Deep Discount Price Jumps? - Page 2

Josh-da-man · 09-24-07, 03:48 AM

Other possibilities might be that their switch to "Deepdiscount" from "DeepdiscountDVD," when they expanded their product line, has had the effect of reducing their overall profit margins. And they're raising prices to compensate.

Or they could be seeing increased costs from their distributor which are being passed on to consumers. (Just going over my wishlist, it looks like only certain studios were effected. I've noticed that all of the MGM and Anchor Bay titles increased. None of the Warner Bros titles I've looked at seem to have changed.)

John Sinnott · 09-24-07, 06:50 AM

Personally, I think the recent postage increase may be contributing to it. They have to figure that in somewhere.

DVD Polizei · 09-24-07, 07:15 AM

I guess it costs an extra $3.32 to ship my Alien Quadrilogy, taking 10-14 days to receive it.

It went up from $45.33 to $48.65. I sense a Fox sale coming soon.

No, I don't own this set. Yet.

Also, they're advertising it as a "New Price Bite!" which it is certainly NOT. It's gone up in price.

joe_b · 09-25-07, 08:13 PM

The prices on the Paramount "Back to School" promotion appear to be lowered to the original sale price.

Most Anchor Bay titles still seem to be up a couple bucks, but hopefully they are working out the kinks.

SkullOrchard · 09-26-07, 12:21 AM

Just about everything on my wish list has gone up an average of 10%. If the prices remain as they are, I won't be buying much if there's a 20% off sale this Nov.

tonyjg · 09-27-07, 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joe_b

Most Anchor Bay titles still seem to be up a couple bucks, but hopefully they are working out the kinks.

There's no 'kinks' - its jut putting prices up just before 'that' time of the year - oh well - as others - i wont be getting much !

Josh-da-man · 09-27-07, 03:56 PM

The 20% off sale is still about two months away, though... it won't happen until sometime in November if past is prologue. If that's their intent, it seems a little early to be doing it.

And even then, they never jacked up the prices of that many titles before. The $9.xx MGM never went up befpre the sale, and the Anchor Bay titles were always at a standard 40% off all the way through the sale.

KARNEDGE · 09-27-07, 08:25 PM

Well, it looks like all books (which were previous unaffected) have now increased.....

09/23 Price * 09/28 Price (Increase)

Shazam the Monster Society of Evil 19.91* 22.49 (2.58)
Universal Monsters: Cavalcade of Horror 15.56* 17.96 (2.40)
DC The New Frontier 15.59* 17.99 (2.40)
Justice 2 13.27* 14.99 (1.72)
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror 13.26* 15.30 (2.04)
Mego 8' Super-heroes: World's Greatest Toys! 33.16* 37.46 (4.30)
Trials of Shazam! 1 10.71* 11.99 (1.28)
Star Wars: A New Hope 10.10* 11.66 (1.56)
Star Wars Infinities: Empire Strikes Back 10.10* 11.66 (1.56)
Spider-man: Reign 13.27* 14.99 (1.72)
fantastic four book 4.67* 5.39 (0.72)

DVDS WITH ADD'L PRICE INCREASES FROM THE START OF THIS POST:
Samuel Z. Arkoff Collection Cult Classics -
The Spider/War of the Colossal Beast 11.17* 11.77 (0.60)
Twilight Zone: The Definitive Edition -
Season 1 46.89* 46.99 (0.10)

Mosskeeto · 09-28-07, 12:59 AM

I thought by now that the prices would have been corrected back to the original ones. Maybe this isn't a glitch after all and DD has raised their "profit margins". There's not a huge profit being made when they discount to the max and make up for it in quantities sold. I'm surprised.

creekdipper · 09-28-07, 05:29 AM

Maybe they're trying to generate some extra cash flow to help pay off the settlement to Scholastic over the Harry Potter early release fiasco.

Spiral Staircase · 10-01-07, 02:20 PM

It looks like the same phenomenon carried over to their sister site DVDPlanet. Almost half of the items in my wishlist increased by approximately a dollar each.

Ravenous · 10-01-07, 05:09 PM

I noticed alot of my DVD wishlist went up, biggest was Tremors Pack for about $5.

Ive really become disgusted with DD, I wouldnt mind seeing them go out of business...

KARNEDGE · 10-02-07, 02:01 PM

I am monitoring my wishlist weekly to check for any increases ir decreases.

Good news!!! There were actually some price decreases this week. Not as many as we hoped for but non the less a decrease.

Jungle Book actually dropped quite significantly.....

