Amazon Blu-ray Discounts and Deals Thread #27
04-28-12, 11:01 PM
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Re: Amazon Blu-ray Discounts and Deals Thread #27
For those in Texas....looks like the days of wine and roses are over. We will now start paying taxes starting July 1st.
http://www.chron.com/business/articl...ax-3516845.php.
http://www.chron.com/business/articl...ax-3516845.php.
04-29-12, 09:34 AM
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Re: Amazon Blu-ray Discounts and Deals Thread #27
Combs also said consumers who will start paying more for Amazon products come July 1 should keep in mind that this change was designed to help their "friends and neighbors" who own businesses and "show up at the football games on Friday night."
Yea, right. Fuck You, Combs. Maybe your Friends n' Neighbors need to reduce their prices, instead of taking advantage of being the only store in town, forcing customers to pay a shitload more cash for products who don't know about online ordering.
Yea, right. Fuck You, Combs. Maybe your Friends n' Neighbors need to reduce their prices, instead of taking advantage of being the only store in town, forcing customers to pay a shitload more cash for products who don't know about online ordering.
I thought Amazon closed warehouses (and fired thousand of workers) over this a few years back. Why the fuck are they going back into the state and hiring more people?
California will be interesting. I've always loved how these stupid people in government think everyone shops on Amazon (or online) just because they don't pay tax. Many probably do so because of gas prices and the ridiculous hoops they have to go through just to buy a damn item. No, I don't need 8 people asking me if I need help or if I want a subscription to Maxim magazine or a fucking Best Buy card.
04-29-12, 11:13 AM
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Re: Amazon Blu-ray Discounts and Deals Thread #27
I knew it was just a matter of time before Amazon started charging tax in Texas, but I'm certainly not happy that it's coming so soon! That actually could end up really affecting how I order stuff. I'm thinking about how much money I saved on some big items, like my projector and Blu-ray player, by ordering from Amazon.
04-29-12, 11:28 AM
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Re: Amazon Blu-ray Discounts and Deals Thread #27
For those in Texas....looks like the days of wine and roses are over. We will now start paying taxes starting July 1st.
http://www.chron.com/business/articl...ax-3516845.php
Amazon's Texas customers to start paying sales tax
Ronnie Crocker and Purva Patel
Updated 11:35 p.m., Friday, April 27, 2012
Amazon.com will start collecting sales taxes on all online purchases made in Texas beginning July 1 under an agreement that settles a dispute with the state.
Comptroller Susan Combs said the terms address a long-standing complaint by businesses that the online leviathan gets an unfair advantage by not having to assess the tax. She said Texas loses perhaps $600 million a year in potential revenue to Internet sales from all sources.
The deal announced Friday, Combs said, will "level the playing field" with the Web's biggest retailer.
Seattle-based Amazon agreed not only to start collecting sales taxes but also to create at least 2,500 new jobs in Texas over the next four years and make at least $200 million in capital investments in the state.
It was seventh voluntary tax-collection agreement Amazon has reached with a state. The others go into effect between this year and 2016.
In addition, Combs said her office has been working with the Texas congressional delegation about a possible national solution. She predicted federal legislation to address the sales-tax issue for online retailers is forthcoming.
"I think there is a momentum growing for this," she said.
http://www.chron.com/business/articl...ax-3516845.php
Amazon's Texas customers to start paying sales tax
Ronnie Crocker and Purva Patel
Updated 11:35 p.m., Friday, April 27, 2012
Amazon.com will start collecting sales taxes on all online purchases made in Texas beginning July 1 under an agreement that settles a dispute with the state.
Comptroller Susan Combs said the terms address a long-standing complaint by businesses that the online leviathan gets an unfair advantage by not having to assess the tax. She said Texas loses perhaps $600 million a year in potential revenue to Internet sales from all sources.
The deal announced Friday, Combs said, will "level the playing field" with the Web's biggest retailer.
Seattle-based Amazon agreed not only to start collecting sales taxes but also to create at least 2,500 new jobs in Texas over the next four years and make at least $200 million in capital investments in the state.
