Hi everyone,

Quite a few of my DVD's have profiles with a € 0 SRP. Obviously when I buy them it's pretty simple to find the SRP at the time of purchase. However, I regularly buy "old" titles that were originally released 10 years ago. Does anyone know of a site where I could find the original SRP? Specifically for the Netherlands?

Also : is it acceptable to use the SRP of another locality if none can be found for my locality?
(Because sometimes a profile for another region does have the SRP included while the Dutch profile doesn't.)

Steve

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Also : is it acceptable to use the SRP of another locality if none can be found for my locality?
(Because sometimes a profile for another region does have the SRP included while the Dutch profile doesn't.)

I'm afraid not...

I was thinking about this, not being part of the Euro (yet!) I don't know if it works this way. But does each region still get it's own RRP even though the currency is the same?

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I was thinking about this, not being part of the Euro (yet!) I don't know if it works this way. But does each region still get it's own RRP even though the currency is the same?

I never actually verified that, but I'd guess so. Different countries, different markets, different RRPs.

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Some web-sites like Amazon UK, TheHut and find-dvd.co.uk for UK releases often show original SRP/RRP. But be warned that if there has been a re-release using same UPC (often at a lower price) then this SRP/RRP will also be updated to reflect the newer re-release.

In a perfect world we would all contribute new profiles with the SRP on day of release to provide precise info at time of release, but sadly this doesn't work for older releases. I just use a few sites, like the ones above and if they seem to agree and match then I provide all links when contributing.

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I was thinking about this, not being part of the Euro (yet!) I don't know if it works this way. But does each region still get it's own RRP even though the currency is the same?

Yes!

Most international distributors hardly recognise the European Union as a single market for retail customers. Unless for their own benefit: making the same DVD to be released in multiple countries. At different dates and different SRP/RRP. Also, especially in the art house and not-big-Hollywood companies area, movie producers have to sell their product to local (read: country specific) distributors. That means in adjacent countries within the EU not only release dates and SRP/RRP differ, but also packaging, supplements, audio tracks, a bluray version-or-not etc.

In countries like France and Germany it doesn't help help that the public majority requires a redubbed movie, adding to cost and "special cases". Contrary what was posted before, I do not think it is much related to different sales tax rates (VAT). Unlike the USA, prices must be advertised in the EU sales tax inclusive, and the RRP/SRP tends to show "sweet spots" like 9.99, 15.99, 24.99 etc.

The sad thing is, it actually works this way both ways. The majority of consumers buy rarely across the border. Only the community on-line has a good overview here. Case in point: euro coins differ from country to country on one side of the coin. Even paper money had country specific serial numbers. So the diffusion of money into different countries was trackable. It was tracked by mulitple parties and guess what? The diffusion of coins and paper money was A LOT LESS than predicted -- except for the really small countries in the EU.

Looks like I will just have to leave a lot of €0 entries in the database then.  (Maybe I'll approximate the original SRP in my local collection to prevent the SRP-statistics from being too messed up.)

Thanks everyone for your replies!

Steve