Night Gallery - The Complete First Season 9/23 WAS 46.99, AS OF 10/01 IS 46.89 PRICE REDUCED 6.00

Twilight Zone: The Definitive Edition - Season 1 9/23 WAS 39.64, AS OF 10/01 IS 33.64 PRICE REDUCED 0.10

Samuel Z. Arkoff Collection Cult Classics - The Spider/War of the Colossal Beast 9/23 WAS 11.77, AS OF 10/01 IS 33.17 PRICE REDUCED 0.60

The Jungle Book 9/23 WAS 23.52, AS OF 10/01 IS 15.88 PRICE REDUCED 7.64

KARNEDGE · 10-02-07, 02:17 PM

Rechecked my wishlist after my previous post....

Already a change!

Night Gallery - The Complete First Season 9/23 WAS 46.99, AS OF 10/01 IS 46.89 PRICE REDUCED 6.00

Now....
Night Gallery - The Complete First Season 9/23 WAS 46.99, AS OF 10/01 IS 46.89 10/02 is 39.64 PRICE INCREASED 6.00

Phod · 10-02-07, 03:28 PM

It erased some stuff from my cart and a few of them are up about 5%.

But what's weirder is that like everything is out of stock (though it was in stock just a few days ago) and the expected date is 10/12 for all of it. And this is a mish-mash of items.

Anyone else have nothing in stock?

KARNEDGE · 10-02-07, 04:42 PM

Yeah, I have seen the same thing too.

Very strange goings on.....

Sex Fiend · 10-02-07, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by starecase

It looks like the same phenomenon carried over to their sister site DVDPlanet. Almost half of the items in my wishlist increased by approximately a dollar each.

Yeah, I went to put in an order at DVD Planet last night, but held off when I discovered the September coupons were expired.

Then went back in to their site today with the new October coupons only to discover that three of the items I was going to order each went up anywhere from $3 to $5 apiece just since the previous evening.

Something is definitely going on at DDD and DVD Planet. Some of the price increases I saw were higher than Amazon's regular prices. Buyer beware!

tonyjg · 10-02-07, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KARNEDGE

Good news!!! There were actually some price decreases this week. Not as many as we hoped for but non the less a decrease.

Jungle Book actually dropped quite significantly.....

Night Gallery - The Complete First Season 9/23 WAS 46.99, AS OF 10/01 IS 46.89 PRICE REDUCED 6.00

Twilight Zone: The Definitive Edition - Season 1 9/23 WAS 39.64, AS OF 10/01 IS 33.64 PRICE REDUCED 0.10

I'm starting to wonder if Maths was not your best subject ? (also check your other post

)

tonyjg · 10-02-07, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KARNEDGE

Rechecked my wishlist after my previous post....

Already a change!

Night Gallery - The Complete First Season 9/23 WAS 46.99, AS OF 10/01 IS 46.89 PRICE REDUCED 6.00

Now....
Night Gallery - The Complete First Season 9/23 WAS 46.99, AS OF 10/01 IS 46.89 10/02 is 39.64 PRICE INCREASED 6.00

check your maths

Josh-da-man · 10-02-07, 11:51 PM

I did a price check on five new and upcoming releases I'm interested in at both DD and Amazon. The results. (Amazon price is in redDD price is in blue.)

Kubrick Collection $55.99 $58.51
Blade Runner 5 disc $54.99 $62.17
Serenity SE $19.99 $21.29
Robocop 20th Ann SE $14.99 $16.01
Twin Peaks Gold Box $64.99 $73.20

TOTAL: $210.95 $231.18

No shenanigans; I just picked five titles I'm interested in and compared the prices at both retailers. Amazon was less expensive on all five of them, with a difference of more than $20 in the total prices.

"Deep discount" my arse.

GroovyNightmare · 10-03-07, 12:24 AM

This is discouraging. I noticed my wishlist total has jumped significantly higher.

hindolio · 10-03-07, 02:40 AM

patience guys

reverie · 10-03-07, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GroovyNightmare

This is discouraging. I noticed my wishlist total has jumped significantly higher.

I just happened to be by the site today, and noticed most all on my wishlist has increased by at least a dollar as well. They can't be the cheapest forever.

KARNEDGE · 10-03-07, 06:28 PM

Sorry, my spreadsheet had a bad formula and it repeated data from the previous column (week).

However I manually double checked and yes, the increase and decreases are correct.

I will rework the spreadsheet this weekend to post corrected values.

Thanks to all who caught the error.

KARNEDGE · 10-03-07, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KARNEDGE

Sorry, my spreadsheet had a bad formula and it repeated data from the previous column (week).

However I manually double checked and yes, the increase and decreases are correct.

I will rework the spreadsheet this weekend to post corrected values.

