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Old 03-04-08, 10:28 AM
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Amazon Price drops on Universal on HD DVD

$11.95:

Mallrats [HD DVD] (1995)
Casino [HD DVD] (1995)
Streets of Fire [HD DVD] (1984)
Mobsters [HD DVD] (1991)
Carlito’s Way: Rise To Power [HD DVD] (2005)
The Wedding Date [HD DVD] (2005)
Friday Night Lights [HD DVD] (2004)
The Jerk [HD DVD] (1979)
American Me [HD DVD] (1992)
Liar Liar [HD DVD] (1997)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [HD DVD] (1998)
The Big Lebowski [HD DVD] (1998)
Serenity [HD DVD] (2005)
The Last Starfighter [HD DVD] (1984)
The Mummy [HD DVD] (1999)
Shaun of the Dead [HD DVD] (2004)
The Bourne Supremacy [HD DVD] (2004)
Pride & Prejudice [HD DVD] (2005)
The Bourne Identity [HD DVD] (2002)
The Thing [HD DVD] (1982)
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life [HD DVD] (1983)
Aeon Flux [HD DVD] (2005)
The Chronicles of Riddick - Pitch Black (Unrated Director’s Cut) [HD DVD] (2000)
U-571 [HD DVD] (2000)
Elizabeth [HD DVD] (1998)
Darkman [HD DVD] (1990)
The Chronicles of Riddick (Unrated Director’s Cut) [HD DVD] (2004)
Born on the Fourth of July [HD DVD] (1989)
Happy Gilmore [HD DVD] (1996)
Field of Dreams [HD DVD] (1989)
Tremors [HD DVD] (1990)
Meet Joe Black [HD DVD] (1998)
The Pianist [HD DVD] (2003)
Hulk [HD DVD] (2003)
The Frighteners (Peter Jackson’s Director’s Cut) [HD DVD] (1996)
End of Days [HD DVD] (1999)
12 Monkeys [HD DVD] (1995)
Ray [HD DVD] (2004)
Carlito’s Way [HD DVD] (1993)
Dragonheart [HD DVD] (1996)
Van Helsing [HD DVD] (2004)
Dawn of the Dead (Unrated Director’s Cut) [HD DVD] (2004)
Sneakers [HD DVD] (1992)
Unleashed [HD DVD] (2005)
Timecop [HD DVD] (1994)
Daylight [HD DVD] (1996)
Inside Man [HD DVD] (2006)
Cat People [HD DVD] (1982)
Army of Darkness [HD DVD] (1993)
Seabiscuit [HD DVD] (2003)
The Fast and the Furious [HD DVD] (2001)
The Mummy Returns [HD DVD] (2001)
The Interpreter [HD DVD] (2005)
Out of Sight [HD DVD] (1998)
2 Fast 2 Furious [HD DVD] (2003)
The Sting [HD DVD] (1973)
The Watcher [HD DVD] (2000)
What Dreams May Come [HD DVD] (1998)
Being John Malkovich [HD DVD] (1999)
The Rundown [HD DVD] (2003)
Assault on Precinct 13 [HD DVD] (2005)
Lost in Translation [HD DVD] (2003)
Spy Game [HD DVD] (2001)
Bruce Almighty [HD DVD] (2003)
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Unrated) [HD DVD] (2005)
The Skeleton Key [HD DVD] (2005)
Dante’s Peak [HD DVD] (1997)
Dune (1984) [HD DVD] (1984)
Notting Hill [HD DVD] (1999)
Mystery Men [HD DVD] (1999)
Waterworld [HD DVD] (1995)
In Good Company [HD DVD] (2005)
Backdraft [HD DVD] (1991)
Bulletproof [HD DVD] (1996)
The Getaway (Unrated) [HD DVD] (1994)
Erin Brockovich [HD DVD] (2000)
Mercury Rising [HD DVD] (1998)
Cinderella Man [HD DVD] (2005)
Sea of Love [HD DVD] (1989)
Scent of a Woman [HD DVD] (1992)
The Hurricane [HD DVD] (2000)
For Love of the Game [HD DVD] (1999)
The River [HD DVD] (1984)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [HD DVD] (2004)
Billy Madison [HD DVD] (1995)
Spartacus [HD DVD] (1960)
The Nutty Professor [HD DVD] (1996)
Jarhead [HD DVD] (2005)
Midnight Run [HD DVD] (1988)
Traffic [HD DVD] (2000)
White Noise [HD DVD] (2005)
Red Dragon [HD DVD] (2002)
Patch Adams [HD DVD] (1998)
The Deer Hunter [HD DVD] (1979)
The Game [HD DVD] (1997)
Smokey and the Bandit [HD DVD] (1977)
Meet the Fockers [HD DVD] (2004)
The War [HD DVD] (1994)
Seed of Chucky [HD DVD] (2004)
Meet the Parents [HD DVD] (2000)
The Bone Collector [HD DVD] (1999)

$16.95:

