DealsGreat Deals continue in Germany
Prince / Sign O The Times 2LP 2016 vinyl reissue – £11
David Bowie / Who Can I Be Now? 12CD box set – £78
Alison Moyet / ALF (2CD deluxe) – £8
Lou Reed / The RCA & Arista Album Collection (17CD box) – £76
Pink Floyd / Atom Heart Mother (2016 vinyl reissue) – £12
Leonard Cohen / Live in Dublin 3CD+DVD – £9
Phil Collins: Take A Look At Me Now box – vinyl Face Value & 2LP Both Sides – £21
Various artists / The Man Who Fell To Earth 2LP+2CD+Book box set – £62
REM / Unplugged 2001 (2LP vinyl) – £10
Depeche Mode / 101 (2LP vinyl reissue) – £16
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Ordering from Amazon German and shipping to Australia the Lou Reed and Bowie sets come to EUR 190,74 with EUR 21,79 shipping, for a total of EUR 212,53 (AU$314.09)
The same two items ordered from Amazon UK are GBP 166.66 plus GBP 5.07, for a total of GBP 171.73 (AU$297.77)
So Amazon UK is still a better deal for me, I think because they deduct VAT. I’m imagining (but I don’t know for sure) this will be the same for many of us.
The devil is in the postage costs – for shipping to Australia, UK is the best…in terms of price, at least. In terms of the actual packing, UK can sometimes be frustrating, astounding, or just plain mystifying.
@Klaus – thanks, I thought that was the case. Amazon are missing a trick here – they need a separate delivery address option of ‘the place where your wife won’t find out’.
@John – not for much longer :)
^^^ :):) If they deliver it under her nose she won’t notice, but the sneakier you are the more likely she’ll find out!
Sadly i can’t confirm that. I learnt after several quarries with my former girlfriend that the “Deliver to another adress” button worked better than to “deliver it under her nose”.
She always finds when I hide. She’ll suddenly start looking for something where she hasn’t been for 5 years.
It’s all very well recomending all this cheap vinyl ,but are the pressings any good?
otherwise you would be better off with the good old cd
Dr. No remastered vinyl soundtrack EUR 9.59
https://www.amazon.de/JAMES-BOND-007-REMASTERED-Vinyl/dp/B00BHWG28E/ref=pd_sim_15_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=Q6AP57NZBB31C3EPMP5A
Nashville Skyline EUR 8.79
https://www.amazon.de/Nashville-Skyline-Vinyl-Dylan-Bob/dp/B013QJ45QG/ref=pd_sim_15_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=91611BHW09AAMV2WNYHF
The Freewheelin’ EUR 10.95
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00005LR30/ref=pd_luc_rh_bxgy_01_03_t_img_lh?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Bob Dylan’s bringing it all back Home on Vinyl for only EUR 8.79!!
https://www.amazon.de/Bringing-All-Back-Home-Vinyl/dp/B013QJ4CLE/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1480327674&sr=1-3&keywords=bob+dylan+vinyl
In addition to Atom Heart Mother, Amazon Germany also has the Meddle and Obscured By Clouds vinyl reissues for EUR 13.99 (£12).
Meddle
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01DSV6WZO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Obscured by Clouds
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01DSV6WR2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I already have Sign O’ The Times on vinyl. Bought it in 1987…
… And so did I!
Simon, could you add a ‘like’ button for the comments?
Went to local Morrisons and walked into a stand of vinyl from AC/DC, Prince, Zep etc – Wasn’t expecting that
Before you say ” Thank you”-amazon.de…
They are “only” matching the 20% discount of “Saturn” in Germany.
The normal Black friday offers of amazon.de are as ridiculous as the offers from amazon.uk…
My local Sainsbury’s has NO vinyl, not a single one and Swindon is quite a decent sized town. As Paul says a Lottery and we didn’t get a single number here.
Prince ‘Sign O The Times’ – THANK YOU !!!
Thanks Paul! Leonard Cohen ordered.
Prince ‘Sign O Times Vinyl’ £14 Sainsburys Stores
Not in my local Sainsbury’s. A complete lottery.
They’ve got the white vinyl edition of Welcome to the Pleasuredome that you were on about a few weeks in my local Sainsburys.
The REM album is £16 to your door from Amazon UK under their “Prime” deal – only £2 more than the German offer after German postage is included.
So in short, it’s more expensive from the UK and you have to be a prime member (not required for the German deal) :)
Just ordered Prince “sign o times” £15.40…result..
thanks Paul
Anyone know if you can have items from Europe sent to an Amazon pick up location or locker in the UK? The days of having box sets sent to my home address are long gone….
No; it not possible to have items sent to pick up location or locker in the UK when ordering from Amazon Germany. Found this out yesterday when I ordered the Beatles – mono box set.
@Geoff
But UK [i]is[i/] is Europe…
Hi Geoff, as Ken07 already pointed out you can’t order to a pick up location or locker outside Germany or Austria.
What should be possible is to order to another address in the UK, e.g. working place, friends or family (who don’t like your wife ;-)) )
The other way round it works perfectly well as i am ordering from amazon.co.uk to Germany for years now to other delivery adresses than my own. Hope this helps.
Amazon.de also sells R.E.M.’s Out of Time-Reissue (3 CD + DVD) for 40 EUR.