Ecampus.com: several Criterions $2-3 (plus others)

[Living Deadpan]

***UPDATE: Sorry folks, nothing to look at here. It appears these prices were a glitch, as most of us are having our orders cancelled. My apologies for perpetuating these "new low prices" displayed on DVD Price Search.***

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eCampus.com
* Alphaville: Criterion Collection - now $1.91 (94% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $18.32)
* Annie Get Your Gun: SE - now $1.27 (94% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $13.99)
* Are You Being Served? DVD Giftset 2 - now $37.47 (69% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $39.98)
* Atlantis: The Lost Empire: Collector's Edition - now $2.52 (94% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $27.86)
* Baby Einstein: Volume 3 (Multi-Pack) - now $4.24 (94% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $11.86)
* Babylon 5: Season #1: Signs And Portents - now $1.00 (99% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $19.8800)
* Babylon 5: Season #2: The Coming Of Shadows - now $6.16 (94% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $36.32)
* Babylon 5: Season #3: Point Of No Return - now $2.92 (97% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $36.32)
* Babylon 5: Season #4: No Surrender, No Retreat - now $3.75 (96% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $26.87)
* Baseball (Ken Burns / 10-Disc Box Set) - now $93.89 (48% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $107.99)
* Body Heat (1981) - now $1.00 (93% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $10.4800)
* Branded To Kill: Criterion Collection - now $2.55 (91% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $20.99)
* Chitty Chitty Bang Bang SE - now $1.00 (97% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $13.85)
* Color Purple: SE - now $1.78 (93% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $15.08)
* Dangerous Lives Of Altar Boys: SE - now $1.22 (94% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $12.99)
* Disney's American Legends - now $1.21 (96% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $11.99)
* Erasure: Hits The Video - now $1.23 (94% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $13.50)
* Frasier: Season #3 - now $3.15 (94% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $17.66)
* Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: Season One Collection - now $5.95 (92% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $44.5100)
* Gillian Welch: The Revelator Collection - now $1.70 (91% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $10.99)
* Hidden Fortress: Criterion Collection - now $1.89 (94% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $20.32)
* Hidden: Platinum Edition - now $1.70 (93% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $12.99)
* Homicide: Life On The Street: Season #1 & Season #2 - now $4.04 (94% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $19.58)
* Interview With The Vampire: SE - now $1.16 (94% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $13.49)
* Jackie Chan Adventures: The Dark Hand Returns - now $1.26 (94% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $14.7500)
* Jolson Sings Again - now $1.22 (94% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $11.99)
* Man Show: Season 1 - now $1.23 (96% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $13.00)
* Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 / Old Version) - now $1.66 (94% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $14.39)
* Mon Oncle: Criterion Collection - now $2.55 (91% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $19.49)
* Queer As Folk: Season #1 - now $2.62 (98% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $28.89)
* Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Seasons One & Two - now $3.20 (95% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $25.99)
* Scorpion King (DVD + CD) - now $2.85 (93% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $10.99)
* Sex And The City: Season #5 - now $3.30 (93% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $14.86)
* Simpsons, The: Season #3 - now $3.20 (94% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $11.99)
* Singin' In The Rain (Double Disc SE) - now $1.80 (93% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $11.49)
* South Park: Season #3 - now $2.52 (95% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $18.32)
* Spider-Man (Limited Collector's Giftset) - now $1.00 (98% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $23.4600)
* Star Trek: The Next Generation Season #1, #2, #3 - now $4.46 each (97% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $45.04)
* Stargate SG-1: Season 2 Box Set - now $2.85 (96% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $38.8000)
* Starsky & Hutch: Season #1 - now $3.19 (94% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $17.38)
* Time Machine - now $1.26 (92% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $13.86)
* V: The Final Battle - now $1.64 (93% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $12.3900)
* Van Halen: Video Hits #1 - now $1.00 (96% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $10.94)
* X-Files: Season #3 (Old) - now $6.47 (96% OFF) (Previous lowest price: $76.99)
http://dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdhtml2 (scroll down to Aug 23rd)

[g]

Based on reviews for this store, they have lot of problems getting products out at their regular prices. They often cancel orders. They are unlikely to fulfill these. This was posted on dvdp 24 hours ago.

