andy-j-h

I just came across this site

http://www.play247.com/

it offers FREE SHIPPING in Europe! and the actual price of the DVD is quite reasonable: TRAFFIC £17.99 (it's all in STG£ though).
I haven't ordered from them yet so there may be some catch I'm not aware of.

dvdfriendly

You can't go wrong with this site. All discs ship as singles and you get the disc about 4-5 days later except for rc1-discs which need about 10days to be delivered. So that's a good choice! And no traps!

Gilo

I tried to order from them too but for some unknown reason they don't ship to all countries in the Europe Union like Israel .

I was disappointed and confused since they do ship to countries that are right next to Israel !

If someone doesn't want to sell then there are many retailers who do , and while they offer free shipping , you can find DVD's at about the same prices elsewhere including shipping .

Count Zero

Hi Gilo and fellow europeans! Play247 ships only to European Union countries, and as far as I know Israel has never been (and I doubt will never be) part of the European Union...

This is taken directly from their website:
And again in their registration form:
Edit:I did notice that they do ship to few european countries which are not part of the European Union...

For anyone interested in da' Union here's a link to a page containing one sorry looking map and heeps of "usefull" info:

The European Union - A guide for Americans

[Edited by Count Zero on 06-01-01 at 03:26 PM]

benedict

I think that other guy was thinking of the Eurovison Song Contest!! Hahaha!

<small>Gotta love that Dana International! Fine figure of a woman!</small>

Gilo

[QUOTE]Originally posted by benedict
[B] I think that other guy was thinking of the Eurovison Song Contest!! Hahaha!


Very funny , you crack me up .

While Israel did participate in the Eurovison song contest ( 2 place from the last and Maccabi Tel-Aviv won the European basket ball campionship for teams ..

I ment Israel is part of Europe as it is in the same trading zone and have low tax and customs , euro as all other countries in the europe ( and not for example U.S.A or Iraq ) !

As for the register note count 0 quated :
Note that we can only accept customers from western Europe

Well Da , so it is not all Europe and since when Greece on western Europe ?

But I'm not bitching anymore cause there are many DVD retailsers and as much as play247 looks nice , the price diffence between them are minimal ..

benedict

Always happy to oblige.

To tell the truth I am not sure why Israel gets favoured trading status in Europe and personally don't think it is in the spirit of the Union. I also read a report showing that goods from outside of Israel routinely - and with full knowledge of the local authorities - were being routed through that country just to capitalise on the deal, so perhaps someone will cancel it.

Regardless of such anomalies, any e-tailer can specify where it wants to sell its goods/services. Buy.com, for example, along with many U.S. e-tailers, won't ship to Britain (and I presume to Continental Europe). I think it is because they feel less able to combat fraud and/or be certain of the postal service.

Probably Greece is regarded as part of "Western Europe" by that e-tailer simply because it is a part of the EU. To the best of my knowledge Israel is in Asia Minor.

Hope this helps. Happy shopping with play247.com.

ynci

Since you're discussing EU: I have problems when ordering from the UK... Norway is a non-EU country, but we have certain "deals" with the EU. Like, in passport controls in England I go through EU-citizens. So, can anyone tell me if Norway is considered EU-country, even though it's not...

mikko81

They do not ship to Belgium either which is the "Capital" of Europe and just on the other side of the canal. The Belgian customs stops all packages and returns them. Does anyone have an explanation? Both are in the EU and I thought you can pretty much take anything across the border of two EU countries. I guess its not like that, huh.

luftikus

That's not normal...I had already US packages delivered to Belgium, ther must be another problem becaus as you say....within the EU you can pretty much import everything...exept that there is a maximum amout for things like cigarettes or alcohol...

gggg

The problem is that belgium customs have a zero tolerance policy. This means that they charge import duties on almost every packages that contains dvds. You can get taxed even if you order only one dvd (taxes almost dubble the price of the dvd itself!!!)!!! There isn't a limit like in the UK (£17.99)...
I think that's why play247 don't ship to belgium anymore: Belgium customs surely wanted to apply taxes on every single dvd play247 shipped to belgian!

Belgium authorities really don't like region 1 dvds. They're illegal expect for personal use. It's even illegal to sell them on local auction sites (it's considered piracy!!!!!).

Gaétan

Gilo

To all you norway , central , eastren europe and even maybe even belguim , there is another free shipping site that will ship dvds WORLDWIDE , it is called "bensonworld" , has region 2 dvd and in the UK I think ( they charge in pounds ) .

I've made 1 dvd order to check them out , took some time to verify and ship but I hope to get it soon .

Hope it will help all movie fans out there .. Gilo

Njål

to ynci: play247 does indeed ship to Norway, and their price on most titles at less than £15 is very customs-friendly. On most things they are one ore two pounds less than MrBenson.

ynci

Thanks a lot!

mikko81

Still a couple of (well respected) stores in Belgium sell region 1 DVDs.(2 that I know of, but they both charge msrp+ 22% tax+ customs) I can't believe some fools actually buy them!
I just made an order to my summer place in Finland from play247.com and bensonworld.com.

I can't believe it has rained for 4 days straight in here,no pause!(Finland)
I'm glad I've got about 70 unwatched DVDs with me.

ynci

That should keep you busey!!!



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