Is Veronica Mars always on sale at Amazon??
#26
Re: Is Veronica Mars always on sale at Amazon??
BTW, Deepdiscount sells the whole set of three seasons for $40: http://www.deepdiscount.com/dvd/vero...t-3rd-seasons/
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Re: Is Veronica Mars always on sale at Amazon??
Last year or so I got S1 for $8 at Kroger. It was a blind buy and I just started watching the DVDs this summer (been following along with the AV Club's recaps). I'm really enjoying it. Thanks for letting me know the rest of the series is so cheap at Amazon!
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Re: Is Veronica Mars always on sale at Amazon??
Amazon buys from whoever can provide the title they want at the lowest price point and then they mark it up to the price they're selling them. In other words they sometimes get them from the real studios and other times they buy them from dubious sources.
Do you remember the Have Gun Will Travel season set that was priced ridiculously low at Amazon? It had a defective disc. I pursued the issue up to the studio and they swore that Amazon had bought sets that were proven to be counterfeit from an overseas source. At least that's what I was told by a CSR from the studio.It's rare, but happens when you seek out the lowest wholesale price. I find it hard to believe those sets are priced below their cost if the price has been there for so long.
Do you remember the Have Gun Will Travel season set that was priced ridiculously low at Amazon? It had a defective disc. I pursued the issue up to the studio and they swore that Amazon had bought sets that were proven to be counterfeit from an overseas source. At least that's what I was told by a CSR from the studio.It's rare, but happens when you seek out the lowest wholesale price. I find it hard to believe those sets are priced below their cost if the price has been there for so long.
One of the problems is the OP is looking at the MSRP. The MSRP does not reflect what the retailer pays for the product. Amazon and every retailer probably only pays about $13 for each set. Warner Brothers has a $59.98 MSRP on most of their one hour show TV season sets. Just look at the MSRPs of Lois and Clark, Smallville, Supernatural, and The Flash. All of these can be found very cheap.
I just did a search on this forum and found a few Veronica Mars sales threads. In this thread from less than eight months ago : Veronica Mars- Seasons 1-3 $19.99 each @ Amazon, the OP decides to buy them. So the OP buys them for about $60 for all three and now eight months later would be happy with a $45 to $50 profit. It's not going to happen with TV seasons by a major distributor like WB unless it suddenly goes out out of print.
I just did a search on this forum and found a few Veronica Mars sales threads. In this thread from less than eight months ago : Veronica Mars- Seasons 1-3 $19.99 each @ Amazon, the OP decides to buy them. So the OP buys them for about $60 for all three and now eight months later would be happy with a $45 to $50 profit. It's not going to happen with TV seasons by a major distributor like WB unless it suddenly goes out out of print.
I have been selling on ebay for several years now, I dont sell that much now since ebay basically gave its media business to the large sellers but I got to know quite a bit about how dvd works from the wholesale end. I also am a buyer for a C-store chain and have talked to several movie distributors and I pretty much get the same story.
Most of the stuff that stays cheap is just surplus. Its how Wal-Mart sells $5 dvd's and its why Veronica Mars stays so cheap.
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Re: Is Veronica Mars always on sale at Amazon??
BTW, Deepdiscount sells the whole set of three seasons for $40: http://www.deepdiscount.com/dvd/vero...t-3rd-seasons/
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Re: Is Veronica Mars always on sale at Amazon??
One of the problems is the OP is looking at the MSRP. The MSRP does not reflect what the retailer pays for the product. Amazon and every retailer probably only pays about $13 for each set. Warner Brothers has a $59.98 MSRP on most of their one hour show TV season sets. Just look at the MSRPs of Lois and Clark, Smallville, Supernatural, and The Flash. All of these can be found very cheap.
I just did a search on this forum and found a few Veronica Mars sales threads. In this thread from less than eight months ago : Veronica Mars- Seasons 1-3 $19.99 each @ Amazon, the OP decides to buy them. So the OP buys them for about $60 for all three and now eight months later would be happy with a $45 to $50 profit. It's not going to happen with TV seasons by a major distributor like WB unless it suddenly goes out out of print.
I just did a search on this forum and found a few Veronica Mars sales threads. In this thread from less than eight months ago : Veronica Mars- Seasons 1-3 $19.99 each @ Amazon, the OP decides to buy them. So the OP buys them for about $60 for all three and now eight months later would be happy with a $45 to $50 profit. It's not going to happen with TV seasons by a major distributor like WB unless it suddenly goes out out of print.
I'm on this forum almost every day and I've never seen this cheap (for $15 or $20).
#31
Re: Is Veronica Mars always on sale at Amazon??
You can buy the whole Sports Night series on Amazon Marketplace for $33 shipped. Amazon had the whole series on sale for $33.49 about three months ago.That's about $16 per season which is what Veronica Mars season sets sell for. I wouldn't expect the whole series to sell in the $15-20 range.
Last edited by Texan26; 08-14-11 at 05:06 PM.
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Re: Is Veronica Mars always on sale at Amazon??
And Big Lots.
And good luck even finding a store that stocks this title anymore. I just checked BB and it's not available for in-store pick up. Strictly internet.
So, if the OP holds out a little longer, this title may dry up and he can sell his for more cash.
And good luck even finding a store that stocks this title anymore. I just checked BB and it's not available for in-store pick up. Strictly internet.
So, if the OP holds out a little longer, this title may dry up and he can sell his for more cash.
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Re: Is Veronica Mars always on sale at Amazon??
You can buy the whole Sports Night series on Amazon Marketplace for $33 shipped. Amazon had the whole series on sale for $33.49 about three months ago.That's about $16 per season which is what Veronica Mars season sets sell for. I wouldn't expect the whole series to sell in the $15-20 range.