It was seventh voluntary tax-collection agreement Amazon has reached with a state. The others go into effect between this year and 2016.
In addition, Combs said her office has been working with the Texas congressional delegation about a possible national solution. She predicted federal legislation to address the sales-tax issue for online retailers is forthcoming.
"I think there is a momentum growing for this," she said.
But anyway, that's another thread I suppose. A very sad day indeed.
04-29-12, 11:59 AM
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[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Here are today's New Lows and some Old Lows:
Universal Soldier $5.99
Role Models $7.99
Employee of the Month $7.99
Good Luck Chuck (Unrated) $7.99
Dear John $8.99
Metal Shifters $10.99
Sarah's Key $11.49
Buck $15.99
Marvel Knights: Iron Man & Spider Woman $16.99
New Year's Eve (Single-Disc Blu-ray/DVD+UltraViolet Digital Copy Combo Pack) (Pre-order) $22.99
Father's Day (Blu-ray & DVD Combo) (Pre-order) $26.99
Farscape: The Complete Series $68.49
4-28-12, 4-27-12, 4-26-12, 4-25-12, 4-24-12, 4-23-12, 4-22-12, 4-21-12, 4-20-12, 4-19-12, 4-18-12, 4-17-12, 4-16-12, 4-15-12, 4-14-12, 4-13-12, 4-12-12, 4-11-12, 4-10-12, 4-9-12, 4-8-12, 4-7-12, 4-6-12, 4-5-12, 4-4-12, 4-3-12, 4-2-12, 4-1-12, 3-31-12, 3-29-12,
[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Here are today's New Lows and some Old Lows:
Universal Soldier $5.99
Role Models $7.99
Employee of the Month $7.99
Good Luck Chuck (Unrated) $7.99
Dear John $8.99
Metal Shifters $10.99
Sarah's Key $11.49
Buck $15.99
Marvel Knights: Iron Man & Spider Woman $16.99
New Year's Eve (Single-Disc Blu-ray/DVD+UltraViolet Digital Copy Combo Pack) (Pre-order) $22.99
Father's Day (Blu-ray & DVD Combo) (Pre-order) $26.99
Farscape: The Complete Series $68.49
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04-30-12, 10:17 AM
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[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Here are today's New Lows and some Old Lows:
Consenting Adults $4.49
Hero $7.99
Ultimate Avengers Collection $7.99
The Rundown $7.99
The Marine 2 $7.99
The Manchurian Candidate $7.99
Metal Shifters $9.99
Larry Crowne $12.99
Our Idiot Brother $14.49
Insidious $14.99
Chesapeake Bay By Air (Blu-ray + DVD Combo pack) $15.99
Human Weapon: Complete Season 1 $16.99
Night Train Murders (1975) $17.49
John Carter (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) (Pre-order) $24.99
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Pre-order) $29.99
4-29-12, 4-28-12, 4-27-12, 4-26-12, 4-25-12, 4-24-12, 4-23-12, 4-22-12, 4-21-12, 4-20-12, 4-19-12, 4-18-12, 4-17-12, 4-16-12, 4-15-12, 4-14-12, 4-13-12, 4-12-12, 4-11-12, 4-10-12, 4-9-12, 4-8-12, 4-7-12, 4-6-12, 4-5-12, 4-4-12, 4-3-12, 4-2-12, 4-1-12, 3-31-12, 3-29-12,
[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Here are today's New Lows and some Old Lows:
Consenting Adults $4.49
Hero $7.99
Ultimate Avengers Collection $7.99
The Rundown $7.99
The Marine 2 $7.99
The Manchurian Candidate $7.99
Metal Shifters $9.99
Larry Crowne $12.99
Our Idiot Brother $14.49
Insidious $14.99
Chesapeake Bay By Air (Blu-ray + DVD Combo pack) $15.99
Human Weapon: Complete Season 1 $16.99
Night Train Murders (1975) $17.49
John Carter (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) (Pre-order) $24.99
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Pre-order) $29.99
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04-30-12, 11:16 AM
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04-30-12, 01:58 PM
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04-30-12, 03:34 PM
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Re: Amazon Blu-ray Discounts and Deals Thread #27
Yes, but they are telling people to vote it down so it will be removed. Just don't buy from Amazon during Sept and Oct.
