I'm always happy for people to share and save, Miss Lee, but the watermarks help prevent people using my hours of work to pass off as their own and sell on ebay. The pictures don't belong to me or them as they are really the property of NBC, so I wouldn't dream of selling them, but others are not so scrupulous.
I was thinking, hey I'll buy and send the DVDs across the pond but then I remebered the whole region 1 and 2 thing and realized it won't work. Loving the open collar and stubble. Good thoughts and good dreams.
I have a multi-region DVD player Vikeau, so you CAN get the technology to 'override' the region coding. It's just last time, the British Government decided I needed to pay VAT AND the post office charged me £8 for a 'handling fee' - and here I was, thinking it was the post offices job to handle mail. Anyhow, it made Season 5 very VERY expensive - and then I bought the Region 2 version anyway ;0)
If there's no sign of a UK S6 by Christmas, I'll 'surrender' tho' and get out the dollar credit card (again).
PS; did you know that there's no LEGAL reason for the region code thing, other them to mess with our viewing pleasure it seems!!
Would you have to pay the VAT tax, say if a DVD set was sent as a gift from Amazon? I didn't know about the watermark thing. You mean there are actually people who troll the internet and steal other folk's work-there ought to be a law.
I think I got screwed because I didn't say it was a 'gift' when I ordered S5, and because it's value was over a certain amount (something like $35), the Government decided I had to pay VAT - and then the post office held me to ransom too. In all the years I've bought stuff from the States, it was the first - and so far LAST! - time this happened to me. Needless to say, I was NOT a happy teddy bear.
Sadly, there are some people out there who'd sell their own grandmother if they thought it would make them some money!!!
Yep, that's right - above a certain price, even for a gift you have to pay tax. As for the tehft, even though we put the work in to making the pictures (work? watching Vincent for hours on end?) we don't own them as such 'cos it's copyrighted material we're making them from. But that's double for the people who copy and sell them. And the worst is Jeannette from Jeannette's Attic. The only VIncent thing she's legitimately put on eBay is a jacket she got Vincent to sign. Don't think it sold, though, she wanted some outrageously high price. If it were mine, you'd have to rip it from my cold dead hands.
Some new caps since I last viewed this. Must say I liked the close up butt shot. But the wide shot of Booby face down, man what would I give to be that piece of New York real estate.
love all the caps of vincent from blind spot n i love them without the name on the pic. keep up thre great work.
ReplyDeleteI'm always happy for people to share and save, Miss Lee, but the watermarks help prevent people using my hours of work to pass off as their own and sell on ebay. The pictures don't belong to me or them as they are really the property of NBC, so I wouldn't dream of selling them, but others are not so scrupulous.
ReplyDeleteNot sure how much longer I can hold off sending across the pond for season 6.....
ReplyDeleteWhy resist?
ReplyDeleteJeannette and who? Is she the one who steals photos and sells them? Great caps!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's the one, JoJo.
ReplyDeleteI'd kill to be the little red tag on Bobby's jeans ;)
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love these caps! Great episode and lots of wonderful Bobby.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking, hey I'll buy and send the DVDs across the pond but then I remebered the whole region 1 and 2 thing and realized it won't work. Loving the open collar and stubble. Good thoughts and good dreams.
ReplyDeleteI have a multi-region DVD player Vikeau, so you CAN get the technology to 'override' the region coding. It's just last time, the British Government decided I needed to pay VAT AND the post office charged me £8 for a 'handling fee' - and here I was, thinking it was the post offices job to handle mail. Anyhow, it made Season 5 very VERY expensive - and then I bought the Region 2 version anyway ;0)
ReplyDeleteIf there's no sign of a UK S6 by Christmas, I'll 'surrender' tho' and get out the dollar credit card (again).
PS; did you know that there's no LEGAL reason for the region code thing, other them to mess with our viewing pleasure it seems!!
Diane, I didn't get charged VAT, never have for DVDs, only footwear, and a V-item off eBay.
ReplyDeleteWould you have to pay the VAT tax, say if a DVD set was sent as a gift from Amazon? I didn't know about the watermark thing. You mean there are actually people who troll the internet and steal other folk's work-there ought to be a law.
ReplyDeleteI think I got screwed because I didn't say it was a 'gift' when I ordered S5, and because it's value was over a certain amount (something like $35), the Government decided I had to pay VAT - and then the post office held me to ransom too. In all the years I've bought stuff from the States, it was the first - and so far LAST! - time this happened to me. Needless to say, I was NOT a happy teddy bear.
ReplyDeleteSadly, there are some people out there who'd sell their own grandmother if they thought it would make them some money!!!
Yep, that's right - above a certain price, even for a gift you have to pay tax. As for the tehft, even though we put the work in to making the pictures (work? watching Vincent for hours on end?) we don't own them as such 'cos it's copyrighted material we're making them from. But that's double for the people who copy and sell them. And the worst is Jeannette from Jeannette's Attic. The only VIncent thing she's legitimately put on eBay is a jacket she got Vincent to sign. Don't think it sold, though, she wanted some outrageously high price. If it were mine, you'd have to rip it from my cold dead hands.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the VAT tax thing. That hardly seems fair at all. We shouldn't have to pay extra for Bobby! And BTW, Bobby IS poetry!!!
ReplyDeleteI think Jeannette wanted to sell the jacket to pay for some work on her car but her sister gave her the money and she kept the jacket.
ReplyDeleteSome new caps since I last viewed this. Must say I liked the close up butt shot. But the wide shot of Booby face down, man what would I give to be that piece of New York real estate.
ReplyDeleteI should be shot for failing to proof read. That should read Bobby. I do apologize.
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