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So good that Rudy is available as a CD quality download. No shipping costs, instant delivery, high quality.
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So good that Rudy is available as a CD quality download. No shipping costs, instant delivery, high quality.
That's a good solution. Though at the price their doing it, they should include the booklet as PDF download.
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I really don't know what this has to do with brexit, a warehouse in any part of Europe could have gone bankrupt, & I dunno, maybe most of their European orders came from the UK.
I don't know if the bankruptcy had to do with Brexit, but it could well be if the company was specialized in international shipping. It has to do with Brexit in that the Varèse International shop was set up "internationally", or at least to lower shipping and customs for customers from EU countries. That worked fine until Brexit came into full effect. Then, shipping and customs for customers from the EU easily quadrupled so it was not worthwhile anymore.
Exactly. Before brexit ordering from UK was fine. It arrived quickly and when UK was part of the EU, there was no bureaucracy bullshit involved. When that changed and I think they might have also increased their shipping costs considerably it made 0 sense to order from UK, when if it came to price of the CDs+shipping it was cheaper to actually get it from US, which led to lower price based on which these additional EU-nazi charges got added.
Yes, ironically, it was cheaper to import from the US to the EU than from the UK into the EU. Thought to be fair, the charges were not "added", they were always there. It is when the UK left the EU that these charges came into effect, as it puts the UK in the status of any other country with no trade agreement with the EU, which is explicitly what Brexit was about. So it's not as if the EU suddenly "added" charges to the UK, it is that the UK left the EU to and as a logical result has now the status of any other non member/non trade agreement country. Just not helpful if you want to have an "international" store.
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Anyone else in the United States experiencing non-shipped Varese CD's? I think it's great they're releasing more CD's, they're just not shipping them.
Asking for a friend...
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Varèse Sarabande International Shipping Store has re-opened. When I visited the US site, it suggested I try the "International" site.
In fact, it said:
"Shopping from outside North America? For a better shopping experience & shipping rates please visit our UK Store."
Except, it didn't say why that shopping experience should be better? For what reason? I have my doubts, because, sorry, but my experience has taught me different.
Varèse's International Store certainly provides not a better shopping experience if you are in the EU, quite the contrary. The US store is cheaper, postage is cheaper, and customs is usually less paperwork, so the items arrive quicker. I don't know why they set up their "international" store in the UK? I think the people who benefit from that are people in the UK (which is of course great for them)... and that's it? After Brexit, that makes little sense. Why call it "International" store when it is basically a "UK" store? Or does the UK store work better if you order from Canada or Australia? Is there any reason to order at Varèse Sarabande's "International" store if you are anywhere but in the UK?
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So what IS the deal with the hefty cost of the new releases on the international store.?
HTTYD 3 is working out about £31. It would cost about £33 if bought from a US store and thats including the high postage.
I don't mind if the price is the same-ish, if I get it 1-2 weeks earlier than ordering it from the US, and without it getting stuck in customs for eight days (and counting) like my recent order from Intrada.
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My recent order arrived a few days ago. However royali mail tracking still says leaving US, Feb.9th!!! Did I mention RM tracking is crap.
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