JWSTL: I give up. Just WHAT do you take the sales tax discussion to the Store Forum? I haven't heard that one.
JWSTL: I give up. Just WHAT do you take the sales tax discussion to the Store Forum? I haven't heard that one.
04-30-12, 03:35 PM
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Re: Amazon Blu-ray Discounts and Deals Thread #27
Bingo.
I thought Amazon closed warehouses (and fired thousand of workers) over this a few years back. Why the fuck are they going back into the state and hiring more people?
California will be interesting. I've always loved how these stupid people in government think everyone shops on Amazon (or online) just because they don't pay tax. Many probably do so because of gas prices and the ridiculous hoops they have to go through just to buy a damn item. No, I don't need 8 people asking me if I need help or if I want a subscription to Maxim magazine or a fucking Best Buy card.
I thought Amazon closed warehouses (and fired thousand of workers) over this a few years back. Why the fuck are they going back into the state and hiring more people?
California will be interesting. I've always loved how these stupid people in government think everyone shops on Amazon (or online) just because they don't pay tax. Many probably do so because of gas prices and the ridiculous hoops they have to go through just to buy a damn item. No, I don't need 8 people asking me if I need help or if I want a subscription to Maxim magazine or a fucking Best Buy card.
For me it has to do with what I call "Two Sides of the World" (26 miles one way to get to the end of the "Y")think of it like this. 50% of what I need is at one end and 50% of what I need is at the other end. About 40% of the time I cannot fine what I need if anything. I am not talking about a mile or two. I live in the bottom part of a "Y" everything is at the top of the "Y".
I'ts cheaper for me to pay them a shipping fee and have it to my door. FYI, if its ship by the US Mail. I just let it go back. Two hour round tip and they will not bring a box to my door.
05-01-12, 03:49 PM
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[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Here are today's New Lows and some Old Lows:
Total Recall $6.49
Afro Samurai: Season One - Director's Cut $6.99
Halloween: Resurrection $7.99
Hostage $7.99
The Expendables (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) $7.99
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete $7.99
Hostel - The Director's Cut $8.49
American Gangster [Blu-ray/DVD Combo] $8.49
(Pre-order) $8.99
Hook $9.99
Open Season 3 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo) $10.49
Thor: Tales of Asgard (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) $11.49
Larry Crowne $12.49
Men in Black (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) $13.49
Men In Black II (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) $13.49
Murder Obsession (Follia Omicida) (Pre-order) $15.99
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (Blu-ray/ DVD + Digital Copy) $19.99
Immortals $19.99
The Sitter (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) $20.99
4-30-12, 4-29-12, 4-28-12, 4-27-12, 4-26-12, 4-25-12, 4-24-12, 4-23-12, 4-22-12, 4-21-12, 4-20-12, 4-19-12, 4-18-12, 4-17-12, 4-16-12, 4-15-12, 4-14-12, 4-13-12, 4-12-12, 4-11-12, 4-10-12, 4-9-12, 4-8-12, 4-7-12, 4-6-12, 4-5-12, 4-4-12, 4-3-12, 4-2-12, 4-1-12,
[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Here are today's New Lows and some Old Lows:
Total Recall $6.49
Afro Samurai: Season One - Director's Cut $6.99
Halloween: Resurrection $7.99
Hostage $7.99
The Expendables (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) $7.99
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete $7.99
Hostel - The Director's Cut $8.49
American Gangster [Blu-ray/DVD Combo] $8.49
(Pre-order) $8.99
Hook $9.99
Open Season 3 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo) $10.49
Thor: Tales of Asgard (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) $11.49
Larry Crowne $12.49
