PhantomKO

"Tales from the Crypt: Seasons 1-7"
Based on the legendary and gruesome EC Comics from publisher William Gaines, this horror anthology featured stories of murder, the supernatural, gore, and humor and always had a twist ending of sorts. Some of Hollywood's biggest names took part, either working in front or behind the camera. Hosting duties fell to... read more

List Price: $266.98
Yesterday's Price: $153.99
Today's Discount: - $64.00
Gold Box Price: $89.99 (66% off)



(Not enough posts to provide links yet, I am sure someone will look this up and oblige though. Enjoy!)

junglalien

http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27

seether254

wow, all seasons can be had from big lots (if you can find them there anymore) for about $4 each, this my friends is not a good deal. Way to fail amazon.

thanks anyway op!

xfilekr

all I need from BL is season 7!

AaronSch

You can't compare legitimate pricing to something that was not supposed to happen. From what I understand, the Warner catalog drop at Big Lots was followed by legal action because that inventory was intended to be destroyed. The company hired to dispose of the merchandise turned around and sold it. The chance of finding one of these sets at Big Lots for $4 is slim at best. That being said, $89.99 or $12.85 per season is still a good deal. Especially when you consider most people do not have to pay tax on Amazon purchases. The pre-tax price would be approximately $12 a season. Not bad.

Trevor

Less than .001% of the people here were able to get that deal, which, as explained above, was an illegal fluke.

Season's 1-4 are often $18 per two at Target, but this Amazon price is a good deal on all 7.

statcat

Big Lots never had it

Fromundacheese

Ive never seen an episode of this show, is it good? Is it like the Twilight Zone or? thanks

Trevor

It's an anthology show like TZ, but horror. You ever see any of the Creepshow movies? The segments are like those segments. I like the series, but I love all things horror.

Fromundacheese

Thanks for the feedback^^ this is definitely a good price>, ...LINK

I saw the first Creepshow movie and I thought that was great, ive been needing to pick it up on BD.
I am not a big horror movie fan but if I remember correctly that movie was like TZ in several ways.
I better snap this up, of course they are probably going to blu-ray disc like the Twilight Zone is eh?

Lecithin

The show is based on the old EC horror comics. I paid over $100 for just the first five seasons back in 2006! Talk about horror!!

Cardsfan111

I was able to pick most of these up at Big Lots on the cheap, and it's turned out to be one of the best blind buys I've ever made (especially considering the low price). I've watched 3 of the seasons this month and have really enjoyed them. It's especially fun to see all the celebrities who appear/direct many of the episodes.

calhoun07

The Big Lots deal was years ago and people are still whining about online prices in comparison to that? Time to get over it, folks.

This is the lowest it has been in quite some time.

Oct 30, 10 3:08 $89.99
Sep 08, 10 14:25 $232.49
Aug 07, 10 13:39 $202.99
Jun 05, 10 13:23 $232.49
Apr 24, 10 13:21 $212.49
Mar 24, 10 13:08 $232.49
Mar 16, 10 13:07 $231.99
Nov 11, 09 6:10 $185.49
Nov 04, 09 21:49 $186.99

statcat

it was last year and it was for 1-6, don't recall 7 ever turning up

Alan Smithee

And they were $3 each, not $4.

Undeadcow

Ninety dollars is a fair price, I remember before the official releases how in demand these were and the cheap bootleg sets on ebay seemed to sell for more than that.

It may not be logical but once an item goes on sale I always have that figure in my head relative to future pricing even if the sale was an insane price error.

calhoun07

Oh, OK. Somebody earlier in the thread said it was three years ago.

Oh, well. I don't have Big Lots near me so that's not really good for me, I guess.

That'sAllFolks

late June '09 and July '09.

That's kind of true for me too, but I do realize that Big Lots was something that will not really be repeated very often, if ever again. But it is true, once I see an item go on sale at Amazon or DD for some amount, that is the most I will ever pay.


I would think at least half the people that wanted TOTC and monitored these threads were able to get most of the first six copies of TOTC. But this deal is OK. 12/season is not bad, but with Target getting them in 2-packs, patience will probably pay off in the long run. Rarely do these Amazon deals show up and the stuff does not go on sale elsewhere for the same or lower p;rices. Many of the "great" deals of BF 2009 (like Quantum Leap, Buck Rogers, Surface, Miami Vice complete etc) showed up later on at Wal-Mart, BB, DD or Big Lots for the same or lower prices.

SterlingBen

Prices are better at target in the 2 packs. $9.99 per season unless you wait for the sale they have every few months then it's $8.99 per season (plus sales tax). Just waiting for the last few seasons.

RickWJ324

Ahhh... the illegal WB fiasco at Big Lots.... those were the days!!

ProfessorEcho

Six seasons of TALES FROM THE CRYPT and six seasons of THE FLINTSTONES, all for $36.00! Sigh....

davidh777

Agreed. If you want to recall good memories of a great deal you got, that's fine with me. Telling someone else they shouldn't buy it because of that deal doesn't make sense, however.

That's fine with me too, but please don't complain when you're disappointed.

calhoun07

Yeah, and I am even more confused about the mention of the Big Lots deal when people also add that it is not likely to be repeated.

If there's no likely chance these season sets will be three bucks a piece again then if I pass this deal up I am a chump hanging on to some deal of the past I never got to take advantage of. What is the bloody point in that? And if you're refusing to buy these season sets for a great deal like this because you think they will be three bucks a season again, I am sure you're going to be waiting a long, long time. Likely you can snag them used from a secondary seller for that price, but that might be your best chance.

I did go ahead and buy this. I REALLY didn't want to...but I put off buying other things for now that I was planning to get this weekend (a new jacket? Meh...it's not that cold yet!) and I don't want to wait for another year for a DOTD. Because it was a full year ago the last time I saw these on sale at amazon.com. I've been wanting these since season one came out and now just seemed like a good time.

Undeadcow

I'm confused that people keep bumping this thread to complain about others complaining. My head is going to explode.

mr Articulate

even cheaper! 64.99