Originally Posted by kefrank (Post 12584032)

To be fair to Dr. Mantle, that's not how you expressed your original thought. It's easy for tone to be misunderstood when there's just text, but the tone of your question seemed to be looking down on anyone who would pay $22.49 for the U.S. release, rather than graciously offering an alternative for people to consider. You asked a question to which Dr. Mantle provided many very reasonable answers.

Originally Posted by Mosskeeto (Post 12584046)

In agreement with your observations up to this point. The Euro may be at recent lows but I remember traveling once when it was worth 90¢ and the all time low was about 83.95¢ on Oct. 20, 2000. It's currently a long ways from record low territory.
Ah, those were the days to travel to Europe.

Originally Posted by laidbacklarkin (Post 12584320)

Agreed. Problem's at the source....:-)

Originally Posted by laidbacklarkin (Post 12583710)

Maybe because some people don't want to deal with international shipping?
>>lame. if there's a problem, the retailer bears the risk. and Amazon's great customer service is the same across all their setups. besides, if you haven't shopped Zavvi, Arrow etc, you don't know that sometimes you receive their orders faster across the pond, than you do with coast to coast shipping here in the USA. And all of these retailers have great customer service

Maybe because some people don't want to take a chance that a disc won't work on their player (even if it's region free) and have the hassle of trying to return it?
>>makes no sense speculating on this. there are reasons forums and reviewing sites exist - to put out this sort of information clearly out there. Region free Bluray HD content is region free - there's no ifs and buts. however, standard content encoded in PAL (usually on extras) can be a limitation depending on the equipment you use for playback. But again, am not saying EVERYONE has to get this - am saying consider an alternative when it makes financial sense and for the informed masses that knows how to work around limitations. Its my assumption that a good percentage of folks here on these forums are savvy enough that way. And this is also an option for some (like me) for who the main feature is the driver, not the extras

Maybe because movies are sometimes released differently in other countries and they might have a slightly different cut?
>>review sites. is there anything you cannot find on the internet now ?

Maybe because it could be a completely different transfer of dubious quality?
>>same answer as above - review sites

for this set, go to bluray.com, set your country to Germany, find this set, check out the reviews for the individual movies and be your own judge. am not dissing Criterion here - am just saying be aware of alternatives that may work for you. with the Euro being at record lows, there's just so much value importing many titles even with shipping charges.

Originally Posted by laidbacklarkin (Post 12584324)

now if only the pound were to follow suit, my Amazon media orders would be solely relegated to imports

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Originally Posted by Classic Films (Post 12585575)

Sold out! Only still available on DVD for $25.

Originally Posted by Decker (Post 12595113)

Matching Best Buy. Don't forget Best Buy will be getting some Steelbooks with their shipment.

Originally Posted by Brian T (Post 12595082)

AVENGERS 2 - 3D + Blu-ray - $19.99
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WAJ8QXC

Originally Posted by fumanstan (Post 12595583)

Neat, might as well preorder. Don't need the 3D disc, but a part of me wants the digital copy because of Disney Movies Anywhere.