[John Sinnott]

I gave it a try and the site wouldn't let me check out. Got an error message every time I tried. Oh well.

[for_reels]

It worked ok for me. Bought the following. Guess I'll wait and see what happens.

Shipment #1
Alphaville - Criterion Collection
UPC: 037429130926
In Stock Usually Ships in 24-48 Hours Merchandise 1 $1.91

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The Hidden Fortress - Criterion Collection
UPC: 037429135129
In Stock Usually Ships in 24-48 Hours Merchandise 1 $1.89

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Mon Oncle - Criterion Collection
UPC: 037429155929
In Stock Usually Ships in 24-48 Hours Merchandise 1 $2.55
Item Total: $6.35
*SALES TAX: $0.00
Shipping Cost: $5.95
Order Total: $12.30

[marty888]

Several times (not in the past 2-3 years, for obvious reasons) I placed orders with them .......and <b><i>NEVER</i></b> had an order filled. They have earned a permanent place on my <i>IGNORE</i> list.

[WEEDEDOUT]

yeah mine went through too - lets see what happens
branded to kill was out of stock btw

[tofu]

For $5 for a copy of Hidden Fortress Criterion, I'm willing to try it. Thanks OP

[DeltaSigChi4]

Tgtbt.

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[Dusty Bottoms]

I placed an order before thinking to check resellerratings.com. They have a six-month rating of 2.5/10 and a lifetime rating of 1.09/10.

[Living Deadpan]

Alphaville - Criterion Collection
UPC: 037429130926
In Stock Usually Ships in 24-48 Hours Merchandise 1 $1.91 This is what it said for me. But since I've never used Ecampus before, I plonked down a little extra for "Standard" shipping w/ Insurance & Tracking.

I hate registering new accounts, but just figured I'd give it a shot. I still prefer when stores offer payment via Paypal or Google Checkout.

The checkout process seemed quite similar to DeepDiscount. Even comparing my printed order conformation to a recent printed DD confirmation, they both have on the bottom right of the page that annoying "Click here to claim your $10 cash back/rebate." Anyone know if DD & EC are connected in any way?

Anyway, everyone posting to this thread who's placed an order, let's keep each other posted on our order progress. It sounds like we're in for the "bargain-bin uncertainty" commonly experienced with oldies.com

[Living Deadpan]

I placed an order before thinking to check resellerratings.com. They have a six-month rating of 2.5/10 and a lifetime rating of 1.09/10.

Great. Well, I'm sorry for creating this thread. But I placed an order too, so I'm in this with you guys.

[Dusty Bottoms]

Great. Well, I'm sorry for creating this thread. But I placed an order too, so I'm in this with you guys.

No need to be sorry. I guess it's worth a shot. I will be thrilled if my order ships. I'm just not going to be suprised if I don't get anything.

[WEEDEDOUT]

no email confirmation is not a good sign

[Steve]

why do they do this? Do they charge your credit card at time of order? if they don't, then I don't understand their motivation for putting up a website to sell something they can never deliver..

just seems weird.

[Maxflier]

why do they do this? Do they charge your credit card at time of order? if they don't, then I don't understand their motivation for putting up a website to sell something they can never deliver..

just seems weird.


They probably just want people's credit card numbers to sell off.

[ginUflector]

I'm in for the following (ordered yesterday), and I have received a confirmation e-mail from them:

Alphaville (Criterion)
Mon Oncle (Criterion)
Interview With the Vampire
Southpark Season Three
Erasure - Hits! The Videos
Gillian Welch - The Revelator Collection
Scooby Doo Where Are You? Complete First Season

Paid with Bill Me Later. Will update if/when I get any new info.
Should probably also add that status on all of these items shows "In Stock Usually Ships in 24-48 Hours" on my confirmation e-mail.

