PolkSDA
Active Member
JPC is rapdily becoming my go-to for music and movie purchases over other international sources, and frequently over domestic US sources. The shipping is eminently reasonable, everything is well packed, and once VAT is removed from the prices, the costs are dirt cheap for many releases, especially if the artists are from the EU or UK. Many hard rock and heavy metal releases (my preferred genres) get jacked in price through U.S. retailers.
I just received a package with the titles shown below. They were in a single carton, packed solid with packing peanuts (something you won't get from FNAC or the Amazon sites, who tend to just dump things in oversized boxes and they get damaged all to heck bouncing around as they cross the pond).
While I didn't choose it this time, but have in the past, JPC's gift packaging option is only 3 euros and covers the ENTIRE order, i.e., it's not a per-item charge. Also, unlike Amazon or FNAC gift packaging, which are just bags which don't protect squat, the JPC gift packaging is typically form-fitted corrugated cardboard boxes, which really do protect items.
I've read some posts from people complaining about JPC's packing, but through about a half dozen orders over the last 3 years, including steelbooks and earbooks, both of which can be easily damaged in shipment, I have yet to have a problem.
This order was all music performance and surround blu-rays. When all was said and done, including shipping costs and currency conversion, it averaged US$11.36 per item shipped from Germany. Can't beat that. Yes, some of these are gambles, but at that price it's worth taking a flier on some of them just from a completist perspective.
I just received a package with the titles shown below. They were in a single carton, packed solid with packing peanuts (something you won't get from FNAC or the Amazon sites, who tend to just dump things in oversized boxes and they get damaged all to heck bouncing around as they cross the pond).
While I didn't choose it this time, but have in the past, JPC's gift packaging option is only 3 euros and covers the ENTIRE order, i.e., it's not a per-item charge. Also, unlike Amazon or FNAC gift packaging, which are just bags which don't protect squat, the JPC gift packaging is typically form-fitted corrugated cardboard boxes, which really do protect items.
I've read some posts from people complaining about JPC's packing, but through about a half dozen orders over the last 3 years, including steelbooks and earbooks, both of which can be easily damaged in shipment, I have yet to have a problem.
This order was all music performance and surround blu-rays. When all was said and done, including shipping costs and currency conversion, it averaged US$11.36 per item shipped from Germany. Can't beat that. Yes, some of these are gambles, but at that price it's worth taking a flier on some of them just from a completist perspective.
