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Sweet Baby James 11-17-12 02:35 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 

Originally Posted by Supermallet (Post 11472057)
Yawn. Also, strangely, The extended LOTR trilogy was cheaper the other day than it will be when it's on sale.


Another forum is reporting that this will be the DOTD at Best Buy on Monday for $39.99. Hopefully Amazon will match.

Manzana 11-17-12 03:00 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 

Originally Posted by TheNightFlier (Post 11471780)
Some of you are freaking out over nothing. Like Sotra and Todd B. said they have matched Best Buy and Walmart prices over the course of the week, but they're just not lightning deals.

Are you saying Amazon is going to PM all or most of BB's BF movie deals during the week as just "surprise" sales rather than lightning deals?

That'll make it worse than lightning deals because I won't know when the ones I want are going on sale, and I can't stay on the Internet checking constantly while at work Monday through Wednesday, so I'm more likely to miss those random deals than

Or is there any chance Amazon will match BB's BF prices at a predetermined time?

Originally Posted by Superdaddy (Post 11472082)
True. There have always been other price drops during the week, that aren't part of this calendar. I would bet I buy more titles that way than I ever do on the lightning deals.

On what web site/URL do you check those? Not here because I don't think there's enough traffic? Surely you can't be searching everything on Amazon periodically. The only way I know is to check the headlines in Blu-Ray dot com or Slickdeals dot net.

Does camelcamelcamel scan Amazon often enough to catch price changes within a few minutes if I set up alerts? Probably not.

sleepyhead55 11-17-12 03:08 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 

Originally Posted by Manzana (Post 11472150)
Are you saying Amazon is going to PM all or most of BB's BF movie deals during the week as just "surprise" sales rather than lightning deals?

That'll make it worse than lightning deals because I won't know when the ones I want are going on sale, and I can't stay on the Internet checking constantly while at work Monday through Wednesday, so I'm more likely to miss those random deals than

Or is there any chance Amazon will match BB's BF prices at a predetermined time?

On what web site/URL do you check those? Not here because I don't think there's enough traffic? Surely you can't be searching everything on Amazon periodically. The only way I know is to check the headlines in Blu-Ray dot com or Slickdeals dot net.

Does camelcamelcamel scan Amazon often enough to catch price changes within a few minutes if I set up alerts? Probably not.

Actually, I prefer that they are going to be regular price match sales rather than lightning deals since I have to wake up early in the morning to catch those and they sell out pretty quick. To be honest, I think most of those Amazon.com price matches were on Thanksgiving and the Black Friday weekend. I'm not sure about that but I don't remember most of them occuring on the Monday-Wednesday week of Thanksgiving.

Superdaddy 11-17-12 03:12 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 

Originally Posted by Manzana (Post 11472150)
On what web site/URL do you check those? Not here because I don't think there's enough traffic? Surely you can't be searching everything on Amazon periodically. The only way I know is to check the headlines in Blu-Ray dot com or Slickdeals dot net.

I use this, which can be configured via the drop-down to show all price drops or items at lowest price for the site only.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/deals.php?country=usa

In fact, I use it year-round and it is also how lizard compiles his list of low prices, I believe.

zyzzle 11-17-12 04:03 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 
Very weak sauce... Not one thing appeals to me on that list except, perhaps Ken Burns: Prohibition. Most of it is probably slow-moving backstock, except the occasional bone thrown in (eg, BRAVE). Seems to be mostly TV stuff... Still, all of it'll probablly sell out within seconds.

joltman 11-17-12 06:55 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 
I know that last year Amazon did random/surprise PMs, but I seem to remember that they also added a few things to the schedule as the week went on, didn't they?

-BeeJay- 11-17-12 07:46 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 
They did. I recall the calendar showing dvd versions of movies/shows and then the BD showing up on the calendar later. Hopefully the same happens this year.

ppawuk 11-17-12 08:48 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 

Originally Posted by bigjim25 (Post 11472008)
Why not join Disney Movie Club and get those? You can call the order in and if they turn down any of your titles just keep trying. I got the first 3 and others have gotten Great Mouse Detective. You have 2 years to purchase 2 titles. The code for this promo is in 1st thread. More info here: 9 Disney blu's for $89.70 (avg $9.96 each) at DisneyBluRayClub.com. Note the average is even cheaper when you order special features of the month. This month's feature for me was: Santa Paw's 2/Prep & Landing/Tigger Movie all for $43.95 shipped.

