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bigjim25 11-30-10 12:47 PM


Originally Posted by John Galt (Post 10519123)
Holy shit, UPS just dropped off my Home Alone collection. Fastest. Shipping. Ever.

Same here. :up:

Lecithin 11-30-10 01:15 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 
Now I wish I had not purchased two of those Bond sets 4 days ago when they were $29.99! That's $10 more I spent than I had to.

lizard 11-30-10 01:15 PM


Originally Posted by GoldenWheels (Post 10519308)
Goddamn I wish they would drop all the individual Bonds to 9.99. I bought just enough 9.99 bonds last year to make 2 of those multi sets worthless to me...plus I like a real BR case SO much more than a box.

Two years ago Amazon had a BF deal on the individual Bond titles for $4.99 each. Since then I have been "spoiled" when it comes to prices for them.

I just wish MGM could get its act together—or get bought out once and for all—and release more Bond titles on BD. I only want a few of them, especially OHMSS, so the sets don't work for me anyway.

ppawuk 11-30-10 01:18 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 
Though Jason the the Argonauts is back up, Ray Harryhausen's 20 Million Miles to Earth and and The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad are both down to $10.49.

Travis McClain 11-30-10 01:21 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 
It hurts me to see Never Say Never Again down to half of what I paid for it from Amazon just two weeks ago. I'd given up believing it would drop in price until it became a clearance item.

Travis McClain 11-30-10 01:23 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 

Originally Posted by GoldenWheels (Post 10519308)
Goddamn I wish they would drop all the individual Bonds to 9.99. I bought just enough 9.99 bonds last year to make 2 of those multi sets worthless to me...plus I like a real BR case SO much more than a box.

From what I've been told, the boxes in production now are the individual cases in a slipbox. How you would know if you're getting the original, flimsy foam hub page versions or the subsequent version, I couldn't tell you. Something to consider.

GoldenWheels 11-30-10 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by lizard (Post 10519374)
Two years ago Amazon had a BF deal on the individual Bond titles for $4.99 each. Since then I have been "spoiled" when it comes to prices for them.

I just wish MGM could get its act together—or get bought out once and for all—and release more Bond titles on BD. I only want a few of them, especially OHMSS, so the sets don't work for me anyway.

Jeez I would have been on those like white on rice--of course I didn't get into BRs until last years BF. Still, you know how we all have our own "acceptable" price points around here for pulling the trigger...for a Bond BR $10 is it for me. And I pretty much expected at least some of them to hit $10 this week, so now I am a little perturbed.

Agreed that the rest of the titles need to come out. MGMs seemingly endless bankruptcy has been a real pain in the butt.


Originally Posted by MinLShaw (Post 10519395)
From what I've been told, the boxes in production now are the individual cases in a slipbox. How you would know if you're getting the original, flimsy foam hub page versions or the subsequent version, I couldn't tell you. Something to consider.

Just enough information to make a man pull his hair out trying to decide--:lol:--there is the one set where I have none of the singles.

HOSALE 11-30-10 02:44 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 

Originally Posted by JoeyOhhhh (Post 10519196)
Have the Star Trek seasons been that cheap or cheaper before? I'm looking at those as a possible Christmas gift

According to Camelcamelcamel, the Amazon.com price comparison site, this is the lowest they have been this year. I'm pulling the trigger on this one. Have wanted the set for a long long time. This set included both the original series and the enhanced edition, where they added digital effects and coloring to the original series, so it will please the hardcore fan, who wants to view it as it was televised, or those fans like me that like the enhancements that CGI allow.

Being able to get this without taxes, at this price is a great deal. Now having said that, I have just joined the masses that are streaming their content via Netflix, and have to say that my massive DVD purchasing days are numbered. Yes I know that Netflix content will not satisfy the movie fanatic, but it offers enough kid fare and foreign flix to occupy my family's time, so I will content myself with viewing my huge still sealed in plastic library, and use the $7.99 Netflix streaming service to scratch that "new movie" itch. Having said that, TV series that I love and watch repeatedly, as well as certain movies that meet that same criterea will still be on my purchase list. But those blind buy days are gone, and I haven't been to Big Lots in ages. The times they are a changing.

Superdaddy 11-30-10 03:38 PM

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Dear Amazon.com,

Black Friday is over. Please stop tempting my wallet with new price drops.

Sincerely,

A Customer Who Can't Resist

yellowlt4 11-30-10 03:52 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 

Originally Posted by lizard (Post 10519374)
Two years ago Amazon had a BF deal on the individual Bond titles for $4.99 each. Since then I have been "spoiled" when it comes to prices for them.

And they included free passes to see Quantum of Solace! I made money on that deal.

Jorune 11-30-10 03:58 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 
Hmm....

So the mail guy at work comes in with 2 boxes from Amazon.com. I scratch my head and realize they must have split my order in two. Fine. I open the box and pull out my blu-ray copies of Drag Me to Hell, V for Vendetta and X-Men Trilogy. Ok, so that's the order. I open the second box and pull out...Drag Me to Hell, V for Vendetta and X-Men Trilogy. Oh, wait. And there's also Breaking Bad season 2. Never even ordered that. I check both invoices, they are the same. Same order number, 3 blu-rays, etc. Not even a sign of Breaking Bad. I look at the boxes, the UPS tracking number is THE SAME.

