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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 9/7/2009 5:07:43 PM

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I think DVD.se may have gone byebye - I've been trying it for about 3 weeks now and nothing.

Are there any other Swedish sites?

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 10/7/2009 1:02:30 PM

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Yeah, you're right. I'll remove DVD.se shortly.

SweDisc.com were removed from the P1 list a while back, cos they only ship within Sweden and "other Nordic countries". Plus I think they only sell US R1s.

After some fresh searching, I learned, in rising order of usefulness....

- DiscShop.se only ship within Sweden.
- Ginza only ship within Sweden.
- Megastore.se only ship to Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

- DVD Huset - http://www.dvdhuset.com/index.php
- don't know if they deliver ("leverans") internationally - might have to register and put something in your basket to see for certain.
- Home Enter Filmclub - http://www2.homeenter.com/cds/showpage.asp?nodeid=346449 - Can't find out, but looks doubtful. Need to register to confirm.
- Papercut - http://www.papercutshop.se/ - same, doesn't look likely, but not certain.

- Bengans - http://www.bengans.se/default.aspx - finally, a Swedish store that appears to ship internationally. Yay!

Oh, and you've also got the Swedish CDWow: http://www.cdwow.se/DVD, which I presume would ship internationally too, but they're likely to be just the same as our CDWow.

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 23/7/2009 11:12:16 PM

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Help! I'm trying to find this:

Elab has recommended this thread... never seen it before tbh

Also suggested trying a Spanish site called DVDGo and that looked great - came to about �6 before P&P but it wouldn't let me add it to the basket or tell me how much the overall total came to!

So, I went and looked elsewhere on the net - primarily EbayUK (no good!) and the Amazon sites where the cheapest I found it was with DeeVaaDee for �22 total.

Any further help appreciated...

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 23/7/2009 11:34:00 PM

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I'm not sure why you're having a problem with clicking compranar and the basket - maybe a momentary glitch? Worked fine for me and the 30% discount comes off in the basket too. Total cost with shipping is abut �18.50 BUT as I said, it works better with multiple purchases because DVDGo actually use a 48 courier service rather than normal mail (and it really is that quick!) - so shipping is about �11.50 with �2 VAT added.

Of course, the Euro is a bugger at the moment. BUt maybe if you have a look round the site and see what else is available over there, the overall cost/DVD might make it economic for you?

Still - it's nice to know I can get rid of my copy at a profit if I ever sort out my Ebay listings

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 24/7/2009 9:59:28 AM

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�18.50... hmmm, bit pricey for a blind buy.

�11.50 for shipping is very steep (even if it is 48hr delivery!).

I'm used to it being �1.21 with caimanusa!

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 24/7/2009 10:04:21 AM

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I'll get onto the specific film query shortly.

Right now... I noticed that there was only 1 DVD store based in Spain listed (DVDGo), so I've found some more:

Elcorteingles - http://www.elcorteingles.es/tiendas_e/cda/Cine/Eci/Home/0%2C4051%2CECI%2CFF.html
I think this is a supermarket - the link is for the DVD section.

fnac.es - http://www.fnac.es/dsp/?servlet=home.HomeServlet&Code1=665164233&Code2=831
We had fnac in France and Brazil. Now we have the Spanish one too.

Gong Discos - http://www.gongdiscos.com/peliculas.asp

Stars Cafe - http://www.starscafe.com

I've checked and can confirm that all 4 ship internationally including the UK. All 4 sites are in Spanish.

A couple of others were no-goes: MD Movies Distribution and DavidVS both only ship to Spain, Portugal, Andorra, the Canary & Balaeric islands. And OfertaDVD is now part of / related to DVDGo.

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 24/7/2009 10:38:52 AM

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Ok, Possession:

Australian release is PAL / NTSC conversion.

Spanish release has a different soundtrack.

Either the US release or non-Spanish Euro releases appear to be the way to go. It's a French / German co-production, so you'd think a DVD from one of those two countries would be best, but I can't find info on English subtitles on those releases (sous-titre / untertitels respectively). The French release is �14.99 from Amazon France.

Best bet I can find at present is the Anchor Bay R1 SE (which includes a commentary). You can get it on import from Amazon.co.uk marketplace sellers for just under �15 (+ �1.21 delivery), though it has a different sleeve to the image you posted:

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 24/7/2009 10:52:48 AM

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This is what i got

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270377438919&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&salenotsupported

make an offer of 1.99 and he accepts then that is just under a fiver in total.

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 24/7/2009 10:55:40 AM

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�18.50... hmmm, bit pricey for a blind buy. �11.50 for shipping is very steep (even if it is 48hr delivery!). I'm used to it being �1.21 with caimanusa!

As am I but, as I said, it turns up delivered by someone like DHL rather than your postie.

I'd avoid the Aussie release as it apparently has cuts.

I'd checked Amazon France and tried to track down the release details - the film actually has an English soundtrack and I don't generally have a problem with those being still there from Amazon France but as I know there is also a French language audio provided for this film I wanted to make sure the Eng one was still included as an option - it is very likely but the French are particularly bad at making DVDs French only I've found.

