Great 'Buy now from the US' Hunt.

SayaF

p.s. i know the clothes aren't exactly a bargain, but abercrombie have recently started mail order to the uk for their clothes - they're so lovely :-)

Simon_from_Salford

I noticed on a website anything over £125 is subject to tax when brought in here so be careful.
Also I bought a book on amazon there for my father which hadn't come out yet here. got it within a fortnight-brilliant.

Art_2

poggle99 wrote:

I've seen a few messages on here about DVDs that mention the region 1 problem, but not the PAL vs NTSC question.

I have a multi-region DVD player, but my TV is not NTSC-compatible (relatively old, small and basic!).

Does anyone know if this is a problem? Can anyone confirm that they have successfully bought and played back Region 1 DVDs on their PAL TV?

There are a series of kids' DVDs that aren't available in Region 2 that I'd like to order but didn't want to throw my money away....

Cheers,

Rachael

I have no problem playing R1 DVDs on a PAL TV. Naturally I have a multi-regional DVD player.

This may vary according to your equipment so why not buy one cheap DVD first to check it out? Can you borrow a R1 DVD to check it out?

Regards,
Art.

Sui_Generis

poggle99 wrote:

IThere are a series of kids' DVDs that aren't available in Region 2 that I'd like to order but didn't want to throw my money away....

Cheers,

Rachael

Which series? I may already have them.

Art_2

Simon_from_Salford wrote:

I noticed on a website anything over £125 is subject to tax when brought in here so be careful.
Also I bought a book on amazon there for my father which hadn't come out yet here. got it within a fortnight-brilliant.

Yes, the official value of goods you can bring back with you is £145. This is being increased next year to £290. Perfume and cigarettes are in addition to this figure.

One thing to bear in mind is that if you are stopped and you have exceeeded the official values you can be charged duty on the full amount and not just the bit that is over the limit.

Regards,
Art.

poggle99

Sui_Generis wrote:

Which series? I may already have them.

It's Kipper the Dog - the only thing you can get in the UK (on DVD) is the "Classic Collection", which we have already.

Cheers,

Rachael

grom

The exchange rate would seem to make it very worthwhile buying digital cameras from the US at the moment especially as you don't pay import duty on digital still cameras (according to the government site here http://72.14.221.104/search?q=cache:7A-9dV9yNTkJ:customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/downloadFile%3FcontentID%3DHMCE_PROD_009989+import+duty+digital+cameras+UK&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=16) but Amazon won't ship them internationally and I have no US based friends who I can get to ship to me.

I'm after a Canon EOS400d (or Rebel XTi as it's known in the USA) - does anyone have any specific advice they can give me about where to buy from to save me some money?

cheers,
grom

Malcolm_Davis

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/consumer/article.html?in_article_id=415329&in_page_id=5

The authorities are clearly worried about losing tax money, saw this report in this is money. Anybody been stung by the customs on their return from shopping in the states?

Sui_Generis

poggle99 wrote:

It's Kipper the Dog - the only thing you can get in the UK (on DVD) is the "Classic Collection", which we have already.

Cheers,

Rachael

I have the complete collection and still enjoy them even though they were bought for my toddler All other kids DVDs lose their appeal. I think almost all mine are R1 I'll check tonight and the spec of my TV.

Somerled

I've been impressed with the outdoor gear from llbean - as is mentioned above you can use mail forwarders etc but even then the cost of things like Goretex coats are much cheaper over there.