So I think I'll... ...

Jorune

bse 11-30-10 04:06 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 

Originally Posted by Jorune (Post 10519694)
Hmm....

So the mail guy at work comes in with 2 boxes from Amazon.com. I scratch my head and realize they must have split my order in two. Fine. I open the box and pull out my blu-ray copies of Drag Me to Hell, V for Vendetta and X-Men Trilogy. Ok, so that's the order. I open the second box and pull out...Drag Me to Hell, V for Vendetta and X-Men Trilogy. Oh, wait. And there's also Breaking Bad season 2. Never even ordered that. I check both invoices, they are the same. Same order number, 3 blu-rays, etc. Not even a sign of Breaking Bad. I look at the boxes, the UPS tracking number is THE SAME.

So I think I'll... ...

Jorune

I think they had a glitch in their system that caused them to duplicate orders, this happened to a few people I have heard. Basically the same order all the way down to the tracking number.

jdpatri 11-30-10 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Jorune (Post 10519694)
Hmm....

So the mail guy at work comes in with 2 boxes from Amazon.com. I scratch my head and realize they must have split my order in two. Fine. I open the box and pull out my blu-ray copies of Drag Me to Hell, V for Vendetta and X-Men Trilogy. Ok, so that's the order. I open the second box and pull out...Drag Me to Hell, V for Vendetta and X-Men Trilogy. Oh, wait. And there's also Breaking Bad season 2. Never even ordered that. I check both invoices, they are the same. Same order number, 3 blu-rays, etc. Not even a sign of Breaking Bad. I look at the boxes, the UPS tracking number is THE SAME.


That's a better deal than my BN order for Back to the Future.

I received the package yesterday. The package contained Rumpole of the Bailey: The Lost Episode. I verified the UPS tracking number too.

Still no response from the BN side. Urgh.

DthRdrX 11-30-10 04:12 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 
Battlestar Galactica for $119.99! I'm in!

Superdaddy 11-30-10 04:25 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 
Just got the nightly visit from the UPS man. Dropped off my Spartacus BD set from the lightning deal. Doorbell goes off, my son runs to the door..."Dad, packages!" It's a routine now.

kenbenobi 11-30-10 05:07 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 
I'm tempted on Human Centipede. Great price, but I have a feeling it's a movie I'd watch once, then never again...

sotra 11-30-10 05:25 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 
Wow! Ordered Hannibal anthology in lightning deal yesterday afternoon and got it today. 18 hours after ordering!

TerryAlexFan 11-30-10 05:34 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 
As for the Star Trek Blu's, I think that's cheapest it's been anywhere.

I remember buying them earlier this year for ~50 a season at BB. They were hugely discounted at the time, I don't quite remember how much I paid exactly.

[email protected] 11-30-10 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by gryffinmaster (Post 10517506)
Check your local Blockbuster. They might have a used copy for $12.99, and the ones I've seen at several different stores haven't had the sticky backing.

Good call! I never realized this was out-of-print, and kept waiting for the price to fall. Instead I took your advice, and found a pristine 2-disc copy at my local Blockbuster for $9.99. Thanks for the great idea!

Timber 11-30-10 05:37 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 

Originally Posted by bse (Post 10519700)
I think they had a glitch in their system that caused them to duplicate orders, this happened to a few people I have heard. Basically the same order all the way down to the tracking number.

Ok, I was wondering why 2 BTTF sets in different envelops just showed up on my doorstep.

Lighting fast shipping though. Ordered at 11:40am yesterday and at my door when I get home from work today. I'm not sure how they make any money on Prime.

Moopher 11-30-10 05:38 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 

Originally Posted by bse (Post 10519700)
I think they had a glitch in their system that caused them to duplicate orders, this happened to a few people I have heard. Basically the same order all the way down to the tracking number.

So are these people getting charged twice, or just once?

KrazyJason 11-30-10 06:41 PM

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I ordered my Apocalypse Now bluray last thursday and it shipped friday. I was hoping to receive it today, no such luck. I wasn't planning on watching it tonight, I just wanted to caress it. Useless post? Sorry, guys.

jwstl 11-30-10 07:04 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 

Originally Posted by kenbenobi (Post 10519820)
I'm tempted on Human Centipede. Great price, but I have a feeling it's a movie I'd watch once, then never again...

Based on everything I've read, I can't imagine even watching it once. If ever there was a movie that screamed "Do Not Blind Buy! Rent Me First!" this is it.

bigjim25 11-30-10 07:11 PM


Originally Posted by Timber (Post 10519874)
Ok, I was wondering why 2 BTTF sets in different envelops just showed up on my doorstep.

Interested in a trade.;)

Sdallnct 11-30-10 07:15 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Sales Start Monday, November 22nd
 
Damn...I missed Kick Ass for $10. I had it in my Wish List while I was looking for other movies and forgot about it...damn, damn....


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