[AsmodeusVice]

I went in for these:

Mon Oncle - Criterion Collection
Starsky & Hutch - The Complete First Season
Star Trek: Next Generation S.1
Star Trek: Next Generation S.2
Star Trek: Next Generation S.3

As long as they don't charge my card until after shipping, I don't see the problem in taking the chance.

Hopefully all the orders get fulfulled (*fingers crossed*)

[Classic Films]

I don't think they charge your card until item ships. From confirmation:

Thank you for shopping at ecampus.com!

We are now processing your order. You will receive an email from us as each portion of your order is shipped and your credit card is charged.

If you have questions about this order, including the status of your shipment, log in to view your ecampus.com account by clicking on "My Account" on the top of every ecampus.com webpage, or by clicking on the following link:MyAccount Page

[Living Deadpan]

Oy vey, this is already starting to share traits with the infamous Oldies.com sale thread of 2008: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-bargains/527063-oop-midnite-movies-oldies-com.html

No need to be sorry. I guess it's worth a shot. I will be thrilled if my order ships. I'm just not going to be suprised if I don't get anything.

Likewise. That's why I only ordered one thing.

If it means anything, Ecampus fares better on Pricegrabber than Reseller: http://reviews.pricegrabber.com/ecampus/r/355/.

no email confirmation is not a good sign Another resemblance to oldies.com .

I have received a confirmation e-mail from them: Well, that's a notch above Oldies.

[Dusty Bottoms]

I received an order confirmation e-mail. The status has also changed on my order. This morning, all items showed a status of "Submit". They now say "On Order".

SUBMIT - We have received your order information, and are attempting to gain Credit Card authorization for processing.

ON ORDER - During this stage of the order, we are attempting to receive your items from our Off-Site Distribution Center or Supplier, and ready these items to ship out to you. Please keep in mind that it will take the estimated shipping time listed on the website before the item will ship from our Distribution Center.

[AsmodeusVice]

That's funny. I just got my confirmation email and it says my purchase date is Aug 25th. :lol:

[kenbenobi]

Many of the TV show seasons have gone back up in price now. The ones that haven't, are OOS and can't be ordered. Many of the OOS items can still be ordered apparently. I haven't tried, but you can add many of them to your cart still...

[Obi-Wan Jabroni]

I ordered one item earlier today, I got confirmation email, and my order status is "Confirmed". I went back to check a couple other items that look interesting, but even though it still shows the ridiculous prices, it says "Currently Not Available" on the item page. It also shows this for the item I ordered earlier, so I would guess that this is some glitch that they are in process of fixing.

[twa2]

Just did a run-through. Everything but Babylon 5: Season 2 and Baseball has gone up in price or is currently not available.

[Jaymole]

I received an e-mail confirmation and a rebate e-mail from Bing Cashback, but I still doubt that my order will go through.

Is anyone else getting DROP-SHIPPING as the status of their order?

[ratnamedted]

My order of Scooby-Doo Where Are You 1 & 2 is listed as drop-shipping right now. Hopefully it will actually ship. I chose the upgraded shipping option.

[kenbenobi]

I received an e-mail confirmation and a rebate e-mail from Bing Cashback, but I still doubt that my order will go through.

Is anyone else getting DROP-SHIPPING as the status of their order?
I completely forgot about looking for cashback. Oh well. All of my stuff is listed as Confirmed, but I ordered later than most of you... I did choose faster shipping though (it was the same price)

[starman9000]

I ordered the 4 B5 sets, season 1 now says canceled and the other 3 are "On Order."

Oh well.

[Jaymole]

I just received a ship notice with tracking on one of the items in my order, QUEER AS FOLK season 1....funny, that was the only item in my order that I bought for someone else.

Still wary about the rest of my order shipping as they separated that item from the rest of my order right after I placed it.

[cordobes]

The Hidden Fortress and Alphaville are now coming up as "Not Currently Available".

