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Perfidious
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4 Posts
8/07
Posted - Aug 25 2007 : 7:47PM
The average price of a DVD in Ireland is 60 euro [almost 75 US dollars]. Why do we have to pay so much from our stores when you see the cheap prices that are available in the US? If anyone from the trade is online I would love to know their thoughts....
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Tinaka
Member

953 Posts
8/03
Posted - Aug 27 2007 : 1:52PM
Buy from the U.S. Unless of course Ireland has competent customs officers.
Perfidious
New Member

4 Posts
8/07
Posted - Aug 27 2007 : 3:59PM
You can be fined 5000 euros for each DVD in the shop if raided but such raids are a token gesture from what I hear! Customs are a big problem--even for the shops as a lot of the stuff gets stolen. There is a big trend here of exchanging DVDs in shops. So if a DVD costs 60 euros and you return one that was 60 euros you get 50% off. In reality this means that you are basically paying 30 euros to rent a movie. In addition I have never seen a store check the quality of a DVD when I have returned it. It could be damaged. I get very annoyed if I pay the full price [60] for a DVD and there are problems with it. This, to be fair, is becoming less of a problem.
I have ordered some products online from Holland but I am still waiting for them to arrive. I do not have great confidence in the situation!!
sir wankalot
Member

UK
904 Posts
5/03
Posted - Aug 28 2007 : 5:36PM
So why not buy dvds from the International trading forum here on Adultdvdtalk?
Prices are pretty good!
Here's a shameless link to my thread of dvds for sale on ADT: Big choice of DVDs
Not a bad selection if i do say so myself
How hot are customs on mail coming from the UK?
arc
Member

34 Posts
5/06
Posted - Aug 28 2007 : 9:13PM
Perfidious, that sounds a lot like the situation in Australia. But the average price is AUD30.00 to 50.00. Exchanges are the norm too.
 
Jethro
Member

Why so serious?
123 Posts
6/06
Posted - Aug 29 2007 : 4:16PM
I've bought hundreds of DVDs from US suppliers in the past few years and have lost none to Irish customs.
Mostly I have them shipped without cases. Only time I ever encountered a potential issue was when I used Fedex, but even then they got to me ok after a slight delay.
Maybe I've just been lucky?
Perfidious
New Member

4 Posts
8/07
Posted - Sep 1 2007 : 1:13PM
Thanks for the replies. I will look at your collection Sir Wankalot!!!
My delivery has arrived from Holland via the UK! The postman gave me a knowing wink when he handed me the parcel. Despite it being in an unmarked box it was clear that the contents were DVDs as they were rattling around. Maybe I will just have to place a bigger order. Reasonably good value. Buy two DVDs and get a third free with no postage costs. I bought three of the large Jules Jordan DVDs which are retailing at 70 euros EACH in the shops here for a total of 79 euros. I know that is probably still expensive by US standards but it seemed like good value to me.
Jethro
Member

Why so serious?
123 Posts
6/06
Posted - Sep 1 2007 : 1:59PM
That's still quite pricy. If you buy from US stores you'll pay about €16-18 including shipping.
Like you, I can't understand how shops in Dublin are shifting DVDs at the prices they charge. And the selection is pretty rubbish mostly.
And if you have them shipped without cases they'll fit in your letterbox so you won't have to get knowing winks from postie... LOL!
Perfidious
New Member

4 Posts
8/07
Posted - Sep 2 2007 : 3:51PM
Thanks Jethro - I suspect that there might be a bit of a Cartel going on here in Ireland... all the traders agree to keep the prices between 50 and 70 euros.
[As an aside - when the R18 came in to the UK I bought a Private DVD for £120 sterling. I am not kidding. A month before when I went to the store and bought a DVD for £30 sterling it was not hardcore--I could not believe that we in Ireland and N. Ireland were ahead of the UK [albeit illegally!!]. Nonetheless $120 was a complete rip-off. I think the shop owner [the only one in the city] realised he could do what he wanted...]
cykedout
Member

Ireland
245 Posts
8/00
Posted - Sep 2 2007 : 11:19PM
Give EroDVD.nl or Five Star DVD a try. Haven't used them in a while, but they were the best at sending from abroad to the Republic and on many titles are quite reasonably priced. Only ever had 2 shipments taken by Customs, but do beware as they are cracking down more than they used to years ago. Try get stuff without cases, is best.
Laser's Edge and Adult DVD Now are also quite good from the States.
Jeeves
Member

We are all winners...except the losers.
22 Posts
5/06
Posted - Dec 28 2007 : 12:06AM
I received a newsletter from one of the few Adult DVD stores that ship from inside Norway recently. They were even nice enough to include the name and email adrress of all the recipients of the newsletter. I emailed back asking to be removed from the list.
Anyways, I have never ordered anything of their site, but I took a quick look to see what they offered. (Not much).
It's a crap store, only way to pay for goods is either Paypal or C.O.D ! And what they charge for their DVD's. Most are priced at (in NOK-Norway Kroner) 299, 349, 399, with no logic to wether or not it's an old or new DVD, a compilation or whatnot. C.O.D is another 99.
As an example Anabolics 2003 release Bring'um Young #10 is priced at 399. With shipping the total amounts to 498 NOk.
In USD that's: $91
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