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JMO
Member

UK
104 Posts
2/01
Posted - Feb 17 2001 : 3:26AM
Wow - just received my first order from FiveStar an amazing _five days_ after placing the order! What service!

For anyone who's curious, FiveStar mail in a USPS parcel (that's about A4 paper size and about two inches thick) full of polystyrene popcorn, so the package although conspicuous is completely anonymous and virtually bulletproof. The Customs declaration is "DVD software".

I'd been a little worried because the order tracking on the site had been unchanged since placing the order ("pending"), so I was surprised when the postman rang the bell with the parcel.

Ten out of ten for the folks at FiveStar. For adult stuff I won't shop anywhere else.

bennyprofane
Member

Scotland
32 Posts
7/00
Posted - Feb 17 2001 : 12:45PM
Hi JMO
Do FiveStar send the discs with, or without, the cases?
JMO
Member

UK
104 Posts
2/01
Posted - Feb 17 2001 : 4:12PM
The disk comes in the case, shrink-wrapped with everything intact as if you'd bought it off the shop shelf. Magic!
RichardUK
Member

London
32 Posts
2/01
Posted - Feb 18 2001 : 6:04AM
If the Customs declaration states "DVD Software" Isn't that asking for trouble ?
Surely alerting those lovely guys at Customs that there's anything remotely like a DVD inside the package is risky!!
bennyprofane
Member

Scotland
32 Posts
7/00
Posted - Feb 18 2001 : 10:37AM
Yes, I'm still a little nervous about this but I think I'll order one disc from them and see what happens.
 
JMO
Member

UK
104 Posts
2/01
Posted - Feb 18 2001 : 12:01PM
When the package turned up, I was pretty dismayed - so much for "discreet service", I thought. Big USPS parcel with "DVD Software" on the manifest. I thought it was a miracle Customs hadn't eaten it! Then I started thinking it could be reverse psychology - anything that noticeable (even though the value was only $15 (£10ish)) would be investigated rather than an envelope with a disk and cover in it that was trying to sneak in anonymously.

The bottom line is that FiveStar still have very low prices and very low shipping charges. The disk(s) arrive very safely and with nothing missing (like boxes) and most of all the wait was only five days compared with two weeks like I've had to wait with other suppliers.

2dvd
Senior Member

Trading DVDs
1447 Posts
12/00
Posted - Feb 18 2001 : 7:46PM
Fivestar is the best.
cykedout
Member

Ireland
245 Posts
8/00
Posted - Feb 20 2001 : 4:32PM
My first order from them arrived in four days. Posted on the 15th and arrived the 19th. Mine was also in a rather large USPS box with a Customs Declaration marked "DVD Software" and the full value marked -- nearly $60 worth (4 DVDs). No problems getting through. Customs here seem to be "better" than the UK.

Used the $6 coupon that was published here. Thanks ADT!! Fastest international service I have ever gotten from ANY DVD supplier. I was going to try them pretty soon (used mainly ADN, previously) for some "classic" titles they had going cheap, so your coupon was verry timely. Thanks also for the cheap(er) prices from Five Star.

Hopefully, another order I made before the coupon was finished will arrive Wednesday or Thursday. Keep up the good work ADT.

Cykedout

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6409 Posts
11/99
Posted - Feb 20 2001 : 5:03PM
You can save 5% on all purchases at FiveStar with our Kickbacks program (instructions here)

I will be writing simpler instructions soon (just haven't had time.) Just thought I'd mention it here since that 5% can make a big difference in the long run.

2dvd
Senior Member

Trading DVDs
1447 Posts
12/00
Posted - Feb 20 2001 : 5:22PM
Yeah, someone got $50 from there kickbacks. WOW!!!
cykedout
Member

Ireland
245 Posts
8/00
Posted - Feb 20 2001 : 6:20PM
Thanks Steph,

I know (and used) the Kickback system on only one of the two orders I made. I forgot the first time, and had finished the order before I remembered. I did use it on the second order though and have been credited for it. Pity you can't credit me for the first one though, or can you.

Any option that allows you to profit (or defer some of the costs of buying DVDs) is extremely welcome and I will be making more use of it in the future, seeing as us "international customers" can't avial of ALL/SOME of the benefits US customers can achieve, e.g. FREE SHIPPING (in certain cases), etc.

DLC
Member

8 Posts
11/00
Posted - Mar 18 2001 : 5:06AM
I too ordered from them and all i orderd was one £11 DVD. It came in this massive box and they'd put in the front of the box that it had a value of $40. So guess what I got charged £9.50 in customs charges which more that what the DVD was worth. I'd never use them again.



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