How lucky are you! I have season one, but we haven't gotten any others yet, though we both love the show. Hubby bought me season one of Charmed for Valentine's Day... now I can't wait for the rest of the seasons to come out lol I love TV on DVD, just wish they wouldn't take so long between putting out the seasons rofl.

Since I have no life... :) I did a little research for you.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/468632/104-5834807-4599126

Basically says, you may be subject to customs fees, but to contact the local customs as to why.

I'd imagine most of that customs fee is 16% for VAT, which you technically have to pay on almost anything you order outside the EU. My experience is that if a package is has a declared value over €50 or so, chances are good that German customs will check it.

Yeah, I'm thinking it's based on the declared value, as I sent something to Steph for his birthday last year and he had to pay customs on it (I was so not pleased!).

I'm still searching for a decent price for the second half of season 1. We just have a zone 2 DVD player, so I've been checking out ebay.fr with not fabulous results.

Oh no, that's not good news. I have to pick up an M-bag (of books) from the customs house tomorrow.

I have a friend stationed in Italy.. she orders from Amazon and has it sent to me, then I forward it on to her as a gift. As far as I know she's never paid any customs fees. I think as long as it comes to you as Merchandise (not gifts) you may have to pay a fee.

Thanks for the tips! (I *do* still have readers! ;) )

The general concensous seems to be it has to be merchendise over a certain value, and for some reason books aren't always included. Definitely things to keep in mind for the future!

Hey, I live in Germany too. No you shouldn't have to pay any taxes. My German gf had this problem. You're allowed to order stuff duty free up to a certain amount plus you just say they are for personal use. You have to go to some sort of Amt, or send them a letter but I wouldn't pay it if I were you.

PS WW is great! Good choice!

I sent a care package to a friend of mine in the Peace Corps in Morocco. I hope she didn't have to pay customs for it! :(

I ordered from Amazon.co.uk and didn't have to pay customs. I even used my original US Amazon account but put in my German shipping address.

As for the person with the region 2 DVD player, check online for a hack that'll make it region free. They're out there and they are simple to do.

From Amazon.de

Zoll- oder Einfuhrgebühren für Lieferungen nach Deutschland

Lieferungen nach Deutschland im Wert von EUR 22,00 oder weniger sind von Zoll- oder Einfuhrgebühren befreit. Wenn Sie nähere Informationen darüber wünschen, setzen Sie sich am besten mit Ihrem örtlichen Zollamt in Verbindung.

Viv

My friend Renata in Germany just took her american DVD player to a shop and they put in a multi-system chip for less the 25 euro. May be worth checking into.

Bill

There are any number of ways around the region code problem. On many cheap DVD players the code can be changed by pressing a few buttons, or possibly updating the firmware. The funciotn is probably not list in the handbood; Google is your friend.

Or just burn a copy with the region code removed. This is handy for DVDs you'll be taking with you on trips (say, to keep your kids entertained :-).