drive instigna wrote:Funky Punk wrote :GreedyG wrote :I used to buy from Ernie in the 90s before the internet and make my order by telephone from the UK but nowadays despite his great selection and nice prices, I'm afraid the shipping and import taxes are crippling so I buy my tunes from places in France and Germany mostly to save a few pounds.
If there was a way of not getting burnt on the shipping (not Ernie's fault - it's what these companies charge for packages) I'd buy from there most of the time.
G
Sometimes when buying from cheap(er) US sellers (I'm in the UK), the only thing you can do is work out how much you're going to save by buying loads of items at once, then factor in delivery costs and how much customs/the RM are going to charge if they decide that they're going to levy fees on your package if outwardly marked as being over £15 in value. If it's still cheaper than buying anywhere else, then do so...
Or at least that's how I go about it.
I rarely buy from France or Germany - too expensive, I find (is it just me, or does just about every new CD cost at least €13 from those two locations now?).
13 euro is very cheap.. most cd´s in physical stores (pop music and such) are 20 plus euro..
Seems expensive in terms of the prices that I'm used to paying for CDs in the UK. Dunno, I'm so used to shopping online now that I'm not sure how much they cost in the shops now...
