DEAD DEAL Amazon.UK Lightning Deals: EXPIRED 11/19/2012 8amEST Complete Heroes S1-4 Bluray £29.99 [11/18@3am POTTER DEAL EXPIRED £17.99 BD Harry Potter Complete Box]

Quote from red_devil32 : I talked to a CSR and he said since I converted the price to USD there would be no foreign fee. $35 total

You won't receive a separate fee, but look at your exchange rate of 1.653 instead of the current std rate of 1.589. Amazon builds in a 4% fee +/- 1.0% depending on the day.

Good deal for under $35 shipped. Glad I stayed up!

Quote from hariseldon : You won't receive a separate fee, but look at your exchange rate of 1.653 instead of the current std rate of 1.589. Amazon builds in a 4% fee +/- 1.0% depending on the day.

I see, $30 would be ideal but this aint bad. Thanks OP!
Don't even know if I have time to watch these lol, I buy movies basically for collection

Great find. Thanks for taking time to share this particular deal.

Quote from HofstraJet : BTW, not sure I get you here. This was my order summary: Item(s) Subtotal: GBP 23.33 Postage & Packing: GBP 3.08 ----- Total Before VAT: GBP 26.41 VAT: GBP 0.00 ----- Total: GBP 26.41 Promotion Applied: -GBP 5.34 ----- Grand Total: GBP 21.07 Payment Grand Total: USD 34.83 ** 23.33 - 5.34 = 17.99 which is the item cost. What am I missing?

The VAT should be removed from the actual sales price (£17.99) then shipping added.
Basically you are paying the same exact thing as a customer in the UK is paying (plus US shipping of course). You are either paying the VAT or a UK buyer is getting a £10.01 discount and a US customer is only getting a £5.64 discount on the purchase.

Normally US customers should pay about 17% less than a UK customer preshipping. I've sent an email to Amazon CSR to see if they will look into the isse.

Figures I ordered this for my son saturday night and it drops around $9. bummer nice find.

UPDATE - I chatted with CS and got a refund for the difference which was $8.33 YMMV on if it works for all.

Quote from red_devil32 : I see, $30 would be ideal but this aint bad. Thanks OP! Don't even know if I have time to watch these lol, I buy movies basically for collection

Agreed even at $33-35 it's still a deal, but I'm hoping to have Amazon recalculate the VAT and refund the extra £3/ $5USD.


Still 50% Unclaimed at 3:46am EST

got it thanks please let us know if you guys get any credit

Quote from hariseldon : Had to wake up all the slackers who went to sleep. If you want deals, you have to give up something and since sleep is optional for the next 7-10 days it's time to start practicing. It's only an hour away so get some coffee and get those mouse clicking muscles warmed up

Amen.


I would rep but I'm browsing mobile version on my phone and I'm already tucked in

How do you get the amazon currency converter option back? i clicked on no thanks and i can't seem to get it back.

Edit: Got it working!

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@ OP, Thanks! Ordered 1 and this is a great price for the Complete Boxset

Quote from hariseldon : The VAT should be removed from the actual sales price (£17.99) then shipping added. Basically you are paying the same exact thing as a customer in the UK is paying (plus US shipping of course). You are either paying the VAT or a UK buyer is getting a £10.01 discount and a US customer is only getting a £5.64 discount on the purchase. Normally US customers should pay about 17% less than a UK customer preshipping. I've sent an email to Amazon CSR to see if they will look into the isse.

it says VAT: 0 thou...sorry im slow

Quote from kimdotcom : Does it add the promotional gift card for anyone?

Draft, I ust jumped on the 23 pound sterling deal (which was great), now 6 sterling cheaper. Ah well, that was still a great price! And I unexpectedly got a 10 sterling gift card to spend in their clothing and style store, is that that what you mean/got? Or did you just get a straight up buy anything gift card?

Quote from Mike C : Draft, I ust jumped on the 23 pound sterling deal (which was great), now 6 sterling cheaper. Ah well, that was still a great price! And I unexpectedly got a 10 sterling gift card to spend in their clothing and style store, is that that what you mean/got? Or did you just get a straight up buy anything gift card?

that 10 gc is part of the promotion. you gotta buy more than 40 to get the discound thou

Quote from hariseldon : The VAT should be removed from the actual sales price (£17.99) then shipping added. Basically you are paying the same exact thing as a customer in the UK is paying (plus US shipping of course). You are either paying the VAT or a UK buyer is getting a £10.01 discount and a US customer is only getting a £5.64 discount on the purchase. Normally US customers should pay about 17% less than a UK customer preshipping. I've sent an email to Amazon CSR to see if they will look into the isse.

I see your point. The VAT is already built in to the price of the product, not added in later like US sales tax as indicated by the order summary they provide.

I went through checkout as if I was having it shipped to the UK and here was my final order summary:

Items: GBP 23.33
Postage & Packing: GBP 0.00

Total before VAT:
GBP 23.33
VAT: GBP 4.67

Total after VAT: GBP 28.00

GBP 28 is the price listed on the item page.

And this explains why when I ordered the Hitchcock set from amazon UK the price I paid was GBP 83.33 instead of 100.00, which was the item price on the product page. VAT was being deducted from my order. I thought it was a system glitch.

Learned something today. Thanks!

Updated to resolve VAT issue:

Apparently Lightning Deals do not get VAT deducted out. From Amazon's help page on Lightning Deals: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/c...=200543730

4."Price" is the price paid by UK customers. The Lightning Deal price displayed on all Offers is the price paid by all Amazon customers wherever they are based and irrespective of VAT registered status. The savings applied may differ from the Lightning Deal Discount displayed for different tax jurisdictions

So you get screwed for VAT on lightning deals. Live and learn.