stroller Advanced Member Posts:576  
| 2/26/2005 1:52 AM |
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I just got my limit extended on my credit card so I thought I'd do a little bit of shopping on an American site called www.alternativemusic.com (Although I actually placed the order through www.musicstack.com). Look what I managed to pick up for less than €200;
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out CD
sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan CD
The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? CD
Simple Kid - 1 CD
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World CD
William Shatner - Has Been CD
Joanna Newsom - Milk Eyed Minder CD
Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica CD (remastered With 4 Bonus Tracks)
Iron And Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days CD
British Sea Power - The Decline Of CD (US Version With 2 Bonus Tracks)
Guided By Voices - Human Amusements At Hourly Rates CD
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning CD (with Bonus 7 Inch)
Bright Eyes - Digital Ash In A Digital Urn CD (with Bonus 7 Inch)
The Beatles - Help CD
Devendra Banhart - Black Babies CD
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism CD
Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman I'm A Machine CD
Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane (3 Cd Box Set)
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot 7" single
That's 17 brand new CD's (none of which I could find for a reasonable price over here), a triple CD single box set and a Higly limited 7 inch single that's changing hands for over 50 quid on ebay all delivered to my door for the grand total of €192.41. Excluding the box set and the 7" that's less than €11 a CD. The shops in this country are making fools out of us.
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admin Basic Member Posts:399
| 2/26/2005 9:01 AM |
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Stroller,
Don't catch yer chickens before they're hatched, but if it is shipping from the US and the merchant declared (on the green customs declaration sticker they are obliged to put on the package) a total value of goods greater than 40 or so dollars (the threshold above which import duties must be paid) then you'll almost definitely get hit for import duties by the Irish Custom'n'Excise fellas. That could add another 80 or so Euros (if not a lot more) on top of what you have paid so far. If my understanding is correct you will have to pay this extra amount to the Irish govt before they'll release it to the An Post lads for delivery to your gaff. I hope I am wrong but if I were you I'd brace yourself for a surprise. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but buying CDs and stuff from the US is not always as attractive as it appears at a first glance.
eoghan
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Unicron Veteran Member Posts:1696
| 2/26/2005 11:12 AM |
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Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out CD
Not heard it but I usually like them
sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan CD
12 *'s
Simple Kid - 1 CD
It's shocking to me that you can get an album by a Irish guy so cheap abroad and we pay over the odds for it here, it's very good by the way.
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World CD
Top class stuff
William Shatner - Has Been CD
Fun ... for a while
Joanna Newsom - Milk Eyed Minder CD
She's amazing
Iron And Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days CD
I prefer the creek drank the cradle but this is very good also.
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning CD (with Bonus 7 Inch)
Kinda OKish
Bright Eyes - Digital Ash In A Digital Urn CD (with Bonus 7 Inch)
Not impressed by this, Postal Service do Emotronica better
The Beatles - Help CD
Who?
Devendra Banhart - Black Babies CD
Not heard this but I like his other stuff
Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane (3 Cd Box Set)
I really need to check these guys out as I've liked everything of theris that I've heard.
In other words ... you've bought some really great stuff, happy listening.
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strollerAdvanced Member Posts:576
| 2/26/2005 4:24 PM |
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Well this will be the 4th time that I've ordered over €100's worth of CD's/Vinyl from the States and I've only been stung by customs once before. In that case it was a €40 charge on a box of records that cost me more than €300. So it still wotked out far cheaper then buying them here. Even if they hit me for €40 again that's still only €13 a CD.
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