Importing CDs: Amazon US or UK?
Hey all
Anyone have experience with importing CDs from Amazon US vs UK? Amazon UK is slightly cheaper. I have had good experiences with Amazon US via Take2/Takealot. Wondering if I should try UK, then the saving could probably cover shipping.
Much of a muchness?
Thanks.
Use both: Amazon UK is more likely to have stock - and at a lower price - of CDs published in the UK/Europe.
They both have pretty much the same stuff, but the UK one wins for one simple reason: free shipping to SA on orders above £25. So if you're buying a few CD's, you'll save quite a bit of money.
That said, the US one does occasionaly have more variety, so you might find stuff there you don't on the UK one. At least that's how it works with books.
Edit: Also, you'd be really daft to use a 3rd party like take2 for ordering CD's from Amazon. I just buy from them directly. Why pay another middle-man?
The only time the Take2/alot importing service makes sense is for stuff you can't get delivered by Amazon directly. Books, CD's, Kindles etc can be delivered directly.
Last edited by TJ99; 03-02-2012 at 10:55 AM.
So y'all need to hide yo uzis, hide yo assault rifles and hide yo bazookas 'cos they disarmin' everybody out here!
-Darkmatter2525
It seems that free shipping for orders over £25 has ended. Just checked with some stuff I had in my basket and they charge shipping fees now.
+1 on the free shippingOriginally Posted by TJ99
just take vat and inspection fee into account, as that can add to the total cost.
Wow, I see now. That sucks. I just bought 3 books from them in mid-January and they were still shipped free.
So y'all need to hide yo uzis, hide yo assault rifles and hide yo bazookas 'cos they disarmin' everybody out here!
-Darkmatter2525
aaaah no that sucks
when you chose delivery method, did you select "super saver delivery?" was that option still there
Nope. No "super saver delivery" option. The site also no longer shows that "Free Shipping to South Africa" banner it used to.
Can anyone from SA order anything from Amazon.com these days? ... except for Kindles every damn thing I view shows the dreaded "We are not able to ship this item to your default shipping address" message!
Thanks!
Nope. You are still pretty much limited to DVD's, books and a few select items.Can anyone from SA order anything from Amazon.com these days? ... except for Kindles every damn thing I view shows the dreaded "We are not able to ship this item to your default shipping address" message!
Damn, pity about the shipping. About 20 CDs comes to £100 shipping.Emailed them to see if they can reduce it...
Not sure about your "still" statement ... bought a pair of Sennheiser 555's from Amazon.com 3 year ago and a pair of Audio-Technica ATH-AD700's early last year. Neither of these products are available for shipment to SA anymore.
On a positive note at least the Kindle Touch (and it's official Kindle Cover ... Thank Zeus!) now ships internationally.
So ordered on the 4th, first batch arrived on the 15th. Pretty good service!
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