Must buy DVDs/HD Discs (2009)

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 12 Apr 2009, 13:51

Markgway wrote:I checked Amazon.de and no English interface as I thought.

do you really need one?buying from Amazon.de is a routine point & click exercise from start to finish.agreed the postage cost is shit but if it was something i really wanted.....

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 12 Apr 2009, 20:16

Just use Amazon UK in another window as a guide Mark

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Apr 2009, 20:53

HungFist wrote:But the currency rate fluctuations don't affect on Euro customers. The prices are the same as they were two years ago.

Even so, people's local economies will be different meaning the cost of a Euro DVD will be more in one country than the other. Even if the currency rate fluctuations aren't an issue. No?

But then German and French DVDs have always been a rip off, long before the financial crisis. Average price for both seems to always be £20 before postage, when average price for a DVD in The UK is under £10.

Markgway wrote:Amazon. de I take it? So you have to add several € in postage. Also I'm not comfortable placing an order on a website without English interface.

It's actually dead simple, especially with Amazon. I've done it a few times on several sites. I have a translator open in another tab and copy/paste words I don't understand into it. Customer Services always speak English too.

Like Salty says the interface is identical for Amazon, so you don't have to know what each word says. Grim's idea is a good one too.

I never look at the cost of postage but instead the overall total cost and if it's still either A: A good price or B: It's the best DVD and I want it. I'll lump it and pay up. I paid £25 for Leon German BD. A rip off but it was a title I wanted and I do it so rarely it's fine.

I don't spend any more now I buy BDs. I just buy less BDs to compensate.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 12 Apr 2009, 21:15

bradavon wrote:
HungFist wrote:But the currency rate fluctuations don't affect on Euro customers. The prices are the same as they were two years ago.
Even so, people's local economies will be different meaning the cost of a Euro DVD will be more in one country than the other. Even if the currency rate fluctuations aren't an issue. No?

Now I'm not following. I get just as much money (€) this month as I did last year in April. And the new German dvds have the same price tag (€) today as they had a year ago (or possibly lower). The economic crisis doesn't raise the price in any way.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 12 Apr 2009, 23:08

i want to get Fistful Of Dollars BD from Italy,price works out at over £30 though

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Apr 2009, 23:13

HungFist wrote:Now I'm not following. I get just as much money (€) this month as I did last year in April. And the new German dvds have the same price tag (€) today as they had a year ago (or possibly lower). The economic crisis doesn't raise the price in any way.

If local prices for groceries etc... have gone up and people are losing their jobs, this matters not, anyway it's not important.

saltysam wrote:i want to get Fistful Of Dollars BD from Italy,price works out at over £30 though

Original mono?

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 13 Apr 2009, 02:41

£30 is crazy cash

mono or no mono.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 13 Apr 2009, 18:38

Original mono on this disc,yes.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 13 Apr 2009, 19:25

Can anyone confirm the postage you pay at Amazon.de. If I do decide to place an order I want to know exactly what I'm paying. It says €6. But is that per package or per item? How much postage would it cost me to buy two items? Thx.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 13 Apr 2009, 19:44

Markgway wrote:Can anyone confirm the postage you pay at Amazon.de. If I do decide to place an order I want to know exactly what I'm paying. It says €6. But is that per package or per item? How muchpostage would it cost me to buy two items? Thx.

just for you i put two dvds totalling 19.23 euro in my basket and this is what it shows

Bestellungsübersicht Amazon.de
Artikel: EUR 16,72
Verpackung & Versand EUR 6,00

Gesamtsumme ohne MwSt.: EUR 22,72
MwSt.: EUR 3,41
Gesamtbestellwert: EUR 26,13
Rechnungssumme: GBP 24.36**
Ihre Zahlung erfolgt in GBP

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 14 Apr 2009, 00:07

saltysam wrote:just for you i put two dvds totalling 19.23 euro in my basket and this is what it shows

Bestellungsübersicht Amazon.de
Artikel: EUR 16,72

€19,23 or €16,72? You've confused me already... lol

MwSt.: EUR 3,41

WTF is this??

