Buying SYR releases in europe
 

I've been trying to buy the SYR albums for quite some time, but here in Portugal they're very rare to find, and whenever one or another pops up, they're pricey as hell. I was thinking about ordering them through the store, but I would pay as much as double the price because of customs taxes, so that is a no go, unless kungfunation starts shipping from europe too.
So my question is: what do you think to be the best solution (better deals) for people living in europe? I'd also like to order some of them at once to save on shipping costs.

amazon?

I considered buying on amazon.co.uk's marketplace, there are sellers there with really low prices, but most of them are sending the items from the U.S., doesn't this mean I'll pay customs anyway?

no, at least not for germany, there you pay 3 euros for shipping, the same you would pay inside germany.

I guess I'll lose the love to some euros then, and order all 8 SYRs at once :)

they are worth it!

Well, thanks a lot then. I hope this thread can be useful for anyone else than me :)

amazon marketplace dude.
way to go.
all good.
not amazon in the us, but amazon portugal

amazon portugal does not exist (at least yet), so I buy all the stuff from the british amazon

maybe you should check between german/uk/french amazon site, maybe the prices will differ

i got all my SYR's from Amazon (except SYR8 which i found in HMV oddly). But then i'm in the uk. So its not much help to you. Except to say that they are incredible.
Enjoy!

just looked on kung fu. all syr's on vinyl (if not possible, then cd) go to europe for 126,50$ (incl shipping).
when i just look on the dutch cd stores, you pay €14 per syr on cd without shipping.

so kung fu isn't really that expensive.

every time i go onto Kung Foo i get a message saying that their security licence is dodgy/expired. Any one else get that?

indeed they arent, but in german amazon you can catch some SYR as a bargain especially if not new, like the first two for 3 euros or something

Total Items: 11 Weight: 6.31lbs Amount: $173.00

all Quantities are 1

Item Name / Unit = Total

Daydream Nation Deluxe re-issue CD / $25.00 $25.00

Bomb Pop / Size - X-Large / $20.00 $20.00

Goo Deluxe Edition CD / $25.00 $25.00

Sonic Youth Taping Sticker and Button Set / $5.00 $5.00

Sonic Nurse / Format - CD / $11.00 $11.00

Master-Dik CD / $9.00 $9.00

Dirty Deluxe Edition CD / $25.00 $25.00

Murray Street / Format - CD / $11.00 $11.00

NYC Ghosts and Flowers / Format - CD / $11.00 $11.00

Sister / Format - CD / $11.00 $11.00

Battery Park T-Shirt / Size - X-Large / $20.00 $20.00

Sub-Total: $173.00

Charging 41 dollars shipping.
Not too much altogether with the current euro ...

kungfu works OK with paypal

I lived in Lisbon for some time. And I often saw SYR releases at fnac. And if not there, you can always order them through a local record store, no? Allthough I must admit good record stores are rare in Lisbon/Portugal

The problem with Amazon marketplace is that quite often sellers don't actually keep the items that they're selling in stock. The Caiman and dvdlegacy sellers are particularly bad for that, although they're by no means the only ones.

I generally don't buy from marketplace sellers with a rating below 97%.

they are not hard to find, any decent record store have them.

a few example of portuguese online stores where you can get syr records:

ananana.pt
flur.pt
cdgo.com

plus sme goodies,
everytime I ordered via Kungfu I got at least one sticker, postcards, concert tickets for free, and I never orderen for that much

You're getting me wrong, I know there are stores in Portugal that sell SYR records, the problem is that they're usually way too expensive for what we find in international sellers, that's why I'm interested in buying outside of Portugal. Anyway, I've seen some official papers stating that the customs no-taxing limit will be raised to 150€ in Decemeber, so I guess I'll wait a bit and then order from the US.

Oh, and by the way, I considered ordering from kungfunation, but the shipping costs are over exagerated, why won't they do combined shipping? I simulated the order and for the 8 SYRs (7 cds and 1 LP) it costs a total of $77 plus $44.50 shipping :(

they just calculate the shipping costs from the total weight of the package...

I finally ordered the whole lot from the SY shop! My wife got me a turntable this christmas, so I ordered all vinyls (except 6 and 8, of course). I can't wait to see the gift that is coming with such a big package :)

i got syr3 for my birthday last week, along with In The Fishtank

happy birthday!

thanks.

funny thing is, i got the cover of fishtank 9 and the vinyl of fishtank 5 (tortoise + the ex). little mistake by the record salesman. but a smart one. this morning i found myself buying fishtank 5 after i spinned the record a few times this morning.

My SYRs finally arrived! Along with a fuckload of beautiful stickers and a ticket from a concert in 2002 in Germany. It was so great opening all those discs :)
I just regret that 6 and 8 couldn't come out on vinyl, but yeah, AWESOME :D