I'd suggest using Babelfish and sending a query to Amazon (or if the DVD has individual sellers, to them). Just ask if there is an Eng lang audio - in general buying from Amazon Fr on this one looks the cheapest way (and from the site itself it really - quite amazingly - still only takes a couple of days!)

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 24/7/2009 4:41:28 PM

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Thanks you guys!

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 24/7/2009 9:56:29 PM

elab49

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http://www.k2dvd.com/shop/p_detail.asp?idx=82&location=Search&genre=

That Ebay cost is still making a profit on this - Losthighway just in case you're worried, they made clear ages ago they didn't have a link to the site you may have lost money on. Lots of us on here have used this

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 1/10/2009 6:47:33 PM

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Does anyone know much about Movies & Games Online? They are selling a boxset I want that is impossible to find, and I'm thinking about purchasing it from their site.

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 1/10/2009 9:40:55 PM

Gram123

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Strangely enough, the address for Movies & Games Online is in Teesside, quite near where I live.

They get a not very impressive 2/5 rating on Shopsafe: http://www.shopsafe.co.uk/dvivid.asp

I have seen other people on games forums mentioning buying things from this company, but nothing rating them positively or negatively.
The only review I've found to date is negative (1/5 for non receipt of goods) at XomReviews here: http://www.xomreviews.com/moviesandgamesonline.co.uk

I tried to send you an email with a little more info (via Empire), as my PMs are not working. Let me know if you don't receive that.
Suffice to say, personally, I'd avoid this store.

Let us know what you're after, we may be able to help you find it elsewhere.

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 1/10/2009 9:49:29 PM

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Yeah I got it there. Thanks very much

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The boxset I found was the Fu Manchu collection starring Christopher Lee. It contains the first 3 films, and is priced at �26.

I thought it might be handy because the boxset, as well as the DVDs individually, are being sold on Amazon Marketplace and PlayTrade for nearly �50.

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 1/10/2009 10:51:01 PM

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I've been having a look around, but I can't find it either. Thought I had it for a moment, at �20-odd, on Amazon.de, but translation website reveals it's out of stock.
The individual titles don't seem to be in stock new anywhere either. I'm guessing that means the company who held the rights (Momentum?) have let them lapse.

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 1/10/2009 10:55:23 PM

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I've done a full link check of all links in Post Alpha.
The following have been removed, as they are no longer trading:

Benson's World (London)
Filmnight (Guernsey)
uWish (Leeds)
Sazuma (Austria)

Tesco Jersey (who, despite the name, were actually based in Switzerland) no longer have a seperate site, they're now amalgamated with Tesco Entertainment.

In other news:

DVDPlanet (USA) is now back online, after several months of weird semi- to non-accessibility.

Oh, and I hadn't realised it, but Oz sites fbo Entertainment and Family Box Office are one and the same thing. They even had the same links. Wake up Mr. Gram!

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 2/10/2009 12:30:10 PM

Gram123

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UPDATE:

I've added a number of sites, all of which have been checked to confrim they ship internationally:

DVDexpress (Czech Republic)
Avides (Germany)
Bol.de (Germany)
Buecher.de (Germany)
Buch.de (Germany)
JPC (Germany)
Weltbild (Germany & Austria)
Empik (Poland)
Merlin Filmy (Poland)
fnac.pt (Portugal)
JukeBox (Switzerland)

HMV Canada (Canada)

Marbecks (New Zealand)

AsianDB (South Korea)

Bolero (Russia)
Ozon (Russia)
From Russia.com / RusKniga.com (USA site selling Russian DVDs)

AnyTamil (International site selling Indian DVDs from USA, Malaysia & India)
Indian CD Store (USA site selling Indian DVDs )
Nehaflix (USA site selling Indian DVDs )

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 3/10/2009 8:39:43 PM

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I found them individually through the websites Buy It Here and Townsend Records so I've bought them and they should arrive by the end of this week

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 5/10/2009 1:29:09 AM

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Ah, nice one.
Glad you got sorted.

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 5/10/2009 3:08:24 PM

paul.mccluskey

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What happened to Empire's online store?

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RE: Recommended online DVD / BD shops - 7/10/2009 12:04:36 PM

Gram123

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It closed ages ago. It was still going when I started this thread in 2007, but I vaguely recall removing the dead link...

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 19/10/2009 2:29:30 PM

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Looks like caimanzone have bitten the dust. Non US-based region 1 suppliers are a vanishing breed, it seems.

I notice there are two apparently UK-based R1 sites on the main list - dvdconcept.com and store4dvd.com. Has anyone ordered from these, and do you know whether or not they ship direct from the US so that you face the danger of customs charges (which now seems to be the case with all other region 1 suppliers - the few that were safe in that respect having disappeared one by one over the last few years).

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RE: Recommended online DVD / BD shops - 19/10/2009 3:47:44 PM

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I've never used either, primarily because they're usually quite pricey (to cover the customs charges, perhaps?), but also because being UK-based R1 sellers, they tend to get missed off the price comparison sites I use, so I end up forgetting about them.

However, I can tell you:

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ORIGINAL: Store4DVD
Shipping is free [...]
Items destined for European addresses are shipped from within Europe.

