Amazon.de shipping charge question...

[gvortex7]

While this is not news to me, yet I was still wondering if someone in the know could tell me why Amazon.de (Germany) is charging 15+ Euros to ship a movie to the States? This just pisses me off, especially considering that I've purchased more then a dozen titles form the UK Amazon site, and I've never been charged more that £3 to have a movie shipped to me. I find it quite ridiculous, and this has also deterred me from buying several German only Blu-ray releases. Has anyone else wondered about this?

[OrlandoEastwood]

I believe it is because of DHL which is their shipping provider. Shipping costs more on Amazon Japan than it does on Amazon Germany. It does tend to make a person go crazy, in my case with wanting to buy the Japanese Godzilla Blu-rays.

[jw]

Its 14€ for one movie or 50, I think its more than reasonable considering what traders charge vs actual DHL rates

[OrlandoEastwood]

Traders don't always have everything we want, Jw. Trading section is only worth it to me in the $10 or less thread.

[jw]

What are you talking about? I am referring to traders charge 8-9.00 to ship a BD out from germany, so the 14€ isnt far off from the actual cost. However say 10 movies would be 20-30€ and Amazon would be the same 14€...

Read the posts my friend, I never suggested once to use the trading forum

[Ashamed Pegasus]

Originally Posted by gvortex7

While this is not news to me, yet I was still wondering if someone in the know could tell me why Amazon.de (Germany) is charging 15+ Euros to ship a movie to the States? This just pisses me off, especially considering that I've purchased more then a dozen titles form the UK Amazon site, and I've never been charged more that £3 to have a movie shipped to me. I find it quite ridiculous, and this has also deterred me from buying several German only Blu-ray releases. Has anyone else wondered about this?

NEVER buy just 1 or 2 movies from Amazon.DE... Wait until you're ready to order at least 4 and it offsets the shipping charge...

[gvortex7]

Originally Posted by Ashamed Pegasus

NEVER buy just 1 or 2 movies from Amazon.DE... Wait until you're ready to order at least 4 and it offsets the shipping charge...

I see. In that case it does make more sense. I never knew about this because I always wanted to buy just a single movie. So, based on one movie alone, €14-15 for shipping is a bit much. On the other hand buying 3-4 movies for the same shipping rate is not so bad. Thanks.