GoldenWheels

Looking at the title you mention on Amazon, it just says "Price: 29.98". If it was what Amazon thought the MSRP is, it would say "list price: 29.98", kinda like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Cormans-Classi...4594954&sr=8-1


Now whatever is listed may in fact be the MSRP but that is not the way Amazon is listing it. I think.

I will say distributors are not that quick and efficient with updating their customers of MSRP changes either. I've seen them get caught in billing errors months later. It's also in a store's advantage (though disingenuous) to leave the old, higher MSRP up....they're now paying far less per piece and can even cut their sell price while still showing a "big discount" off the MSRP.

TimeandTide

Justified Season 2 just dropped from $29.99 to $24.99 for pre-order. Releases Jan. 3.

Strapped4Cash

Good observation. Thanks.

Theoretically that's entirely possible, but in this specific instance, seeing as how this title has been listed for so much less by so many other retailers for more than 6 months, then I don't believe that that's true in this situation. That's one of the reasons that I linked to this particular title, because I've seen precisely what you describe below, when Amazon is simply a "little" later (1-4 weeks) in adjusting their MSRP/List Price downwards compared to some others.

For example, they will have a title starting at $29.98 and then start offering large discounts of 50% - 75% off. After a week or two then, B&N will show a new MSRP of $9.99 and then 3 weeks later Amazon will show a new List of $9.99 too.

Again, I very much agree that that's what happens in the majority of instances. Very rarely, I'll come across something like this which just puzzles me and seems anomalous.

TheBigDave

If you rent an Amazon VOD title from a list of Paramount & Anchor Bay movies, you get a $5 coupon to buy any of the movies on DVD or Blu-ray. There's a couple $0.99 rentals on the list.

It looks like the Paramount rentals get a $5 coupon for a Paramount disc. And the Anchor Bay rentals get an Anchor Bay coupon.

If you've been buying New Release movies on Blu or DVD, you might already have some VOD credits sitting in your account.

I rented Sunshine Cleaning for $0.99 and got Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil [Four-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy] for $8.99.

joltman

I was all set to do this and then I remembered my Prime membership expired

clckworang

^ I don't think you need Prime to rent a movie from Amazon. I wouldn't think so anyway. Prime members get free streaming for a selection of titles, not free rentals.

SethDLH

Sorry for not posting yesterday or today guys... just don't have the time with the holiday craziness going on.

TheBigDave

These are Amazon Instant Video rentals. I don't think any of the movies qualified for Free Prime Streaming.

Lots of people have free Amazon Instant Video credits sitting in their account. I'd racked up $28 in credits without even knowing it. You can check your credit balance on any Instant Video listing page. At the bottom of the black box, click on the View Balance link.

Here's a couple Blu-ray prices after the $5 coupon:

ANCHOR BAY
$8.99 - Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (3D/Blu/DVD Combo)
$12.49 - Scream 4 (Blu/DVD Combo)
$4.99 - Nothing Like the Holidays
$3.49 - Sunshine Cleaning
$12.99 - Submarine
$8.49 - Father Of Invention
$13.49 - Bereavement

PARAMOUNT
$6.49 - African Queen
$11.99 - Election
$10.99 - Godfather
$10.99 - Godfather 2
$16.99 - SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Blu/DVD Combo)
$6.99 - Four Brothers
$11.99 - Lovely Bones (2-Disc SE)
$8.49 - Lovely Bones
$15.49 - Up In The Air

clckworang

I didn't realize you could check your Instant Video credits like that. Thanks for the tip.

Also, Up In the Air has been as low as $7.99, so I wouldn't suggest anyone buy it for that price.

joltman

I didn't mean anything about the streaming video, what I meant was that I'd have to reach $25 to get free shipping, I can't just place any order with free shipping.

DVD Polizei

I was rather surprised to find I had $10 waiting for me to activate because I traded in some DVDs. Thanks for the heads up. Hope to apply the $5 coupon to Dark of The Moon or something in the next month. Maybe it'll get to $11.99 or less for a sweet deal.

kenbenobi

Anyone know if you do get the $5 credit from renting a VOD more than once on the same account? Perhaps once for Paramount, and once for Anchor Bay? That's what I would guess, but I just want to confirm.

TheBigDave

Some of those Anchor Bay prices I posted yesterday have changed. It looks like the Paramount prices are still the same.

I was able to get two Anchor Bay coupons.

I rented Sunshine Cleaning for $0.99 and got bought Hookwinked 2 for $8.99. Then I went back about 15 minutes later and rented The Dog Who Saved Christmas for $0.99 and bought the Sunshine Cleaning blu-ray for $3.49.

Al_Tahoe

12 Angry Men and The Killing have both been lowered to $21.49

Trevor

I was going to jump on the Hoodwinked 2 combo for $9 deal, but the price went back up yesterday, and my Prime expired today. I thought Amazon would keep it through the day at least, but looks like they killed it at midnight.

Merry Christmas Amazon.

Pointyskull

I'm surprised Amazon hasn't matched Best Buy's $14.99 on the BD of Rise of the Planet of the Apes

onebyone

Wish they would hurry up and match that one and Kung Fu Panda 2. I am ready to buy buy buy.

Easy

Best Buy has it on sale with free shipping. Why wait?

I've been impressed with Best Buy's no minimum free shipping this holiday season. I wish it were all year.

Pointyskull

I no doubt will. But with Amazon Prime - and no tax - I'd be willing to wait if they drop the price. It's a weird game I like to play, as if my Amazon wishlist was some kind of imaginary stock market where I watch/wait for dramatic price fluctuations before I act.

