Importing CDs: Amazon US or UK?

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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.
 
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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.
 
TJ99 said:
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.
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+1 on the free shipping

just take vat and inspection fee into account, as that can add to the total cost.
 
Crusader said:
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.
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Wow, I see now. That sucks. I just bought 3 books from them in mid-January and they were still shipped free.
 
when you chose delivery method, did you select "super saver delivery?" was that option still there
 
ave said:
when you chose delivery method, did you select "super saver delivery?" was that option still there
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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! :mad:
 
Deezil said:
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! :mad:
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Nope. You are still pretty much limited to DVD's, books and a few select items.
 
Damn, pity about the shipping. About 20 CDs comes to £100 shipping. :( Emailed them to see if they can reduce it...
 
Crusader said:
Nope. You are still pretty much limited to DVD's, books and a few select items.
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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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The Super Saver shipping option ended mid January iirc. Checked out the T&C's on it some time ago. I'm not able to get any shopping done as every month, there seems to be 'Fires to put out' :/
 
PostmanPot said:
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.
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I have ordered a few from Amazon UK, no issues at all. They delivered faster than Kalahari a few times.
 
Been a pleasant experience, of course depends on the vendors and shipping type i.e. combining purchases for cheaper/lengthier shipping or separating purchases for pricier/faster shipping.

Most orders are with Amazon for cheaper shipping (only pay shipping on 1 CD), estimated at 24th February (was nothing yesterday), and 5th & 8th March.

Other vendors used (all ordered 4th February):

youwantit-wegotit - 1 CD - received 14th
Jim ExSelecky (seem affiliated with Amazon) - 1 CD - 16th
nagiry - 2 CDs - 1 CD received 21st
 
Second CD from nagiry arrived cracked, was severely damaged. They refunded the purchase.

Sigh, thought CDs were tax free - got one now and paid R25 customs tax. :( Got about 10 more coming which will be R250 at least. And more customs delays.
 
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