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Old 05-19-16 | 05:45 PM
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Both of the two I've received (Cat People and Shocker) have had slip covers. I normally don't care about slip covers as I tend to throw them away generally but I keep the Scream ones because of the new art and then usually will flip the artwork on the case to the original artwork.
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There's really a hold up with the Scream Factory Blu-rays that were on sale. I've only gotten two of the six I ordered.
This is happening more and more with Amazon's Blu-ray sales. Three of mine are on order as well.
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Old 05-20-16 | 01:00 AM
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Both of the two I've received (Cat People and Shocker) have had slip covers. I normally don't care about slip covers as I tend to throw them away generally but I keep the Scream ones because of the new art and then usually will flip the artwork on the case to the original artwork.
You know you can sell them slip covers and make some bucks...
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Originally Posted by Mike86
Both of the two I've received (Cat People and Shocker) have had slip covers. I normally don't care about slip covers as I tend to throw them away generally but I keep the Scream ones because of the new art and then usually will flip the artwork on the case to the original artwork.
Only 2 of the 4 I ordered had slipcovers (both Crypt movies). I'm now searching for other places where I could get copies that still would have the slipcovers for the other two titles (Night of the Demons and The Howling). I understand why Scream only puts these slipcovers on the first run, but it is really maddening that you never know one way or the other when ordering online.


I do the same thing with the cover art. One of the reasons I appreciate these releases by Scream. Studios that include slipcovers should do this more often. It's not hard to have different graphics for each part fo the packaging.
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^I tend to toss the slipcovers that match the case artwork. If they are different Like Scream's titles, I do the same that you other guys have mentioned. Keep the slip and flip the art on the case. That's really the only cool thing about slipcovers in general as most are just useless.
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There's really a hold up with the Scream Factory Blu-rays that were on sale. I've only gotten two of the six I ordered.
I made a fairly large order and only 1 has shipped.
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2 out of 6 SF titles so far. At this rate, I will get about one a week.
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Old 05-20-16 | 01:45 PM
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Re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
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There's really a hold up with the Scream Factory Blu-rays that were on sale. I've only gotten two of the six I ordered.
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I made a fairly large order and only 1 has shipped.
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2 out of 6 SF titles so far. At this rate, I will get about one a week.
You'd think Shout could learn something about their own sale pricing (not to mention their regular pricing) from a situation like this . . .
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You'd think Shout could learn something about their own sale pricing (not to mention their regular pricing) from a situation like this . . .
From a business point of view, they're doing fine. You get all the hardcore fans to pay full (for example, I bought Army of Darkness) and you get the on-the-fencers to pay sales (for example, I picked up Day of the Dead). That's why sales are infrequent. You don't want that $13 if you can get $30.

Anyway, I ordered 5 discs. None of them have an estimated shipping date.
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Old 05-20-16 | 04:47 PM
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You'd think Shout could learn something about their own sale pricing (not to mention their regular pricing) from a situation like this . . .
Are you sure they were not involved? Seems like maybe this is the beginning of a new norm similar to the sales we see on Criterion and other labels a few times a year. Only bummer was so many are no longer in their first print run and no longer have slip covers.
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That's why sales are infrequent. You don't want that $13 if you can get $30.
But once people know about the sales -- and in this case word clearly got around because titles went out of stock very fast -- they're a lot less likely to spend that $30 except in cases of limited runs. I'd especially love to see the sales figures for Criterion and Twilight Time, too, now that they've conditioned their fan bases to expect sales once or twice a year. I'd bet good money that both of them now make the larger chunk of their revenue from their sales. Once they started the ball rolling, well . . .

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Are you sure they were not involved? Seems like maybe this is the beginning of a new norm similar to the sales we see on Criterion and other labels a few times a year. Only bummer was so many are no longer in their first print run and no longer have slip covers.
I'd be surprised if they weren't involved. Incidentally, I'm pretty sure this is the second time Amazon has marked down Shout titles for a limited time (first was last year, I think, maybe earlier?), and I'm confident that this too will become something of an annual occurrence based on the popular response. Even Amazon Canada has had at least two prior deals on certain Shout titles in the set couple of years, so it's definitely becoming more common. I don't doubt lots of less-informed people still pay the going rate for these discs, which is reason enough for the companies not to consider lowering their "regular" pricing, I suppose. A blow-out here and there is certainly wise because it has the potential to bring new fans into the fold and build brand awareness, so for that I'm grateful. Now if only Kino would repeat that excellent Amazon sale they had last year -- which they openly promoted on their own site and via email blasts -- because I'd grab about 25 titles released since then!
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But once people know about the sales -- and in this case word clearly got around because titles went out of stock very fast -- they're a lot less likely to spend that $30 except in cases of limited runs. I'd especially love to see the sales figures for Criterion and Twilight Time, too, now that they've conditioned their fan bases to expect sales once or twice a year. I'd bet good money that both of them now make the larger chunk of their revenue from their sales. Once they started the ball rolling, well . . .



