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Ordering through amazon

  
 
sleazenation
21:45 / 10.01.02
I'm a bit of an amazon virgin and i have a few questions for the seasoned pros amongst you.

Basically i want to order a book from amazon us (uk doesn't have it) the delivery time says 2-3 days - how will this be affected by being in the wrong country?

does anyone have any amazon horror stories to tell me?
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
21:52 / 10.01.02
Add about a week or ten days, assuming they've got it in stock. I think that if you're sending to a mailing address in the UK, their ordering system will look into their other European branches too; a couple of times, I've had packages that've originated outside the US end up on my doorstep. Be warned that you could get stung for import duty - I once had to pay some cash at the post office before I could get some CDs I'd ordered. That was a couple of years ago now, but still...

Are you sure you can't get it in the UK? What are you after, sleaze?
 
 
sleazenation
21:59 / 10.01.02
Divine invasions by lawrence Sutin - a biography of Philip K Dick - i searched for it on amazon UK and failed to find a match
 
 
Matthew Fluxington
10:02 / 11.01.02
I've ordered from Amazon UK twice in the past few months (both times for products only available in the UK...), and both times it was for products listed as "dispatched in 1-2 days", and they arrived here in NY about four/five1 days after being shipped with standard shipping..

So that's how it works in this direction...I've no idea what UK customs/mail service is like, but hey, it can't be too much worse than ours...
 
 
The Return Of Rothkoid
11:44 / 11.01.02
You can get it from whsmith.co.uk here. It's £14.13, not including postage, but may take up to four weeks to get.
 
 
sleazenation
11:50 / 11.01.02
I've ordered stuff from WHS in the past and they've just failed to deliver and reimbursed me in vouchers too (i'd originally paid in them) so i'm none too keen to turn to their internet service.
 
 
quinine92001
12:52 / 11.01.02
sleazenation, I have a copy of Divine Invasions if you really want it and I would be willing to send it to you.
 
 
sleazenation
13:37 / 11.01.02
quinine - really?

If you are sure that's cool.


I'll send you a private message later today
 
 
ghadis
00:39 / 12.01.02
Sleaze...I've got a copy of 'In Pursuit of Valis'....Selections from the Exegesis....If you havn't read a copy...I think it's quite hard to get hold of in the uk...Let me know if you fancy lending it...

Here is the puzzle of VALIS. In VALIS I say, I know a madman who imagines that he saw Christ; and I am that madman. But if I know that I am a madman I know that in fact I did not see Christ. Therefore I assert nothing about Christ. Or do I ? Who can solve this puzzle? I say in fact only that I am mad. But if I say only that, then I have made no mad claim; I do not, then, say that I saw Christ. Therefore I am not mad.
 
 
rizla mission
08:29 / 12.01.02
You know, I've been vaguely looking for this book too.. (just in case any more of you absurdly generous people out there have any more spare copies just sitting around )

quote:Originally posted by The Return Of Rothkoid:
Be warned that you could get stung for import duty - I once had to pay some cash at the post office before I could get some CDs I'd ordered. That was a couple of years ago now, but still...


Yeah, this happened to me last year .. I still have a morbid fear of postmen banging on my door at 9 in the morning demanding large amounts of cash and then informing me that "this internet thing, it's a bloody con! They say it's free and look what happens!"
 
 
Spatula Clarke
10:39 / 12.01.02
That hasn't happened to me with any book orders yet, but I have had to pay import duty on a couple of overseas DVD orders. It seems to depend on whether the postie can be bothered or not.

I've had a couple of problems ordering with Amazon.com (US). The delivery time has never been all that accurate, with one 'we can usually find this item in 4-6 weeks' order arriving within the week and a couple of '2-3 days' orders taking anything up to two months. The only other thing I'd be wary of is recieving damaged or incorrect goods, as having to send them all the way back to the US and then waiting on the replacements can take aaaages.
 
 
ghadis
13:25 / 12.01.02
quote: You know, I've been vaguely looking for this book too.. (just in case any more of you absurdly generous people out there have any more spare copies just sitting around )

Riz...Sleaze can pass it on to you once he's read it...
 
  
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