(See shipping details: http://www.store4dvd.com/index.php?action=shipping)

And

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ORIGINAL: DVD Concept
What is the delivery time and where are they posted from?

The average delivery time to the UK is approximately 8 to 10 working days after the post date. For other destination it is 10 to 14 working days.

We do not ship on weekends and national holidays.

Shipping time is calculated after the day an item is posted and not when it was ordered. Delays in the postal system can increase the delivery time so cannot be guaranteed.

Region 1 DVDs and region A Blu-Rays are posted from North America. Region 2 DVDs and region B Blu-Rays are posted from the UK.

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RE: Recommended online DVD shops - 19/10/2009 3:50:28 PM

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I may just have been lucky lately, but none of the stuff I've gotten from DVDpacific - including an Eclipse box set - has been hit by Customs. The k2dvd stuff never does, even though it comes in pretty big boxes. Perhaps they've cut staff?

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RE: Recommended online DVD sites - 21/10/2009 10:49:33 PM

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Re Moviemail - does anyone know if there is a reason why they'd be able to sell R2 - presumably legit - DVDs when Amazon don't have them listed? They have some Val Guest and a release of Losey's The Damned showing but I can't see anything which suggests they've been released or being released anywhere else.

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RE: Recommended online DVD / BD shops - 22/10/2009 12:38:44 PM

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Well, The Damned is a pre-order on MovieMail - it has a release date noted of 2nd November.

And according to the DVDSleuth blog, it was originally due for R2 release 21st Sept:
http://dvdsleuth.blogspot.com/2009/07/joseph-loseys-damned-coming-to-r2-dvd.html

It may be that it was proposed for release and has been put back, and MovieMail's pre-order date may therefore be wrong, especially as the date is near yet no other DVD stores are listing it.

As for the Val Guest films, 11 of those listed on MovieMail are also available elsewhere:

Bees in Paradise
Carry on Admiral
Confessions Of Box Set
Dance Little Lady
Dangerous Davies
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (2 releases)
Further Up the Creek
Hell is a City
It's a Wonderful World
Miss London Ltd
The Shillingbury Tales

There are 3 listed on MovieMail that are not listed anywhere else. Two of these also have this dubious 2nd November pre-order date:

The Camp on Blood Island
Yesterday's Enemy

Someone posted a message on CultMovieForums, saying the release date of The Camp on Blood Island had (at the time of the message), been put back to 19th Oct. So it seems MovieMail don't know the definite release dates of some DVDs, and just keep putting them dates back a fortnight at a time.

1 further Val Guest film is noted on MovieMail, but nowhere else. It isn't noted as a pre-order, either (availability noted as 3-4 days):

Sex a GoGo

Should you want that film, I'd email them to check if they really have it - they may well update the listing with a 2nd November pre-order date.....

So that almost explains everything. However, there is something odd about MovieMail. I have seen them listing items for sale that had Amazon Exclusive sleeves. They're not related to Amazon, and they don't sell 2nd hand items, so I don't really get that....

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RE: Recommended online DVD sites - 23/10/2009 12:43:28 PM

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Cheers, Gram - the Damned and Camp on Blood Island were the 2 I was curious about - I'd checked quite a few others sites, and other regions but couldn't see releases suggested anywhere so it seemed quite odd. There are quite a few in the Sony Classic British range which I was beginning to wonder if tentative but unconfirmed releases but when you check Amazon they are only showing as used/new and no current release. And Knock on Any Door is actually 2010 not in this months releases.

Still - their price on the site for some of the Song is about �22 vs �10! And their Amazon rating is very high.

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RE: Recommended online DVD / BD shops - 3/11/2009 9:56:05 AM

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Added Blockbuster to the list in post 1 (for their DVD/BD sales rather than rentals).
I don't know where their warehouse is, though - does anybody know?

Also, has anyones seen that cheapo ad on TV for a DVD shop. I think they're called Tiger something They're promoting themselves as selling The Wire series boxsets for �9.99 each. Oddly though, the images they use are the R4s (with the big MA 15+ rating labels).

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RE: Recommended online DVD / BD shops - 12/11/2009 2:00:32 PM

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I've bought a couple of Region One DVDs before but never direct from America. I want to buy a few DVDs from the US Amazon site (total price: �20) - can anyone confirm what import charges/taxes will be imposed, if any?

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RE: Recommended online DVD / BD shops - 12/11/2009 2:08:06 PM

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No confirmation, because you never know whether the parcel will be picked up or not - if it is quite big then it is more likely. But Mount Pleasant aren't that random I don't think!

Technically, anything over �18 may be picked up - by �18 that is the value of the good itself, not the good plus shipping.

Duty is calculated on that and, if under around �7 isn't charged - costs too much to collect. BUT VAT will be applied on the value plus postage. For a single normal DVD just over the limit that'll only be a couple of pounds at most BUT you also have to pay the Royal Mail extortion/clearance fee of �8 - and that's the bugger. So if buying from abroad always assume you'll have to pay when working out if it will be cheaper.

But I can't remember the last time I got hit for single or a couple of DVDs in a flatpack.

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