WDYTYA Series 3 Episode 1:Magda SZUBANSKI

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It is even worse for us Colonials buying anything from the UK or USA!

[Ruskie]

It is even worse for us Colonials buying anything from the UK or USA!

I've never had to pay any fees or taxes for goods from the UK or USA ...

[Beeonthebay]

The government charges VAT on anything above £15 outside of the EU, it used to be £18 until about 3 years ago and had been that for several decades.   The 20% VAT isn't so much the problem.  Last time I purchased a DVD from Australia which was just under £18 plus postage, it cost me an extra £8, £3 VAT (I think it was 17.5% a the time, its now 20%) plus £5 fee to Royal Mail to collect it.  I understand from a relative that the Royal Mail fee is higher than that now.

That is outrageous!!!  What's with the Royal Mail 5 quid collection fee!!!

I hope the SBS lady is still reading this and will consider allowing we Poms to download on iTunes even though it's probably less revenue than the DVD's, it will still bring in some dollars for SBS.

[Beeonthebay]

It is even worse for us Colonials buying anything from the UK or USA!

I've never had to pay any fees or taxes for goods from the UK or USA ...

Me neither and when I lived in Oz I bought a fair few DVD's from both.

[perth tiger]

and all this is why piracy is so popular. try and buy or pay for a product from a company and its expensive, time consuming and difficult. the option is to go to a torrent site and after 2 or 3 clicks you are watching the prog you want for free. even though you tried to pay a reasonable price for it. sbs could have this series available to download from their web site at, say $2 a show or $10 a series and they would make money. instead they will moan about piracy just like all the other media outlets out there

[Ruskie]

and all this is why piracy is so popular. try and buy or pay for a product from a company and its expensive, time consuming and difficult. the option is to go to a torrent site and after 2 or 3 clicks you are watching the prog you want for free. even though you tried to pay a reasonable price for it. sbs could have this series available to download from their web site at, say $2 a show or $10 a series and they would make money. instead they will moan about piracy just like all the other media outlets out there

Completely agree with you .... I was going to suggest that those who wanted to watch these programmes investigate Torrents. I know it can be a complicated and frustrating process, but can be worth the effort (or at least OH tells me so) 

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I'm a bit suspicious of Torrent sites because of security issues.  I know some in the past who've ended up with nasties on their PCs after using them.  I suspect some are better than others but it would put me off.

[Beeonthebay]

Well after a fair old scout around yesterday on the Apple store and Google store there is no alternative to buying DVD's from Australia and then getting ripped off for VAT and delivery.  Copyright (or summit) "forbids you to buy downloads from your country."

You try to do the right thing but sometimes that doesn't work out. 

[Beeonthebay]

I'm a bit suspicious of Torrent sites because of security issues.  I know some in the past who've ended up with nasties on their PCs after using them.  I suspect some are better than others but it would put me off.

You can pay for a stealth option which lets you log in from a proxy server so "it" thinks you are in the same country.  I used to use one in Australia so I could keep up to date with Corrie.    Of course I was watching up to date episodes not back catalogues.