Thanks to all who caught the error.

Error Caught!
Jungle Book actually dropped quite significantly.....
9/23 WAS 23.52, AS OF 10/01 IS 15.88 PRICE REDUCED 7.64

Night Gallery - The Complete First Season 9/23 WAS 46.99, AS OF 10/01 IS 46.89 PRICE REDUCED 0.10

Twilight Zone: The Definitive Edition - Season 1 9/23 WAS 39.64, AS OF 10/01 IS 33.64 PRICE REDUCED 6.00

09-24-07, 03:48 AM	#26
Josh-da-man DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Bible Belt Posts: 10,856	Other possibilities might be that their switch to "Deepdiscount" from "DeepdiscountDVD," when they expanded their product line, has had the effect of reducing their overall profit margins. And they're raising prices to compensate. Or they could be seeing increased costs from their distributor which are being passed on to consumers. (Just going over my wishlist, it looks like only certain studios were effected. I've noticed that all of the MGM and Anchor Bay titles increased. None of the Warner Bros titles I've looked at seem to have changed.) __________________ "Hell is other people." -- Jean-Paul Sartre

09-24-07, 06:50 AM	#27
John Sinnott Review Editor Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 4,077	Personally, I think the recent postage increase may be contributing to it. They have to figure that in somewhere. __________________ John Sinnott, Review Editor Silent DVD - the latest information and reviews of silent classics Anime Talk - DVD Talk's biweekly look at anime My other Reviews

09-24-07, 07:15 AM	#28
DVD Polizei DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: On the edge of sanity Posts: 31,433	I guess it costs an extra $3.32 to ship my Alien Quadrilogy, taking 10-14 days to receive it. It went up from $45.33 to $48.65. I sense a Fox sale coming soon. No, I don't own this set. Yet. Also, they're advertising it as a "New Price Bite!" which it is certainly NOT. It's gone up in price. __________________ Blu-ray Titles: 121 \| HD DVD Titles: 309 "If you think you have the Swine Flu...relax...it's just gas." - DVD P Initial Body Weight on October 2008: 305lbs \| Current Body Weight: 217lbs \| Baseline Body Weight: 217lbs \| Net Weight Loss: 89.5lbs Last edited by DVD Polizei; 09-24-07 at 07:17 AM.

09-26-07, 12:21 AM	#30
SkullOrchard DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Central Georgia Posts: 1,323	Just about everything on my wish list has gone up an average of 10%. If the prices remain as they are, I won't be buying much if there's a 20% off sale this Nov. __________________ http://www.metalpsalter.com/phpBB3/

09-27-07, 03:56 PM	#32
Josh-da-man DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Bible Belt Posts: 10,856	The 20% off sale is still about two months away, though... it won't happen until sometime in November if past is prologue. If that's their intent, it seems a little early to be doing it. And even then, they never jacked up the prices of that many titles before. The $9.xx MGM never went up befpre the sale, and the Anchor Bay titles were always at a standard 40% off all the way through the sale. __________________ "Hell is other people." -- Jean-Paul Sartre

09-25-07, 08:13 PM	#29
joe_b Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 238	The prices on the Paramount "Back to School" promotion appear to be lowered to the original sale price. Most Anchor Bay titles still seem to be up a couple bucks, but hopefully they are working out the kinks.

09-27-07, 08:25 PM	#33
KARNEDGE Cool New Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 25	Books Now Effected! Well, it looks like all books (which were previous unaffected) have now increased..... 09/23 Price * 09/28 Price (Increase) Shazam the Monster Society of Evil 19.91* 22.49 (2.58) Universal Monsters: Cavalcade of Horror 15.56* 17.96 (2.40) DC The New Frontier 15.59* 17.99 (2.40) Justice 2 13.27* 14.99 (1.72) The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror 13.26* 15.30 (2.04) Mego 8' Super-heroes: World's Greatest Toys! 33.16* 37.46 (4.30) Trials of Shazam! 1 10.71* 11.99 (1.28) Star Wars: A New Hope 10.10* 11.66 (1.56) Star Wars Infinities: Empire Strikes Back 10.10* 11.66 (1.56) Spider-man: Reign 13.27* 14.99 (1.72) fantastic four book 4.67* 5.39 (0.72) DVDS WITH ADD'L PRICE INCREASES FROM THE START OF THIS POST: Samuel Z. Arkoff Collection Cult Classics - The Spider/War of the Colossal Beast 11.17* 11.77 (0.60) Twilight Zone: The Definitive Edition - Season 1 46.89* 46.99 (0.10) __________________ "Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death....." - The Sacred Scrolls

09-28-07, 12:59 AM	#34
Mosskeeto Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 971	I thought by now that the prices would have been corrected back to the original ones. Maybe this isn't a glitch after all and DD has raised their "profit margins". There's not a huge profit being made when they discount to the max and make up for it in quantities sold. I'm surprised.

