lizard

I confess that I had to look up "Gigli". Now that I've done so, I guess I vaguely remember hearing about that movie a few years ago.

As for "Gigi" (1958), the reason it pops up on my radar screen is that several years later Gigi actress Leslie Caron starred in my favorite Cary Grant movie, Father Goose (1964):

Lieutenant Stebbings RAN: "Mother Goose is requesting a chaplain."
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: "A chaplain? Good heavens, he's killed her."
Lieutenant Stebbings RAN: "No, sir. They want to get married."
Commander Frank Houghton RAN: "Married? Goody Two-Shoes and the Filthy Beast?"

["Goody Two-Shoes" Catherine Freneau was played by Leslie Caron and "Filthy Beast" Walter Eckland was played by Cary Grant.]

I don't know if I've ever seen Gigi, but I do remember seeing Leslie Caron's earlier movie Lili (1953) several decades ago.

Manzana

drq2's story definitely gave me reason to worry. I had about a dozen unopened items I was going to return to Amazon because after I ordered them there were better Christmas deals. However, thankfully 1 store (whose name I won't mention) saved my behind by taking back just about everything for store credit. That left me with only 2 Amazon BDs that nobody would take back, but I think I'll try Craigslist or eBay them. It's sad that I have to think of Amazon as a place I'd better be darn sure I never want to return anything.

Regarding multiple accounts, it would seem you could have one for each family member in your household who has a credit card matching his/her name. So if you have 2, then it's best to keep 1 account return-free.

Regarding getting opened brand new movies, that happened to me once with District 9 BD, and since the disc was OK I didn't do anything about it (again because I'm aware of how Amazon tracks "favors" for customers and it's not good if you use "too many"). That case was very wrinkly, and people speculated that sometimes shrinkwrap machines mess up or the shrinkwrap tears off accidentally. In the unlikely event people in the warehouse are opening them, taking them home to watch, and putting them back, at least (so far) they are keeping them in good shape. It seems unlikely as I would guess Amazon is probably pretty strict and watchful of its employees in the warehouses (how watchful they are of their phone people may be another story).

mifuneral

can someone change the title of this thread to the Amazon Bitching and Moaning Thread? that seems to be the emphasis of this thread lately.

Manzana

I'd be happy to discuss non-deal issues in another thread if there were a link on the first page of this thread for everyone to a thread about Amazon issues, but I don't know of one for general Amazon discussions. In the Store Forum there are only specific issues threads (like someone closed my account) that come and go about Amazon. Besides, I don't think discussing the risk of getting banned by doing returns is "bitching and moaning". It's more like "worrying and trying to find info". Again, I'd be happy to keep non-sale discussions in a separate thread if someone wants to make the Official Amazon General (Non-Sale) Discussion Thread and link to it here. I'm not going to do it because nobody will probably ever post in it.

Megalion

Didn't there used to be a way to tell Amazon if you already owned something? I'd like to use it because I keep getting the same offers in my gold box for things I already own.

Quake1028

Bank Job down to $5.49. In for 1.

clappj

War (with Jason Statham and Jet Li) is also currently the same price.

Larry C.

Waiting for Lizard to out with a full list of goodies so I can use my Living Social $20 for $10 card.

fujishig

Can't you go through the suggestions list and tell them which ones you own? I think everything that shows up in your goldbox is in there. It's a very painful process, though.

NoirFan

Do you know how to do that?

ProfessorEcho

Lizard, you might be interested to know that Cary Grant once said that the character he played in FATHER GOOSE was the closest he ever came to playing himself.

Paul Newman said the exact same thing about the character he played in SLAPSHOT.

clappj

I figured it out.

Click "recommendations for you" (top of screen).
Then click "see all recommendations."
Select the checkboxes next to the items you already own.
Finally, be sure to click "Refresh your recommendations" to apply the updates you made.

Megalion

ah thanks @clappj that's what I was looking for. Now hopefully my gold box selections will improve

lizard

Previous lists:
1-20-11, 1-19-11, 1-17-11, 1-16-11, 1-15-11, 1-14-11, 1-13-11, 1-11-11, 1-10-11, 1-9-11, 1-8-11, 1-7-11, 1-6-11, 1-5-11, 1-4-11, 1-3-11, 1-2-11, 1-1-11, 12-31-10, 12-30-10, 12-29-10, 12-28-10, 12-27-10, 12-26-10, 12-25-10, 12-24-10, 12-23-10, 12-22-10, 12-21-10, 12-20-10, 12-19-10, 12-18-10, 12-17-10, 12-16-10, 12-15-10, 12-14-10
[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]


Today's New Lows:

The Bank Job $5.49
War $5.49

Bad Boys (1983) (Pre-order) $14.99

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Pre-order) $17.99

Kites (Pre-order) $19.99
Let Me In )Pre-order) $19.99

Inside Job (Pre-order) $23.99

Tangled (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) (Pre-order) $24.99
The Next Three Days (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) (Pre-order) $24.99
Morning Glory (Pre-order) $24.99

The Incredibles (Four-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) (Pre-order) $29.99

Chobits: The Complete Series (Classic) (Pre-order) $36.49

kenbenobi

I got excited thinking that was the Tangled 4-disc set, that many of us already ordered with the brief $8 coupon...

TerryAlexFan

Ordered War and The Bank Job, thanks Lizard!

Idioteque...

ANyone thinks Eternal Sunshine will go down 2 dollars?

adam_omega

Considering Lost In Translation went down to $15, I'd think so. Maybe not immediately, but it will.


Question:
I ordered LET ME IN on blu-ray by itself for $19.99 and somehow got a $10 promotional credit, making it $9.99. I can't figure out what the promotion could've been, though. Any clues?

Solid Snake

I dunno. I just tried to get it just now....no go for me.

DWilson

I just got it.

dino88

Would you mind giving a little more info? What exactly did you get and how did you get it?

whotony

I didnt get it either.

DWilson

The $10 "Let Me In" discount that the previous poster tried to get and couldn't. As for how, -I didn't do anything special, -and there's nothing about a discount listed, -I just put it in the cart and when I went to the "Place Your Order" page, a promotion was applied making the item was 9.99 .

RoadToPerdition

So there's nothing listed in the "Promotion Applied" line when you checkout? The initial item price is $9.99?

dino88

Okay, thanks. I wasn't sure if you guys were getting the $10 off the order or an email after you placed the order with a $10 promo code.