Sexstation/Live XXX/Blue Kiss - Chat & Discussion

(04-08-2009 01:15 )StanTheMan Wrote:  I've just used an online calculator to discover the cost of sending a dvd through the post. First class it would cost the princely sum of 0:90p, yet Sexstation/Blue Kiss explain in their promotion that they'd need to charge each of us £6.50 to send out these 'free' dvds. They then go on to explain that delivery will take between 20 and 60 days! Presumably they have one lone postman delivering to the whole of the British Isles... on foot.

The fact that they so blatantly and openly insult our intelligence in such a way really offends me, quite honestly.

Every DVD has to be rated before release by the BBFC. This is especially important for porn; if there was anything on the DVD that needed to be cut to get an 18 and they didn't bother getting a certificate they'd be in big trouble. This has to be done in advance and is charged by the minute - I worked out once that it's well over £300 an hour, so for a smallish company releasing a DVD is a huge outlay even before manufacture and postage. That explains the price.

That said, £6 isn't "free" and not sending them as promised is very poor.