Rarewaves.com reviewProducts, prices, shipping and returns

What Rarewaves.com sells

Rarewaves.com sells music on CD, vinyl and cassette, including singles, coloured vinyl, vinyl boxsets and half-speed masters. It sells film and TV on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD, with collector’s editions, steelbooks, limited editions and labels such as Arrow Films, Second Sight, Radiance, 88 Films and The Criterion Collection. Its book range covers fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, manga, teen and young adult titles and children’s books. It also sells stationery and gifts, including calendars, notebooks, journals, art supplies and accessories. A public product list shows paperback, hardback, book, accessories and technology and office items, with prices in the sample running from 5.37 GBP to 289.62 GBP.

Rarewaves.com prices

Rarewaves.com states low prices across vinyl, CD, DVD, Blu-ray, books and more. Its music offers include a Mega Music Sale, CD Under £5 and Vinyl Under £15. Its film and TV offers include a Collector’s Blu-ray 2 for £16, 2 for £30 on 4K Ultra HD, and savings on anime and on BBC titles on Blu-ray and DVD. In a sample of 100 products read from the store’s public product list, prices run from 5.37 GBP to 289.62 GBP, with a middle price of 13.40 GBP.

Rarewaves.com shipping

Rarewaves.com ships free on orders over £10 in the UK. UK orders of £10 or more carry free delivery, while orders below £10 carry a £1.49 delivery fee. UK orders are shipped via Royal Mail 2nd Class and typically arrive within 3-7 working days. International delivery is charged at flat rates that vary by country, and orders with a total weight exceeding 1.8kg may also be subject to an International Heavy fee. Estimated international delivery times are 7 to 10 working days for Europe and the Channel Islands, 7 to 15 working days for the USA, and 9 to 30 working days for the rest of the world. The site does not offer optional tracked or next day services. For EU deliveries, Rarewaves.com has signed up to the EU’s Import One-Stop Shop (IOSS) for VAT payment, ensuring no additional VAT fees for orders not exceeding €150. For deliveries outside the UK or EU, additional charges, taxes or customs duties may apply in the destination country and are to be paid by the customer.

Rarewaves.com returns

Rarewaves.com accepts returns for unwanted items provided they are returned within 30 days of receipt, unopened and unused and in all original packaging. Customers are asked to obtain proof of postage when sending items back, as the company cannot be held responsible for items damaged or lost in post. Refunds are processed through Shopify and may take up to 5 working days to process once receipt of the returned product has been confirmed; if a refund has not been received within 14 days of posting the item back, customers are asked to contact the company with proof of postage and details of the item returned. If an item is damaged, faulty or incorrect, customers contact Rarewaves.com with the order number and details of the issue, and the company provides details on how to resolve it.

Discounts and offers at Rarewaves.com

Rarewaves.com runs offers that make orders cheaper. Its music offers include a Mega Music Sale, CD Under £5 and Vinyl Under £15. Its film and TV offers include a Collector’s Blu-ray 2 for £16, 2 for £30 on 4K Ultra HD, an Arrow Halloween Sale, savings on anime on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD, savings on BBC titles on Blu-ray and DVD, and deals on cult films. UK delivery is free on orders of £10 or more.

Good to know about Rarewaves.com

Rarewaves.com has been trading since 2005 and operates from London and Northampton in the UK. It received the King’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2023 and was included in the Sunday Times HSBC Tech Track 200 in 2021. Customers can check out as a guest or create an account, and every user has access to a wishlist. Stock information is updated every day direct from suppliers, and customers can sign up to be notified when an out-of-stock item becomes available again. Pre-order items are dispatched in enough time that customers receive them on the advertised date of release. The site also sells calendars for 2027 from its stationery range.

What was read

These pages of Rarewaves.com’s own website, on 15 October 2026:

• Home page
• Shipping policy
• Returns policy
• About page
• Questions and answers
• Product list

This page sets out what Rarewaves.com offers, from what it publishes about itself. No product was bought or tested.