matrixrok9

I hear you on that one. To me saving $3 and waiting a couple of months isn't worth it. But I won't buy a catalog title for $20 either. I buy catalog titles in the $10 price range. Got Heat and Braveheart for $10 around X Mas time but I'm willing to wait months for a sale. Still waiting for Glory to be $10, right now the cheapest is around $15.

I also don't take $10 rebates into consideration because it's a pain in the ass sending it in and I've been burned a couple of times.

chrisbluedevil

what kind of facebook coupon? please enlighten. . .

Travis McClain

Universal Facebook Five Dollar Coupon

glassdragon

Look down like 9 posts :P or just click the handy link above.

Blu-ray-collect

Very true. My theater has the 7.1 Surround sound, and I calibrated the speakers using the setup process on my Denon. Works for me, and since I haven't seen a movie in the theater in a long time, I guess I don't really know if my setup is any better. Nonetheless, it suits me, and it beats dealing with noisy people in theaters.

If I don't know what I'm missing...

FatTony

Not trying to derail the thread or anything here, but no amount of calibration can make up for the other shit I have to deal with at the theater: cellphones, noisy babies/children/adults, insanely priced snacks, etc. Those are just a few of the reasons I've been to the theater very few times since getting my home theater setup (and I used to see 50+ movies a year in the theater).

fatherom

Finally found a BB in lovely tax-free NH that had some (had to ask about 3 people and they eventually found some in the back).

Pricematched the BB online price of $14.99 and used the Facebook Universal $5 coupon, so got it for $9.99 out the door.

Chris

kenbenobi

Well, sometimes I forget to turn my cell phone off when I'm watching a movie in my home theater...

jpb07

skidmark

Well, I hope that somebody threw an ice cube at you ...

lizard

The flip side of that argument is:

"Why the rush? You've waited this long for 'movie X' to come out on BD so what's another six months or a year to get it cheap? After all, most of us have dozens of other BDs to watch in the interim."


I really don't understand the impulsive "gotta have it NOW!" mentality that so many seem to have, as I've said before. For those who are wealthy, sure, what difference does three (or five or ten) bucks make? For those who are thrifty and take the time to hang out in the Blu-ray Bargains forum, saving a few bucks would seem to be the whole point.

I'm with Giz: $20 for a catalog title is absurd (I won't even pay that for a new release). In November last year lots of formerly high-priced catalog titles were available for $8 to $13. I'll wait and see it if happens again. If not, there is always Half.com or Amazon Marketplace.

Artman

And for most catalog movies, even new ones that's how I approach it. However, it's been yrs since I've seen this one, and based on the reported quality... I'd very much like to watch it sooner rather than later. Plus I have AMZ gift certificates, so I'm not really spending much.

Also, the high MSRP for this one will keep it from going much lower. The best price any of the Saphire Series' have been is $17, so a whole $3. I'll wait for $5, but any less than that seems kinda trivial to me. (I'm a working single guy, so maybe my situation allows for that more than others...)

Gizmo

You're not looking very hard if the best price for you was $17 for any of the Sapphire films. At one point Braveheart/Gladiator were $13 and on release week they were Buy both get $10 off which was about $15ish each (IIRC).

lizard

^Braveheart and Gladiator were both $10 at Amazon on Black Friday.

[I bought a copy of Gladiator for $10, but when a re-release was rumored I sold it for $15+ unopened. Given all the controversy on the PQ, I couldn't bring myself to open it, even with the $10 rebate. I'll wait for a better release.]

Gizmo

Ahh, you're right. Exactly why waiting on catalogs to drop is a smart idea. Or just buy from Target since they have a 90 day return window. $20 for any catalog title that is not one of the big 20 or so titles (Star Wars, Jurassic Park etc). is just insane.

Artman

That put them at $18, that's when I bought them. If you want to wait for the one day a yr titles might go lower, be my guest. I don't get why people feel the need to declare how cheap they got a movie, or call those out who are spending their own money on the titles that are important to them.

If you want to get real technical, I'll be using a $25 certificate at Amazon - so it'll cost me $0 - happy? That leaves me with $50 more in certificates, I hope it'll be acceptable if I use them on some more catalogs... maybe even ones that are still $20.

dolphinboy

I want to do that more often, but it's just so hit or miss. I mean, I have Friday the 13th 2 and 3 in my wishlist (the first 3 where a big part of my childhood/teenage years) and I totally expected them to have been $9.99 or so by now...at least every now and then. But they're still up near $18 and I don't really consider them must owns.

A River Runs Through It never seems to drop and I was just checking some old blus and I couldn't believe how many that had come out several years ago, some that had dropped to $9.99 a couple of times when I wasn't paying attention, and they're back up near what new movie releases cost.

Hell, to be honest, in any given month there are so few really good catalogs available imo, that they're not even the ones that can break me. It's the new release prices and how many I really want that makes it a tough month or not.

May is not a problem. June looks very busy and July is getting there, especially if anything else gets slotted there. But it's not because of catalogs for me.

If they released more of the ones I'm really waiting for, THEN I'd probably have no choice but to wait certain titles out until they dropped or until I had a slower month.

I would have ZERO problem paying $20 for a catalog title that I really wanted that looked and sounded great, but SO many of the studios are skimping on or just leaving off the bonus features from the SD and that pisses me off at that price. Not to mention how many new releases coming out now that seem to have very little in the way of bonus features.

Artman

Do you mean buying it at Target, and taking back another copy you bought cheaper elsewhere for a refund? How is that easier than just buying what you want, when you want, at a value you think is fair?

fumanstan

I'm ok with $20 for a catalog title. If I want it, $20-25 is about right regardless if it's new or catalog.

mrmooseesq

Yuck. This sucks. Where are the deals?!

Pizza

My wife and I will come over your place next Friday. Be sure to pop popcorn and stock diet soda.

Same here. I used to do a couple of movies a weekend. I once sat next to a guy in a crowed theater who took three phone calls during the movie and gabbed away like he was in his house. And, people texting, yikes.

I'm on the fence with Saving Private Ryan at 20. Think I'll grab Creepshow and maybe Van Helsing. (Yes, I do feel guilty possibly passing on a classic and picking up two B grade movies.) The $7 titles are tempting but what in the world is El Superbeasto?

Trevor

Weekly comparison thread/tables complete.

SethDLH

Its an animated movie from Rob Zombie about a Lucha Libre wrestler and his crazy world... something like that.

gumby33

I bought Ghost Ship, Event Horizon, and Return To House On Haunted Hill for 9.99 at Best Buy today. I don't believe they were in the ad.

Fielding Mellish

All of the individual pre-reboot Star Trek movie blus are also $9.99 this week.