Smokin’ Aces [HD DVD] (2007)
Jet Li’s Fearless [HD DVD] (2006)
Dead Silence (Unrated) [HD DVD] (2007)
The Good Shepherd [HD DVD] (2006)
Breach [HD DVD] (2007)
Dazed and Confused [HD DVD] (1993)
The Break-Up [HD DVD] (2006)
Knocked Up [HD DVD] (2007)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry [HD DVD] (2007)
The Breakfast Club [HD DVD] (1985)
Evan Almighty [HD DVD] (2007)
Accepted [HD DVD] (2006)
Talk to Me [HD DVD] (2007)
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas [HD DVD] (2000)
Brokeback Mountain [HD DVD] (2005)
Half Baked [HD DVD] (1998)
You, Me and Dupree [HD DVD] (2006)
Mr. Bean’s Holiday [HD DVD] (2007)
Eastern Promises [HD DVD] (2007)
Alpha Dog [HD DVD] (2007)
Waist Deep [HD DVD] (2006)
Evening [HD DVD] (2007)
American Gangster [HD DVD]
Hot Fuzz [HD DVD] (2007)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age [HD DVD] (2007)
The Hitcher [HD DVD] (2007)
Balls of Fury [HD DVD] (2007)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift [HD DVD] (2006)
Children of Men [HD DVD] (2007)
King Kong [HD DVD] (2005)
The Kingdom [HD DVD] (2007)
The Scorpion King [HD DVD] (2002)
Land of the Dead (Unrated Director’s Cut) [HD DVD] (2005)
The Bourne Ultimatum [HD DVD] (2007)
Hollywoodland [HD DVD] (2006)
Slither [HD DVD] (2006)
Miami Vice (Unrated Director’s Edition) [HD DVD] (2006)
White Noise 2 [HD DVD] (2007)

$29.95:

The Bourne Trilogy (The Bourne Identity / The Bourne Supremacy / The Bourne Ultimatum) - Amazon.com Exclusive [HD DVD] (2007)
Old 03-04-08, 10:45 AM
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If only it was a B1G1F sale on top of it. Thanks for the heads up though.
Old 03-04-08, 10:54 AM
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Here's an alphabetized version of the list:

$11.95
12 Monkeys
2 Fast 2 Furious
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Unrated)
Aeon Flux
American Me
Army of Darkness
Assault on Precinct 13
Backdraft
Being John Malkovich
The Big Lebowski
Billy Madison
Bruce Almighty
The Bone Collector
Born on the Fourth of July
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Identity
Bulletproof
Carlito’s Way
Carlito’s Way: Rise To Power
Casino
Cat People
The Chronicles of Riddick - Pitch Black (Unrated Director’s Cut)
The Chronicles of Riddick (Unrated Director’s Cut)
Cinderella Man
Dante’s Peak
Darkman
Dawn of the Dead (Unrated Director’s Cut)
Daylight
The Deer Hunter
Dragonheart
Dune (1984)
Elizabeth
End of Days
Erin Brockovich
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Fast and the Furious
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Field of Dreams
For Love of the Game
Friday Night Lights
The Frighteners (Peter Jackson’s Director’s Cut)
The Game
The Getaway (Unrated)
Happy Gilmore
Hulk
The Hurricane
In Good Company
Inside Man
The Interpreter
Jarhead
The Jerk
The Last Starfighter
Liar Liar
Lost in Translation
Mallrats
Meet Joe Black
Meet the Fockers
Meet the Parents
Mercury Rising
Midnight Run
Mobsters
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
Mystery Men
Notting Hill
The Nutty Professor
Out of Sight
Patch Adams
The Pianist
Pride & Prejudice
Ray
The River
Red Dragon
The Rundown
Sea of Love
Seabiscuit
Scent of a Woman
Seed of Chucky
Serenity
Shaun of the Dead
The Skeleton Key
Smokey and the Bandit
Sneakers
Spartacus
Spy Game
The Sting
Streets of Fire
The Thing
Timecop
Traffic
Tremors
U-571
Unleashed
Van Helsing
The War
Waterworld
The Watcher
The Wedding Date
What Dreams May Come
White Noise

$16.96
Accepted
Alpha Dog
American Gangster
Balls of Fury
Breach
The Breakfast Club
The Break-Up
The Bourne Ultimatum
Brokeback Mountain
Children of Men
Dazed and Confused
Dead Silence
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Eastern Promises
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Evan Almighty
Evening
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
The Good Shepherd
Half Baked
The Hitcher
Hollywoodland
Hot Fuzz
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Jet Li’s Fearless
The Kingdom
King Kong
Knocked Up
Land of the Dead (Unrated Director’s Cut)
Miami Vice (Unrated Director’s Edition)
Mr. Bean’s Holiday
The Scorpion King
Slither
Smokin’ Aces
Talk to Me
You, Me and Dupree
Waist Deep
White Noise 2

$29.95
The Bourne Trilogy (The Bourne Identity / The Bourne Supremacy / The Bourne Ultimatum)
Old 03-04-08, 10:59 AM
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[kosh] And so it begins... [/kosh]

Look for DD to pricematch these within 24 hours.