Men in Black (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) $13.49
Men In Black II (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) $13.49
Murder Obsession (Follia Omicida) (Pre-order) $15.99
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (Blu-ray/ DVD + Digital Copy) $19.99
Immortals $19.99
The Sitter (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) $20.99
05-02-12, 10:26 AM
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Previous lists:
5-1-12, 4-30-12, 4-29-12, 4-28-12, 4-27-12, 4-26-12, 4-25-12, 4-24-12, 4-23-12, 4-22-12, 4-21-12, 4-20-12, 4-19-12, 4-18-12, 4-17-12, 4-16-12, 4-15-12, 4-14-12, 4-13-12, 4-12-12, 4-11-12, 4-10-12, 4-9-12, 4-8-12, 4-7-12, 4-6-12, 4-5-12, 4-4-12, 4-3-12, 4-2-12,
[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Here are today's New Lows and some Old Lows:
Scenes from a Mall $4.49
Forgetting Sarah Marshall [Blu-ray/DVD Combo] $5.99
The Wild Bunch (1969) $7.49
American Gangster [Blu-ray/DVD Combo] $7.99
Awakenings $7.99
Open Season 3 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo) $9.99
City of God $10.49
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) $10.99
Hell and Back Again $14.49
Micmacs $16.49
Best of Europe: Beautiful Italy $18.49
Moneyball $18.49
Playback (Pre-order) $18.99
Ganja & Hess: Kino Classics Remastered Edition (1973) (Pre-order) $18.99
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby $19.99
Cinderella (Two-Disc Diamond Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging) (Pre-order) $24.99
Cinderella (Three-Disc Diamond Edition: Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy) (Pre-order) $29.99
5-1-12, 4-30-12, 4-29-12, 4-28-12, 4-27-12, 4-26-12, 4-25-12, 4-24-12, 4-23-12, 4-22-12, 4-21-12, 4-20-12, 4-19-12, 4-18-12, 4-17-12, 4-16-12, 4-15-12, 4-14-12, 4-13-12, 4-12-12, 4-11-12, 4-10-12, 4-9-12, 4-8-12, 4-7-12, 4-6-12, 4-5-12, 4-4-12, 4-3-12, 4-2-12,
[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Here are today's New Lows and some Old Lows:
Scenes from a Mall $4.49
Forgetting Sarah Marshall [Blu-ray/DVD Combo] $5.99
The Wild Bunch (1969) $7.49
American Gangster [Blu-ray/DVD Combo] $7.99
Awakenings $7.99
Open Season 3 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo) $9.99
City of God $10.49
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) $10.99
Hell and Back Again $14.49
Micmacs $16.49
Best of Europe: Beautiful Italy $18.49
Moneyball $18.49
Playback (Pre-order) $18.99
Ganja & Hess: Kino Classics Remastered Edition (1973) (Pre-order) $18.99
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby $19.99
Cinderella (Two-Disc Diamond Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging) (Pre-order) $24.99
Cinderella (Three-Disc Diamond Edition: Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy) (Pre-order) $29.99
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05-02-12, 12:52 PM
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Re: Amazon Blu-ray Discounts and Deals Thread #27
Friday's (5/4) DOTD is probably going to be the Star Wars Blu-ray Set. From Facebook:
Amazon.com Movies & TV
Our most Chewy-esque office dog is anxiously awaiting Friday's Gold Box Deal of the Day. What do you think it could be?
Amazon.com Movies & TV
Our most Chewy-esque office dog is anxiously awaiting Friday's Gold Box Deal of the Day. What do you think it could be?
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05-02-12, 02:23 PM
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Re: Amazon Blu-ray Discounts and Deals Thread #27
I'm hoping it's Clone Wars Season 3 instead...I (and probably a large majority of DVDTalkers) already own the movie set.
05-02-12, 02:42 PM
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05-02-12, 03:12 PM
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Re: Amazon Blu-ray Discounts and Deals Thread #27
Uh, slightly confused. Is this the DOTD for tomorrow or Friday? Because the date you give doesn't match the mention of Friday in the description.
05-02-12, 03:29 PM
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