[Living Deadpan]

Well, this is all much ado about nothing. I received no email but I just logged into my account to see: "Status: Cancelled" CANCELLED - Items on an order listed as cancelled will not be shipped from our Distribution Center. You have not been billed for these items as it is our policy to only bill once an item has shipped. (Sigh) Well, it seemed too good to be true. It was a glitch. DVD Price Search picked up these fantastically low prices and listed them as "New Lowest Prices" for Ecampus.

Well, sorry folks. All I wanted to do is share a good deal. The road to hell is paved with good intentions...

Now I'm at least going to try to delete my credit info, as I never plan to visit Ecampus again.

[tofu]

Just checked my account and the Simpsons S3 is still on order but the Hidden Fortress DVD is now cancelled. Oh well.

[kingtopher]

Right now I'm at:

Alphaville - Cancelled
Mon Oncle - On Order
Gillian Welch - The Revelator Collection - Drop Shipping

[Jaymole]

All my items are either saying on order or drop-shipping

[kenbenobi]

Strange. I ordered well after most of you (when all of the TV seasons couldn't be added to the cart). Every item I ordered said "Not Currently Available" when I ordered it, but it let me add 7 of them to my cart (including Alphaville, Hidden Fortress, and Mon Oncle) but my order still lists everything as Confirmed. I'm not getting my hopes up at all. I'm sure mine will be canceled as well. But I'm just surprised it hasn't been yet...

[ginUflector]

Here's where my order stands right now:

Alphaville (Criterion) (Cancelled)
Mon Oncle (Criterion) (Drop Shipping)
Interview With the Vampire (Cancelled)
Southpark Season Three (Drop Shipping)
Erasure - Hits! The Videos (Cancelled)
Gillian Welch - The Revelator Collection (Cancelled)
Scooby Doo Where Are You? Complete First Season (Drop Shipping)

If it seems too good to be true, etc.

[Jaymole]

Now all my items say cancelled except for a couple of Star Trek NG boxes (which I'm sure will be cancelled as well). So it looks like out of my order of 15 items, the only one I will receive is the Queer as Folks box which isn't even for me.

This company deserves it's bad reputation.

[chris_sc77]

What a waste of time. I will never order anything again from this site.

[kenbenobi]

My order status has changed in the last few hours:
1 1 012569562127 New Merchandise Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition) MOVIES / DVD / COMEDY Drop-Shipping
2 1 027616898159 New Merchandise Chitty Chitty Bang Bang MOVIES / DVD / Children On Order
3 1 037429130926 New Merchandise Alphaville - Criterion Collection MOVIES / DVD / Sci-fi On Order
4 1 037429135129 New Merchandise The Hidden Fortress - Criterion Collection MOVIES / DVD / Action/Adventure On Order
5 1 037429155929 New Merchandise Mon Oncle - Criterion Collection MOVIES / DVD / COMEDY On Order
6 1 085391414629 New Merchandise V - The Final Battle MOVIES / DVD / Sci-fi Drop-Shipping
7 1 085391831921 New Merchandise The Color Purple (Two-Disc Special Edition) MOVIES / DVD / DRAMA On Order

V was for a friend. Everything else was for me. Well, it looks like I might get Singin' in the Rain, anyway...

[ratnamedted]

My order status has changed in the last few hours:
1 1 012569562127 New Merchandise Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition) MOVIES / DVD / COMEDY Drop-Shipping
2 1 027616898159 New Merchandise Chitty Chitty Bang Bang MOVIES / DVD / Children On Order
3 1 037429130926 New Merchandise Alphaville - Criterion Collection MOVIES / DVD / Sci-fi On Order
4 1 037429135129 New Merchandise The Hidden Fortress - Criterion Collection MOVIES / DVD / Action/Adventure On Order
5 1 037429155929 New Merchandise Mon Oncle - Criterion Collection MOVIES / DVD / COMEDY On Order
6 1 085391414629 New Merchandise V - The Final Battle MOVIES / DVD / Sci-fi Drop-Shipping
7 1 085391831921 New Merchandise The Color Purple (Two-Disc Special Edition) MOVIES / DVD / DRAMA On Order

V was for a friend. Everything else was for me. Well, it looks like I might get Singin' in the Rain, anyway...

