handling fees

When items are imported into Canada by mail, Canada Post charges the recipient either a $5 handling fee for collecting duty and taxes on behalf of the CBSA, or an $8 handling fee if the item was sent by Priority Courier.

So in Blu-vie's example, the worst case scenario would be:

Item cost: $29 CDN
Duty / Handling Fees - $5 CDN
Taxes - 3.77

Total = 37.77 CDN.

So you are still saving 60% off the Amazon.ca price.

blurai · 05-09-2010, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Trifid

From the Canada Border Services Agency Website:

Under the provisions of the Postal Imports Remission Order, if someone mails you an item worth CAN$20 or less, you don’t have to pay duty or taxes on the item. If the item is worth more than CAN$20, you must pay the applicable duty, the GST or HST, and any PST on the item’s full value.

Handling fees

When items are imported into Canada by mail, Canada Post charges the recipient either a $5 handling fee for collecting duty and taxes on behalf of the CBSA, or an $8 handling fee if the item was sent by Priority Courier.

So in Blu-vie's example, the worst case scenario would be:

Item cost: $29 CDN
Duty / Handling Fees - $5 CDN
Taxes - 3.77

Total = 37.77 CDN.

So you are still saving 60% off the Amazon.ca price.

the 5.00 fee is canada post...UPS can charge more (30+) although as i've mentioned 3 orders from the uk and the most i've been charged is the tax so far

ajvdbg · 05-09-2010, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Trifid

So you are still saving 60% off the Amazon.ca price.

This is why I buy amazon.co.uk almost exclusively now...

Blu-vie · 05-11-2010, 08:44 PM

My order dispatched on May/05 using standard delivery. It arrived today. TAX and DUTY free...again!

rabbit · 05-12-2010, 07:44 PM

small batch from amazon.DE, region free titles, but had to pay $11.35 duty.

thecroshow · 05-12-2010, 10:17 PM

haha nice pic!

plz post your PQ/AQ rating for the 13th warrior, i love that movie

James.. · 05-12-2010, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by rabbit

small batch from amazon.DE, region free titles, but had to pay $11.35 duty.

lmao..

rabbit · 05-14-2010, 06:03 PM

another litter from amazon.co.UK showed up, region free, and duty free

James.. · 05-14-2010, 07:10 PM

lmfao, zombie strippers!! rabbit, get me in on what you do man... i want to see this gallery of yours already

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Originally Posted by rabbit

another litter from amazon.co.UK showed up, region free, and duty free

rabbit · 05-20-2010, 05:12 PM

got one pulp today

LastAdam · 05-20-2010, 05:26 PM

i buy practically all my Blu-rays from amazon UK... zero tax and no duties every single time... the delivery charge covers what i would pay for gas money here anyway... so in the end it's still cheaper than toronto retail with no traffic hassle...

Sukuri · 05-28-2010, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Sukuri

so I finally broke down and placed an order for District 9, Moon and Snatch. Each movie came out to less what was listed on the site (for example Moon came to £8.50 instead of £9.99), posting and packaging is about 5 pounds, no VAT (wtf?) was included, and the total is under £30.

Now to play the waiting game..... ahhh the waiting game sucks LET'S PLAY HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS!!!

I guess I should mention that my order came yesterday.

Along with a 12 dollar duty/pickup fee

blurai · 06-05-2010, 12:14 AM

Just placed an order

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Title						Format	Displayed Price	Final Price
Captain Mack Super Galactic Amazer Gazer	DVD	4.93		4.20
If You Believe					DVD	3.99		3.40
Last Action Hero				Blu-Ray	8.99		7.65
League Of Gentlemen's Apocapypse		DVD	3.93		3.34
Lost In Austen					DVD	5.00		4.26
Scary Movie 4					Blu-Ray	9.99		8.50
Stardust					Blu-Ray	9.93		8.45
Shipping	9.02
Total		48.82 (Aproximately 74.90 CAD)

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05-09-2010, 06:23 AM	#86
Blu-vie Expert Member Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Calgary, Canada 4K collection:16 Blu-ray collection:543 DVD collection:13 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:14 Timezone GMT: 0	I was wondering. I've never been hit before. But even if you did get hit, wouldn't it still be cheaper then buying it in Canada? Let's take Batman anthology for example. In Amazon.ca it's $90 CAD and Amazon UK is about $29 CAD shipped! How much could Tax and duty be? I see everyone here seems to be scared or nervous about it(including me HAHAHA).

05-09-2010, 12:30 PM	#88
Trifid Special Member Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Gallifrey/Earth/? Home Theater Gallery:5 Blu-ray collection:191 Timezone GMT: -5	From the Canada Border Services Agency Website: Under the provisions of the Postal Imports Remission Order, if someone mails you an item worth CAN$20 or less, you don’t have to pay duty or taxes on the item. If the item is worth more than CAN$20, you must pay the applicable duty, the GST or HST, and any PST on the item’s full value. Handling fees When items are imported into Canada by mail, Canada Post charges the recipient either a $5 handling fee for collecting duty and taxes on behalf of the CBSA, or an $8 handling fee if the item was sent by Priority Courier. So in Blu-vie's example, the worst case scenario would be: Item cost: $29 CDN Duty / Handling Fees - $5 CDN Taxes - 3.77 Total = 37.77 CDN. So you are still saving 60% off the Amazon.ca price.

05-11-2010, 08:44 PM	#91
Blu-vie Expert Member Member since:Oct 2008 Location:Calgary, Canada 4K collection:16 Blu-ray collection:543 DVD collection:13 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:14 Timezone GMT: 0	My order dispatched on May/05 using standard delivery. It arrived today. TAX and DUTY free...again!

05-12-2010, 10:17 PM	#93
thecroshow Power Member Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Victoria BC Blu-ray collection:459 Blu-ray reviews:10 Trading Score:1 Timezone GMT: 0	haha nice pic! plz post your PQ/AQ rating for the 13th warrior, i love that movie

05-20-2010, 05:26 PM	#98
LastAdam Member Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Toronto Blu-ray collection:6 Timezone GMT: 0	i buy practically all my Blu-rays from amazon UK... zero tax and no duties every single time... the delivery charge covers what i would pay for gas money here anyway... so in the end it's still cheaper than toronto retail with no traffic hassle...

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