Schloob1

Is someone not properly estimating their taxes they should put on their IL state tax returns from internet purchases that don't charge tax

lizard

Previous lists:
12-9-11, 12-7-11, 12-6-11, 12-5-11, 12-4-11, 12-3-11, 12-2-11, 12-1-11, 11-30-11, 11-29-11, 11-28-11, 11-27-11, 11-26-11, 11-25-11, 11-24-11, 11-23-11, 11-22-11, 11-21-11, 11-20-11, 11-19-11, 11-18-11, 11-17-11, 11-16-11, 11-15-11, 11-14-11, 11-12-11, 11-11-11, 11-10-11, 11-10-11,
[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]


Here are today's New Lows and some Old Lows:

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) $6.99
Afro Samurai: Season One - Director's Cut $6.99

Assassins Creed: Lineage $7.49

Romancing the Stone $7.99
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove $7.99
Dawn of the Dead $7.99
Lara Croft - Tomb Raider $7.99
The Transporter $7.99
Seven Swords $7.99
Training Day $7.99

Carrie [Blu-ray] (1976) $8.49
The Graduate (1967) $8.49
Alpha Dog $8.49
The Amityville Horror(1979) $8.49
Force 10 from Navarone (1978) $8.49

In Bruges $8.99
Kamui Gaiden: Movie $8.99
Arn: The Knight Templar $8.99
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl $8.99
The Jackal (Combo Blu-ray and Standard DVD) $8.99
Road House $8.99
An Empress and the Warriors $8.99
Navy Seals $8.99
The Peacemaker $8.99
Women in Trouble $8.99

Basket Case $9.49
Nowhere to Run $9.49
Gone in 60 Seconds $9.49
Face/Off $9.49
Origin: Spirits of the Past (Special Edition) $9.49
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie $9.49

The Pink Panther 2 $9.99
Afro Samurai: Resurrection - Director's Cut $9.99
Big Trouble in Little China $9.99
Transporter 3 $9.99

Troll 2 (The 20th Anniversary Nilbog Edition) $10.49

District 13: Ultimatum $11.49

Treasure Hunter $11.99
Harimaya Bridge (Blu-ray/DVD Combo) $11.99
Black Blood Brothers: The Complete Series S.A.V.E. $11.99
Shopping $11.99
The Big Bang $11.99

Dante's Peak $12.49

Defiance / Enemy at the Gates $12.99

ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 $13.49
Paper Man $13.49
Centurion $13.49
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York $13.49

Spartacus (50th Anniversary Edition) (1960) $13.99
True Legend $13.99
The Sword with No Name $13.99
Backdraft $13.99
Home Alone $13.99
Fall Classic at Fenway Park $13.99
Wayne's World / Wayne's World 2 $13.99
The Bodyguard $13.99

Tajomaru: Avenging Blade $14.49
Higanjima: Escape from Vampire Island $14.49
Clash of the Gods: Complete Season 1 $14.49

An Invisible Sign $14.99
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City $14.99
Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads Season 1 $14.99
Night Catches Us $14.99
Moby Dick $14.99
Client-9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer $14.99

Ghost Hunters: Season 6, Part 1 $15.49
Life After People: The Complete Season Two $15.49
Conan the Barbarian $15.49
Conan the Destroyer $15.49

Brazil $15.99

Dragon Ball Z Kai: Part Six $16.99
Trigun: Badlands Rumble $16.99
The Ledge $16.99
Full Metal Panic!: The Second Raid - Complete Series $16.99
Dragon Ball Z Level 1.1 $16.99
Love Wedding Marriage $16.99
Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE: Season One $16.99
Mandrill $16.99

Helvetica $18.49
Ceremony $18.49
Page One: Inside the New York Times $18.49

I Melt with You $19.99

Mr. Nice $20.49
Battle 360: The Complete Season One $20.49

Cars 2 $20.99
Yu Yu Hakusho: Season Four $20.99

12 Angry Men (The Criterion Collection) (1957) $21.49
The Killing (The Criterion Collection) $21.49
Kuroneko (The Criterion Collection) $21.49
The Rules of the Game (The Criterion Collection) $21.49

How the Earth Was Made: Complete Season 2 $22.99
Smallville: The Complete Sixth Season $22.99
Smallville: The Complete Seventh Season $22.99
Smallville: The Complete Eighth Season $22.99

Fairy Tail: Part 1 $24.99
Real Steel $24.99

The Phantom Carriage (The Criterion Collection) $25.99
My Life as a Dog (The Criterion Collection) $25.99

Darker Than Black: Season 2 with OVA's (Blu-ray/DVD Combo) $26.99
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except $26.99
Carlos (The Criterion Collection) $26.99

Chaos;Head: The Complete Series (Limited Edition, Blu-ray/DVD Combo) $28.99
Dance in the Vampire Bund: Complete Series $28.99
House M.D.: Season Seven $28.99

The Office: Season Seven $29.99

True Blood: The Complete Third Season $30.99

Casshern Sins: Complete Collection $32.99

davidh777

Lizard's back!

No problem, SethDLH. Many thanks for all your work in this thread at this time of year.

I might end up blind-buying this one at the right price--not sure if this is quite low enough for me. Have to say that the Netflix rental window scheme is working on me to some extent.

vocalhouse

Welcome back Lizard! I didn't see this included in Lizard's post, so: Smallville Season 10 is $25.99.

Pointyskull

[sarcasm]Of course I am![/sarcasm]

bhauge

Wish granted

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