Moopher

Game of Thrones: Season Two - Blu-ray

Chris-K

Shame you have to spend $30 to get free shipping...

creekdipper

Thanks for the heads-up, Moopher. In for two .

kenbenobi

Thanks, in for one. I added a cheap BD to get free shipping...

Osiris3657

Nice, pre-ordered a copy and cancelled my Amazon pre order. Saved me $20!

TGM

any chances of amazon matching this?

JoN8282

shame... it's a good deal, but I'm holding out for the best buy exclusive artwork...

kenbenobi

In fairness, Amazon's price WILL drop. They'll match whatever BB or Target's price is. If S1 is any indication, $34.99 is the likely price. So this FYE price isn't gonna huge a HUGE savings in the long run... But definitely a price that won't be beat. I may cancel it, if there are good bonus discs coming...

Eric F

There's a $2.99 budget shipping option (probably "media mail") for those who are interested.

darkdaze73

Target will have a bonus BD containing...

Online pic mentions the 20 min. interview plus 4 featurettes.

I think a lot of ppl are assuming that BBY will have the exclusive covers like last year. There have already been some pics of excl. covers pop up from other sites in other countries.

Double_Oh_7

Looks like the deal is dead, now it's $57.99

kenbenobi

Well, the web-page still shows $27.99, but when you add it to your cart, it is 57.99... So yes, it is dead now...

jwstl

The page now shows the higher price. I await my cancellation.

IJMSPORT

It was a great deal while it lasted. I placed my order yesterday.. Hope it goes through.

TGM

order status "CANCELLED". No notification e-mail, just checked on-line.

Moopher

Those dickheads. Mine is cancelled as well. Oh well, hopefully somewhere decent will have it for at least $35...but I would definitely take it for less.

DVD Polizei

I'm gonna hold out for some custom slipcovers from Best Buy. My Targaryen Edition still looks pretty cool.

IJMSPORT

Got me too.

Osiris3657

I feel like I'm getting scammed, my email filter is suspicious of all emails from FYE. Additionally, I wasn't able to login to the site to view the order status with the email address I used on the order. Got "we don't have an account associated with this email address" message when trying to log in.

Of course I did get an order notice email back on Monday.

kenbenobi

Although my status says ON HOLD, I received an email stating that it is canceled. I quickly went online to cancel my 2nd item, since I only ordered it to get free shipping...

creekdipper

Same here. I just sent them a one-line response: This type of thing is the reason I stopped paying $25 per year for a membership.

GreenVulture

I'm sure they're lamenting the loss of someone who tried to take advantage of an obvious pricing mistake.

valkyrie

Normally, I agree with this kind of statement, but here I disagree that this is an obvious pricing mistake. I'll bet you ten bucks that we'll see this sent at $35 or so by release day. This isn't that far out of line with recent prices for S1 or other HBO blu-ray sets.

kenbenobi

So it had nothing to do with them closing 95% of their stores?

creekdipper

Well, you are right...for THEM, it was an "obvious" pricing mistake.

On the other hand, Target, Best Buy, Amazon, etc. had Season One BD in the $35-$40 price range. I know, because I picked up some of the exclusive editions for around that price (and FYE's was just a 'regular' edition).

If it had been $12.99 rather than $27.99, I would call that an "obvious" pricing mistake. Not offering something for a few bucks less (after factoring in tax) than Amazon will likely have it. And that was with getting free budget shipping from FYE. If you want to see examples of really OBVIOUS price mistakes, go read the WBShop thread.

But you are also right in that FYE seems to rely upon uninformed buyers who are willing to pay $10 more for used copies of sets than brand-new copies will cost elsewhere, so I highly doubt that they lament the loss of any customers who actually watch their budgets.

Best Buy has "Camelot" Season One listed today at $44.99. On Wednesday it was $17.99. Do you also call that an "obvious" price mistake? Or a temporary (one-day) advertised deal?