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of course they are price dropping! everyone is going to be price dropping on hd-dvd format.
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I am hoping for b1get1, theres alot of movies I want to pick up.
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I think thedigitalbits.com mentioned last week that Universal HD DVDs would see an MSRP reduction today. So this is no doubt a reflection of that, and other retailers should show similar reductions soon.
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if they run a buy 1 get 1 free on these titles in a couple weeks or so will they price match a purchase made today to that. Would I be able to get credit for the free HD DVD?
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Originally Posted by sociopharm02
if they run a buy 1 get 1 free on these titles in a couple weeks or so will they price match a purchase made today to that. Would I be able to get credit for the free HD DVD?
At Amazon, yes...

If they do B1G1F with these prices, I'll buy practically every one of these titles... especially the 11.95 ones.
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Strange. A lot of these just shot back up to their regular prices.
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Originally Posted by Paul Arnette
Strange. A lot of these just shot back up to their regular prices.
Maybe HD DVD is making a comeback
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I was ordering some of them and the prices were changing every time I went to my cart. Crazy.

But, perhaps Amazon did this wrong -- as this is an MSRP reduction, not a sale price. We may see these prices back when they change the MSRP.
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What are the chances of these prices dropping even more?

I mean. I want to get a good deal, but I don't want to wait too long to where they stop producing them and I get screwed.

Basically .......... i'm wondering if this is the best I can get
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Originally Posted by ConVerse
What are the chances of these prices dropping even more?

I mean. I want to get a good deal, but I don't want to wait too long to where they stop producing them and I get screwed.

Basically .......... i'm wondering if this is the best I can get
Amazon will definitely give you a price adjustment if the price drops lower in the 30 days after you receive them. They have been known to give refunds on orders that are over 2 months old(I just got a price adjustment today for an order that I placed in late December).
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Prices just went back up on some items! the Kingdom $20... The Mummy $20... and More...
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Originally Posted by sociopharm02
if they run a buy 1 get 1 free on these titles in a couple weeks or so will they price match a purchase made today to that. Would I be able to get credit for the free HD DVD?
Be careful, I've never had them match a B1G1 offer but if you bought the B1G1 offer they would refund if the price subsequently dropped.
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Originally Posted by Sweet Baby James
Amazon will definitely give you a price adjustment if the price drops lower in the 30 days after you receive them. They have been known to give refunds on orders that are over 2 months old(I just got a price adjustment today for an order that I placed in late December).
Really? I'm just outside the 30 day window on something I bought - but I'll request a price adjustment anyway to see if I get it.
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Really? I'm just outside the 30 day window on something I bought - but I'll request a price adjustment anyway to see if I get it.
I think it's the luck of the draw. I've been rejected for a price match that was only slightly outsdie the 30-day window. But I was able to get in on it today while the prices were still low and got $12 back.
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Originally Posted by ConVerse
What are the chances of these prices dropping even more?

I mean. I want to get a good deal, but I don't want to wait too long to where they stop producing them and I get screwed.

Basically .......... i'm wondering if this is the best I can get
i understand that mentality (and suffer from it myself sometimes), but i think it's flawed. just ask yourself if the current prices represent a reasonable value to you for those discs. if it's a good value, buy them. even if a better price is available later, you can rest in the knowledge that you bought them at a value price.
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^ ditto

I would focus on the titles you really want right now, and go ahead and buy them if the current price seems reasonable. If they run out of something you really wanted, knowing that there will never be any more, you'll kick yourself. If prices continue to drop, you could "lower your standards" per se and pick up a few "borderline" titles at an even deeper discount. Eventually, you'll run out of interest, or they'll run out of titles, but at least you'll have what you wanted.

I've got a wishlist. I've ranked it by how badly I want them. I've set a "buy" price for each... the lower down the list, the lower the "buy" price. I'm watching Amazon and DD and others, and when a title dips below my threshhold, I take it. I've already got ~70 HD-DVD titles (either in hand or on order), so I've pretty much got everything I *need*. Now I'm going for things I *want*, then I'll go for things I'm *interested in*, then finally it'll be down to things I have a *vague* curiousity about. Like Galaxina.

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Originally Posted by ConVerse
What are the chances of these prices dropping even more?

I mean. I want to get a good deal, but I don't want to wait too long to where they stop producing them and I get screwed.

Basically .......... i'm wondering if this is the best I can get
he's waiting for them to wind up at dollar tree, lol
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he's waiting for them to wind up at dollar tree, lol
I doubt it. It's not like that would ever happen. If we are lucky, some of the titles sent back will show up at Big Lots for around $5 each.

As it stands right now a B1G1 would be awesome for Amazon to do. I'd order a few that I've really wanted if they did that.
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Originally Posted by bookcase3
I think it's the luck of the draw. I've been rejected for a price match that was only slightly outsdie the 30-day window. But I was able to get in on it today while the prices were still low and got $12 back.
I got the luck this time, so almost $6 back!
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Would like to see Paramount follow suit, caused I'd love to get the first season of Star Trek TOS at a decent price...
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The few I checked - mostly for pricematch purposes - were back up to $14.95 (out of sight, pride & prejudice).


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