I'd be surprised if they weren't involved. Incidentally, I'm pretty sure this is the second time Amazon has marked down Shout titles for a limited time (first was last year, I think, maybe earlier?), and I'm confident that this too will become something of an annual occurrence based on the popular response. Even Amazon Canada has had at least two prior deals on certain Shout titles in the set couple of years, so it's definitely becoming more common. I don't doubt lots of less-informed people still pay the going rate for these discs, which is reason enough for the companies not to consider lowering their "regular" pricing, I suppose. A blow-out here and there is certainly wise because it has the potential to bring new fans into the fold and build brand awareness, so for that I'm grateful. Now if only Kino would repeat that excellent Amazon sale they had last year -- which they openly promoted on their own site and via email blasts -- because I'd grab about 25 titles released since then!
Keep in mind, only a selection of titles were on sale. I'm "informed", but I'll still buy the titles that I'm strongly interested in and I'll get the best deal at the time that I can. I can't count on these sales.
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I'm "informed", but I'll still buy the titles that I'm strongly interested in and I'll get the best deal at the time that I can. I can't count on these sales.
Whatever works, of course! With the exception of Army of Darkness -- and really, even that had a VERY reasonable pre-order price of $17.99 as I recall -- I'm hard pressed to think of a Shout title that I didn't get in a sale (even those early Corman SE's), either via Amazon deals, or in Shout's own sales (where the prices for certain items are still pretty decent if you can wrangle free shipping or some 'bonus' discount). In cases of their truly limited editions I suppose we don't often have the luxury of waiting for a sale, although I did luck out last year on a good one that they snuck in under the radar when they offered some "magically found in the warehouse" copies of the already OOP Nightbreed box in one of their '...of Fear' sales. Beyond that, I guess they're no different than any other company in that everything goes on sale eventually. It's just a matter of patience. With mountains of unwatched discs here already, I don't mind waiting it out. The interest will always be there.
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Evil Dead 2 (25th Anniversary Edition) - $3.99:

http://www.amazon.com/Evil-Dead-25th...ds=evil+dead+2
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Whatever works, of course! With the exception of Army of Darkness -- and really, even that had a VERY reasonable pre-order price of $17.99 as I recall -- I'm hard pressed to think of a Shout title that I didn't get in a sale (even those early Corman SE's), either via Amazon deals, or in Shout's own sales (where the prices for certain items are still pretty decent if you can wrangle free shipping or some 'bonus' discount). In cases of their truly limited editions I suppose we don't often have the luxury of waiting for a sale, although I did luck out last year on a good one that they snuck in under the radar when they offered some "magically found in the warehouse" copies of the already OOP Nightbreed box in one of their '...of Fear' sales. Beyond that, I guess they're no different than any other company in that everything goes on sale eventually. It's just a matter of patience. With mountains of unwatched discs here already, I don't mind waiting it out. The interest will always be there.
Don't get me wrong, I won't pay the prices Deep Discount's currently asking for Shout! titles. I've bought the titles I'm strongly interested in, but usually in conjunction with a sale of some kind. I'm just not going to hold my breath waiting for Amazon to put out another 10 or so titles on some special sale. I'd certainly welcome one, -I'd particularly like to see another sale on Kino titles, -but I'm just not expecting one.
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Evil Dead 2 (25th Anniversary Edition) - $3.99:

http://www.amazon.com/Evil-Dead-25th...ds=evil+dead+2
Blind buy for me. I haven't seen the first film.

Did some checking--looks like Target's $5 section might be on sale this week for $3.99 and Amazon is beginning to PM some of them.
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Blind buy for me. I haven't seen the first film.
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That Shout Factory order is just bullshit. I have Prime, and it's been 10 days since I placed the order and it's still not even processed. Yet when I go to each individual title, it's available via Prime within a few days? This is making no sense.
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Did you place the order with the 2 day shipping? Or did you do the slower shipping with the free credit?
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I received all 4 of my Scream titles very quickly, but they were all in stock when I ordered them. I suspect they really have no stock for those that were back ordered and are taking their time to replenish.
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This is such a good deal I think it just might be a mistake. According to Blu-Ray.com: "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition" is $7.82.
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This is such a good deal I think it just might be a mistake. According to Blu-Ray.com: "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition" is $7.82.
seems to be accurate, but only for Prime members. hellava deal!

http://www.amazon.com/Hobbit-Unexpec...obbit+extended
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This is such a good deal I think it just might be a mistake. According to Blu-Ray.com: "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition" is $7.82.
Amazon might be having data issues. Hobbit 1 is list priced 19.99, #2 is 35.99, and #3 is 21.99.

I'm tempted, but I'll probably wait for a deal on the extended trilogy.
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That Hobbit price changed from my basket to checkout. Ugh!
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