Thanks - I'll look into that. I thought when I checked a few months ago they didn't have any of those titles.

DoctorWhosScarf 11-17-12 10:15 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 
How did you find that link? I've been looking on Amazon's website for a while now and I can't find it there.

whotony 11-17-12 10:23 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 

Originally Posted by DoctorWhosScarf (Post 11472521)
How did you find that link? I've been looking on Amazon's website for a while now and I can't find it there.

Who are you talking to?

DoctorWhosScarf 11-17-12 10:28 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 

Originally Posted by whotony (Post 11472527)
Who are you talking to?

The original poster. Only now do I remember the quote button :)

Is the Black Friday lightning deal schedule just hidden on Amazon and the original poster just found it? I was looking a bit ago for it and I can't find it on Amazon's website, just here.

whotony 11-17-12 10:29 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 
I was wondering the same. Seems that the section is hidden on amazon but the op found it or got the link somewhere else and posted it here.

bacigalup 11-17-12 11:09 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 

Originally Posted by DoctorWhosScarf (Post 11472521)
How did you find that link? I've been looking on Amazon's website for a while now and I can't find it there.

The link was posted on Amazon's Facebook page. It would probably be posted on their website tomorrow.

dvdfreak2005 11-18-12 11:37 AM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 
Do they also have a schedule when the tv's are going to be on sale ? That would be great.

Ranger 11-18-12 12:06 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 
Nice price on true blood s4. Hope other seasons go on sale, too.

Safe to say Thor and Capt. America on sale all day on Thurs or Fri?

Preterite 11-18-12 01:17 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 
I don't often go in for double-dips just for the sake of BD upgrade, but the Sherlock Holmes collection is a steal at the price.

beebs 11-18-12 01:25 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 

Originally Posted by Preterite (Post 11473138)
I don't often go in for double-dips just for the sake of BD upgrade, but the Sherlock Holmes collection is a steal at the price.

I am keen on the MPI Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray set and the Ellery Queen DVD set myself. Both are excellent deals.

dvdfreak2005 11-18-12 01:34 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 

Originally Posted by dvdfreak2005 (Post 11473012)
Do they also have a schedule when the tv's are going to be on sale ? That would be great.


dfmaverick2 11-18-12 04:02 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 

Originally Posted by ppawuk (Post 11471855)
I wish someone had a decent sale on some Disney blus. Want to get Pocahontas, Rescuers, Treasure Planet, & Great Mouse Detective for the kiddos. In the past you could get one of those for $10 to $15. Oh well...

Saw Great Mouse Detective for $15 at Target today.

ProfessorEcho 11-18-12 05:18 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 

Originally Posted by beebs (Post 11473147)
I am keen on the MPI Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray set and the Ellery Queen DVD set myself. Both are excellent deals.

Same!

EDIT: I am reading some pretty bad reviews on Amazon about the HOLMES Blu set, but DVDBeaver and BluRay.com don't have real issues with it. So who is right? Does anyone here already own the set?

ctyankee 11-18-12 07:08 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 

Originally Posted by Navinabob (Post 11471111)
No Mad Men! Crap... crappitycrapcrap. I count on that one every year.

Agreed.

davidh777 11-18-12 07:17 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 
Mad Men was as much of a tradition as pumpkin pie :sad:

E Unit 11-18-12 07:24 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 

Originally Posted by davidh777 (Post 11473689)
Mad Men was as much of a tradition as pumpkin pie :sad:

And now this tradition is DEAD. I'm a bit bummed myself, I was looking forward to paying $9.99 for season 5.

GreenVulture 11-18-12 09:24 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 
From the blu-ray.com forum:
http://i.imgur.com/Jgjtb.jpg

-BeeJay- 11-18-12 09:30 PM

Re: Amazon Black Friday Week Lightning Deals Calender - 2012 Ed.
 
Nice, I'll bite on Indy at that price.


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