Gesamtbestellwert: EUR 26,13
Rechnungssumme: GBP 24.36**

You see how unbelieably shit the £ is?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 14 Apr 2009, 00:10

Have you never heard of such a thing as a "universal translator"

. Salty has already done half the work for you because you couldn't be bothered.

£24 seems about normal for a German DVD. They've always cost a bomb.

diceman · Post by **diceman** » 14 Apr 2009, 00:20

Markgway wrote:
saltysam wrote:MwSt.: EUR 3,41
WTF is this??

Taxes.

They're calculated seperately and added upon the final amount.
And usually German DVDs cost about 12-20 EUROS; that's why I get most of my flicks used, or I trade them.

What do you want do buy?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 14 Apr 2009, 11:18

Taxes? Fuck's sake.

The German titles I'm looking for are:

THE FATE OF LEE KHAN (WGF)
RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN (WGF)
THE PRODGIAL SON (Savoy)
EASTERN CONDORS (Eyecatcher)
BURNING PARADISE (Mo Asia - I know it's letterboxed but it's still the only subbed version available)
THE BLOOD BROTHERS
SHAOLIN TEMPLE (Chang Cheh)

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 14 Apr 2009, 11:46

Is the German DVD of Raining in the Mountain better than the French?
I thought the Mo Asia Burning Paradise has been OOP for years (HK Flix don't have that anymore).

Saying that I'd like to find the German "Dragon Inn" (1967).

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 14 Apr 2009, 12:23

Markgway wrote: BURNING PARADISE (Mo Asia - I know it's letterboxed but it's still the only subbed version available)

Discotek will release this remastered later (this year?)

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 14 Apr 2009, 14:03

I'll wait for that then

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 14 Apr 2009, 16:34

grim_tales wrote:Is the German DVD of Raining in the Mountain better than the French?

No idea. The French one is hard to find.

Saying that I'd like to find the German "Dragon Inn" (1967).

Beware the German dubbed only edition. Even the Mandarin (with English subtitles) edition is only letterboxed (2.35) and not anamorphic. I think the recent Taiwanese DVD is the same.

HungFist wrote:
Markgway wrote: BURNING PARADISE (Mo Asia - I know it's letterboxed but it's still the only subbed version available)
Discotek will release this remastered later (this year?)

Where are they based?

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 14 Apr 2009, 16:55

Discotek. The US company that remastered Ebola Syndrome and A Chinese Torture Chamber Story. US.

They will also release Taxi Hunter.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 14 Apr 2009, 18:04

I wonder if Dragon Inn will be remastered? I think HK Flix sell the Mandarin version with English subs (German DVD), I didnt know there was a German dubbed edition.
Where can you get the Taiwan DVD from? That might be cheaper than the German version.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 14 Apr 2009, 19:27

grim_tales wrote: Where can you get the Taiwan DVD from? That might be cheaper than the German version.

is this the one you are on about?

http://www.yesasia.com/global/dragon-in ... /info.html

review

http://www.kungfucinema.com/review-dragon-inn-1967-6315

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 14 Apr 2009, 20:03

Probably... but - ah, YesAsia says no English subs

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 15 Apr 2009, 13:38

grim_tales wrote:I wonder if Dragon Inn will be remastered? I think HK Flix sell the Mandarin version with English subs (German DVD), I didnt know there was a German dubbed edition.

HK Flix sells bootlegs so watch it.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 15 Apr 2009, 13:59

They don't "only" sell bootlegs though. I had a legit DVD from them a few years back. No problem with their service either. I cannot remember what the DVD was though.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 15 Apr 2009, 14:47

I don't think this one is a boot:

http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/filmID.536 ... etails.htm

It's not cheap, $25