I wouldn't count on it. I had Scooby-Doo Where Are You 1&2 listed as Drop-Shipping last night and it is now cancelled.

Sure, this site has bad reviews but why is everyone so pissed off that these orders are getting cancelled? The prices are ridiculous and I'm sure most of us never expected anything to get shipped out anyway. Good luck if anyone gets anything and congrats if you do.

[WEEDEDOUT]

my hidden fortress and alphaville are cancelled
my credit card charge is still pending with my bank.
what a joke.

[ginUflector]

Here's where my order stands right now:

Alphaville (Criterion) (Cancelled)
Mon Oncle (Criterion) (Drop Shipping)
Interview With the Vampire (Cancelled)
Southpark Season Three (Drop Shipping)
Erasure - Hits! The Videos (Cancelled)
Gillian Welch - The Revelator Collection (Cancelled)
Scooby Doo Where Are You? Complete First Season (Drop Shipping)

If it seems too good to be true, etc.

UPDATE: all cancelled now. lesson learned.

[Mister Peepers]

my hidden fortress and alphaville are cancelled
my credit card charge is still pending with my bank.
what a joke.

It's probably an authorization and not a charge. The authorization drops off automatically after a few days.

[kenbenobi]

Hmmm, now my Color Purple has changed from On Order to Drop-Shipping... Nothing cancelled... YET!

[Anono]

Well, I have now moved onto drop shipping. Judging from everyone else I will be canceled tomorrow. Darnit lol. I wanted Star Trek for 7 bucks a season lol. Would have been amazing.

[darkhawk]

Everything I ordered, but Babylon 5: S2 has been cancelled. The one still says On Order.

Keep an eye on your bank accounts. Mine shows two seperate pending purchase which is correct, but now they cancelled the orders.

[for_reels]

Thank you for shopping at ecampus.com

On your recent order, number 5532913, we have been unable to locate a supplier for one or more items. The following items have been cancelled from your order:

UPC: 037429130926
Item Name: Alphaville - Criterion Collection
Price: $1.91
Quantity: 1

UPC: 037429135129
Item Name: The Hidden Fortress - Criterion Collecti...
Price: $1.89
Quantity: 1

UPC: 037429155929
Item Name: Mon Oncle - Criterion Collection
Price: $2.55
Quantity: 1


We are very sorry for any complications that this cancellation may cause you. Your credit card has not been charged for this item, as it is company policy to only charge once an item has shipped from our Shipping Facility.

Thank you,

ecampus.com

[supermike07]

No offense intended but did any of you really think you'd get a Criterion for under 3 bucks?

[kenbenobi]

All 7 of my items are now listed as cancelled... No, I didn't really expect it to go through, but it doesn't hurt to try. What I want to know is how exactly does a website get that screwed up with so much random titles becoming so cheap? Did some hacker break in and change prices, or a malicious employee?

[pilot]

All 7 of my items are now listed as cancelled... No, I didn't really expect it to go through, but it doesn't hurt to try. What I want to know is how exactly does a website get that screwed up with so much random titles becoming so cheap? Did some hacker break in and change prices, or a malicious employee?
I don't think either. I think it's just plain stupidity, or someone made a mistake with the decimal place, or their crazy system drops prices to stuff they don't have anymore, can't get anymore or maybe have a very small amount of inventory to some weird low price, but who knows. Just guessing..

[Al_Tahoe]

No offense intended but did any of you really think you'd get a Criterion for under 3 bucks?

No, I didn't really expect it to go through, but it doesn't hurt to try.

Agreed. I don't blame anyone for giving it a shot. But when I see people getting seriously pissed off because their obviously mispriced order wasn't fulfilled, it just makes me wonder.