09-28-07, 05:29 AM	#35
creekdipper DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,609	Maybe they're trying to generate some extra cash flow to help pay off the settlement to Scholastic over the Harry Potter early release fiasco.

10-01-07, 02:20 PM	#36
Spiral Staircase Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: user formerly known as starecase Posts: 776	It looks like the same phenomenon carried over to their sister site DVDPlanet. Almost half of the items in my wishlist increased by approximately a dollar each.

10-01-07, 05:09 PM	#37
Ravenous DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Where the river Styxx ends... Posts: 3,395	I noticed alot of my DVD wishlist went up, biggest was Tremors Pack for about $5. Ive really become disgusted with DD, I wouldnt mind seeing them go out of business... __________________ "How come Im seeing all this crap; Ive seen mods and reviewers with avatars but now people with lower statuses than me? What the hell!" My (Too Many) DVDs Wii Friend Code: 2036-1088-5135-3045 Mario Kart Wii Code: 1977-0748-1136

10-02-07, 02:01 PM	#38
KARNEDGE Cool New Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 25	Price Changes I am monitoring my wishlist weekly to check for any increases ir decreases. Good news!!! There were actually some price *decreases* this week. Not as many as we hoped for but non the less a decrease. *Jungle Book* actually dropped quite significantly..... Night Gallery - The Complete First Season 9/23 WAS 46.99, AS OF 10/01 IS 46.89 PRICE REDUCED 6.00 Twilight Zone: The Definitive Edition - Season 1 9/23 WAS 39.64, AS OF 10/01 IS 33.64 PRICE REDUCED 0.10 Samuel Z. Arkoff Collection Cult Classics - The Spider/War of the Colossal Beast 9/23 WAS 11.77, AS OF 10/01 IS 33.17 PRICE REDUCED 0.60 The Jungle Book 9/23 WAS 23.52, AS OF 10/01 IS 15.88 PRICE REDUCED 7.64 __________________ "Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death....." - The Sacred Scrolls

10-02-07, 02:17 PM	#39
KARNEDGE Cool New Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 25	Price Change Follow Up..... Rechecked my wishlist after my previous post.... Already a change! Night Gallery - The Complete First Season 9/23 WAS 46.99, AS OF 10/01 IS 46.89 PRICE REDUCED 6.00 Now.... Night Gallery - The Complete First Season 9/23 WAS 46.99, AS OF 10/01 IS 46.89 10/02 is 39.64 PRICE INCREASED 6.00 __________________ "Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death....." - The Sacred Scrolls

10-02-07, 03:28 PM	#40
Phod Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 478	It erased some stuff from my cart and a few of them are up about 5%. But what's weirder is that like everything is out of stock (though it was in stock just a few days ago) and the expected date is 10/12 for all of it. And this is a mish-mash of items. Anyone else have nothing in stock?

10-02-07, 04:42 PM	#41
KARNEDGE Cool New Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 25	Very strange goings on Yeah, I have seen the same thing too. Very strange goings on..... __________________ "Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death....." - The Sacred Scrolls

10-02-07, 11:51 PM	#45
Josh-da-man DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Bible Belt Posts: 10,856	I did a price check on five new and upcoming releases I'm interested in at both DD and Amazon. The results. (Amazon price is in redDD price is in blue.) Kubrick Collection $55.99 $58.51 Blade Runner 5 disc $54.99 $62.17 Serenity SE $19.99 $21.29 Robocop 20th Ann SE $14.99 $16.01 Twin Peaks Gold Box $64.99 $73.20 TOTAL: $210.95 $231.18 No shenanigans; I just picked five titles I'm interested in and compared the prices at both retailers. Amazon was less expensive on all five of them, with a difference of more than $20 in the total prices. "Deep discount" my arse. __________________ "Hell is other people." -- Jean-Paul Sartre

10-03-07, 12:24 AM	#46
GroovyNightmare New Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 10	This is discouraging. I noticed my wishlist total has jumped significantly higher.

10-03-07, 02:40 AM	#47
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10-03-07, 06:28 PM	#49
KARNEDGE Cool New Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 25	My Math, My Bad Sorry, my spreadsheet had a bad formula and it repeated data from the previous column (week). However I manually double checked and yes, the increase and decreases are correct. I will rework the spreadsheet this weekend to post corrected values. Thanks to all who caught the error. __________________ "Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death....." - The Sacred Scrolls