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Lazychu

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Region 2 DVD box set #25 from Amazon -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...7320420-9647652

As well as all 14 shiny episodes you get -

Firefly on DVD is presented in anamorphic 1.78:1 with Dolby Surround Sound. It includes commentaries on six episodes by various writers, directors, designers and cast members as well as featurettes on the conception of the show and the design of the spaceship Serenity, four deleted scenes, a gag reel, and Joss Whedon singing the show's theme tune, more or less. One of the things that emerges from all of this is how committed to the project everyone involved with it was, and is--unusually, you end up caring as much for the cast and crew as for the characters.

BUY IT!

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Hitcher

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Thank goodness for that.

And you've got to check out the Easter Egg -

Highlight Joss Whedon's name in the special features, press left and then press enter for footage of Alan Baldwin singing.

Nice to see him appear on the latest Angel.

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Hitcher

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It'll probably ship from america and get done for tax

Well you can still get stung ordering it from the UK site.

Please ensure you read the following information before proceeding:

Please note that within the European Union you MAY be charged CUSTOMS DUTY/VAT on this item as the value of this product is in excess of your personal import allowance.

If applicable, this Customs charge is collected by the Post Office/Postal Agent who may also charge you an additional handling fee for clearing your package through Customs.

We are unable to provide any guidance as to how much the Customs Duty/VAT or Post Office clearance fee will be as unfortunately these charges are completely beyond our control.

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taiAtari

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I don't think there is a catch. Cd-wow have a lot of sites (British, Hong Kong, German, US etc.) Prices vary between them, HK is usually cheapest, but not all products are shared between sites. Postage is always free, login identical and I've never noticed any difference except for price. Service is identical too. I've been 'cross checking' their different sites for ages without problems.

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taiAtari

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It just seemed very wierd to me that if I brought it in £s I get the CUSTOMS DUTY/VAT pop-up, but use the other site and pay in $s and there's no such pop-up.

Probably because that message is intended for British customers and the US site is not aimed at them, erm you (I assume the personal import allowance is not the same all over the world). Anyway, any game you'd buy abroad would be more than this allowance so I wouldn't be too worried of getting stung by customs. I have only be troubled twice over here in Holland, and that was for DC twinsticks from Japan and a package from Lik-Sang, both quite big. Strangely enough huge 800 dollar kendo armour from Korea got through without any problems.

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Well you can still get stung ordering it from the UK site.

Please ensure you read the following information before proceeding:

Please note that within the European Union you MAY be charged CUSTOMS DUTY/VAT on this item as the value of this product is in excess of your personal import allowance.

If applicable, this Customs charge is collected by the Post Office/Postal Agent who may also charge you an additional handling fee for clearing your package through Customs.

We are unable to provide any guidance as to how much the Customs Duty/VAT or Post Office clearance fee will be as unfortunately these charges are completely beyond our control.

Don't really know what it means but I have never ever heard of anyone in the UK getting stung from Amazon UK. Just not going to happen.

Oh and Firefly is the Bees Knees by the way. Buy it and then curse Fox for cancelling it.

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davejm

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Well, I couldn't find links to individual episode torrents so I'm downloading series 1 as a whole... 5gb's worth! Youch!

If I like it I'll buy the DVD. Whats quite annoying with Torrent is that you can't run individual parts(avi's) of the download until the d/l is complete... even though it looks as if the file is complete.

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Juria

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Yeah, but in a good way... a very good way. There's something about a girl in a boiler suit that's just amazing. :D

gadget-22ca-s.jpg

errrr... Charlie from Biker Mice... and Marlene from Full Throttle? hee hee hee. And I think they're all voiced by the same actress :lol:

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Please ensure you read the following information before proceeding:

Please note that within the European Union you MAY be charged CUSTOMS DUTY/VAT on this item as the value of this product is in excess of your personal import allowance.

If applicable, this Customs charge is collected by the Post Office/Postal Agent who may also charge you an additional handling fee for clearing your package through Customs.

We are unable to provide any guidance as to how much the Customs Duty/VAT or Post Office clearance fee will be as unfortunately these charges are completely beyond our control.

Basically, what they're neglecting to tell you is this:

Anything over the value of £18 british pounds that is being shipped from outside the EU is subject to custom tax.

And whilst it may seem arbitrary or unlikely that you'll end up with one of these, be prepared to pay up all the same: I bought an R1 DVD for £22. With customs tax slapped on top, the final price actually came closer to £40.

Pissed off to say the least. I daren't imagine how much that would've been if it were a game or something, as from what I can gather, these charges get tacked on during shipping by whoever feels the need to do it.

Wonderful, really.

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Please note that within the European Union you MAY be charged CUSTOMS DUTY/VAT on this item as the value of this product is in excess of your personal import allowance.
Anything over the value of £18 british pounds that is being shipped from outside the EU is subject to custom tax.

Spot the difference. :lol:

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