[Classic Films]

Well that was a waste of time:

Thank you for shopping at ecampus.com

On your recent order, number XXXXX, we have been unable to locate a supplier for one or more items. The following items have been cancelled from your order:

UPC: 758445200720
Item Name: Queer As Folk
Price: $2.62
Quantity: 1

UPC: 786936163872
Item Name: Atlantis - The Lost Empire (Disney Colle...
Price: $2.52
Quantity: 1

UPC: 043396008632
Item Name: Jolson Sings Again - DVD
Price: $1.22
Quantity: 1

UPC: 085391414629
Item Name: V - The Final Battle
Price: $1.64
Quantity: 1

UPC: 786936167245
Item Name: American Legends
Price: $1.21
Quantity: 1

UPC: 012569523128
Item Name: Time Machine, The
Price: $1.26
Quantity: 1

UPC: 012569543829
Item Name: Annie Get Your Gun
Price: $1.27
Quantity: 1


We are very sorry for any complications that this cancellation may cause you. Your credit card has not been charged for this item, as it is company policy to only charge once an item has shipped from our Shipping Facility.

Thank you,

ecampus.com

[ginUflector]

No offense intended but did any of you really think you'd get a Criterion for under 3 bucks?

You're right. That's like expecting to walk into a Big Lots and find all the Looney Tunes sets bundled together for $10 total. That kind of stuff just doesn't happen in real life...........................or does it?

[AsmodeusVice]

I'm in the same boat as you guys.

All my stuff with the exception of the 3 Star Trek TNG sets (which are now "on order") have been cancelled. I got the email yesterday.

Looks like this is going to either be cancelled as well, or stuck in "on order" hell.

[Jaymole]

This is very weird...I just received a box from Ecampus containing Star Tek NG season 1, 2 & 3 Boxsets and the Scooby Doo Boxset. My order entire order was cancelled online (except for the Queer as Folk boxset which I received), so I have no idea why I received these. I called customer service and they said these items were cancelled, they were not shipped to me and I was not charged. I checked My Amex bill and I don't see a charge yet.

I am going to wait a few days and see what shows up on my Amex bill....very strange.

[Anono]

This is very weird...I just received a box from Ecampus containing Star Tek NG season 1, 2 & 3 Boxsets and the Scooby Doo Boxset. My order entire order was cancelled online (except for the Queer as Folk boxset which I received), so I have no idea why I received these. I called customer service and they said these items were cancelled, they were not shipped to me and I was not charged. I checked My Amex bill and I don't see a charge yet.

I am going to wait a few days and see what shows up on my Amex bill....very strange.

Uhhh holy crap! Lucky! I hope I get my Next generation sets.:(

[Mister Peepers]

Maybe it was a drop shipment but they didn't cancel in time?

[kenbenobi]

Congrats, Jaymole. Sounds like you (unintentionally) beat the system! Getting all those box sets for free has got to be the deal of the year for you...

[Jaymole]

Maybe it was a drop shipment but they didn't cancel in time?

That may be as they were first listed as Drop-Shipping before they were cancelled.

I was completely dumbfounded when the mailroom dropped the Ecampus box on my desk here at work...it was the last thing I expected.

[Jaymole]

Congrats, Jaymole. Sounds like you (unintentionally) beat the system! Getting all those box sets for free has got to be the deal of the year for you...

Thanks...If I somehow got these free of charge it definitely will be.

[PhantomStranger]

I knew this deal would be canceled once it was posted here. There was a slim chance a small bunch of orders might have slipped through, but once it was posted I knew the chances were slim it would be fulfilled.

[ratnamedted]

This is very weird...I just received a box from Ecampus containing Star Tek NG season 1, 2 & 3 Boxsets and the Scooby Doo Boxset. My order entire order was cancelled online (except for the Queer as Folk boxset which I received), so I have no idea why I received these. I called customer service and they said these items were cancelled, they were not shipped to me and I was not charged. I checked My Amex bill and I don't see a charge yet.

I am going to wait a few days and see what shows up on my Amex bill....very strange.

Interesting... that is exactly what I ordered! They must have gotten our packages mixed up. You can go ahead and forward them to me.

[chris_sc77]

so today i got shipping for the 2nd season of Babylon 5 for $6.xx

[darkhawk]

so today i got shipping for the 2nd season of Babylon 5 for $6.xx

same here