lfcrule1972 Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 I have been struggling to get Verbatim DVD+R DL discs in England for a while as there appears to be a world shortage. lmao2k put me onto this chap on US ebay who has them very reasonably priced and so I ordered some yesterday. With the exchange rate and postage and packing I am paying ?28ish for 20 discs which seems a good deal to me. Anyway the chap who owns the shop is called Michael and his ebay shop can be found at : http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Netsoft-Media-Company http://www.netsoftmedia.com/ He has also offered a $2 discount on the international shipping rates for ImgBurn people, you can get this discount by using the discount box during checkout at eBay to enter "imgburn.com discount" (something to that affect) in the notes section. As the discs are already a very good price I think this is a good offer !! If you wish to use Paypal to pay for your discs you will need to contact him first to get his agreement.
DasReich Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 Thanks for that Lfc, I keep checking with SVP but theyve had nothing for ages with nothing on the horizon either.... Will have a look at the link later.... Whats the likelyhood of getting stung by customs though, I used to order a lot of stuff from the states due to good price differences, but got stung occasionally by Her Majesty. Dave.
lfcrule1972 Posted January 4, 2007 Author Posted January 4, 2007 Well If the goods are less than ?18 in value you wouldn't have any bother. Perhaps you could mail Michael and see if he agrees I only ordered 20 this time around and the value was under the ?18 threshold so mine won't interest customs
dontasciime Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 I'm ordering 60, but hopefully declared will be less than 18 gbp cadeau/gift. Either that or posty will meet mr baseball bat
LIGHTNING UK! Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 lol well that's 200 from the people at imgburn.com today alone!
dontasciime Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 i looked at his auction last week nearly bought them then and there, waited, not had much luck buying from states i always seem to get stung !! . Word of warning do not ever buy of the fastmemoryman in USA. Anyways gotta get a move on before he sells out.
lmao2k Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 Never had a problem from the buying from the states. I usually do a test buy and if all goes well I go in for the kill. I won't be buying anymore for now, so thats leave plenty for everyone else
kirk1701™ Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 For those in the states, polo posted this a couple weeks ago http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?s=&...ost&p=33871 Even without the $10 rebate newegg is still cheaper then this guy on e-bay. http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16817130008 Not by much but...
lfcrule1972 Posted January 5, 2007 Author Posted January 5, 2007 I think it's the postage deal with Michael that settles this for us in Europe kirk
polopony Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 yeah newegg do not ship to the UK its a pity because their service is a cut above everyone else, good products ,prices, and they get it to you really fast and often free shipping
dontasciime Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 I asked newegg about 2 years ago about shipping to UK and that i knew hundreds of people that would order from them if they set it up. I was told then they are thinking about it. 2 years on i asked them again the other night, Got the reply they are thinking about it. FFS how long does it take to think about something.
lfcrule1972 Posted January 5, 2007 Author Posted January 5, 2007 Well longer than 2 years obviously ! Seriously this chap on e-bay can manage it without bother so why not big companies like newegg ?
kirk1701™ Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Well longer than 2 years obviously ! Seriously this chap on e-bay can manage it without bother so why not big companies like newegg ? Exactly It wouldn't pay for me to live overseas, I spend too much time and money with newegg.
digidragon Posted January 6, 2007 Posted January 6, 2007 ...so mine won't interest customs Unlike most of the DVDs you try to import... ? Thanks for the post, though. I too have been waiting for SVP to get some more in, so I'll check out that ebay shop.
lfcrule1972 Posted January 6, 2007 Author Posted January 6, 2007 No worries Michael seems to be a very decent ebayer and is keen to help us all out !!
digidragon Posted January 6, 2007 Posted January 6, 2007 Just to let you know that if you don't do ebay, then SVP now have them in stock at ?17.81 for a spindle of 10.
lfcrule1972 Posted January 6, 2007 Author Posted January 6, 2007 Yeah it's good to know svp have them in stock (spindles of 10) too ! http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=1359
lfcrule1972 Posted January 11, 2007 Author Posted January 11, 2007 Just a quick update for any interested parties. I have today received my Verbatim DVD+R DL's from the US, they took 5 working days to arrive and they arrived safely and am burning to them now !! I would happily recommend this deal and this ebayer to anyone here in the forum !! BENQ DVD LS DW1655 BCIB (ATA) Current Profile: DVD+R DL Disc Information: Status: Empty Erasable: No Free Sectors: 4,173,824 Free Space: 8,547,991,552 bytes Free Time: 927:32:74 (MM:SS:FF) Supported Write Speeds: 2.4x DVD?R DL Boundary Information: L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,086,912 Changeable: Yes Physical Format Information (ADIP): Disc ID: MKM-001-00 Book Type: DVD+R DL Part Version: 1 Disc Size: 120mm Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified Number of Layers: 2 Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP) Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit Track Density: 0.74 um/track First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608 Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,580,607 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 2,283,519
dontasciime Posted January 11, 2007 Posted January 11, 2007 (edited) you Say you got them today, what day did you order them and which company delivered, thanks i think i ordered mine on friday night, and they were shipped on the SAT Edited January 11, 2007 by dontasciime
lfcrule1972 Posted January 11, 2007 Author Posted January 11, 2007 Ordered Thursday last week came today (thursday) They came via USPS I think - hang on ! Yeah - USPS Global Priority Mail ! I think they were actually dispatched on the Friday tho
dontasciime Posted January 11, 2007 Posted January 11, 2007 that who delivered them, not parcel farce or even royal mail
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