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re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
The tax, I would understand. The shipping, no way!
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re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
The Vincent Price blu ray collection is $38.66. The site is out of stock but they are still taking orders. This is the lowest i've seen the set sell for. I'm not counting the "Movie-Mars" fiasco.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00DOZ...7212205&sr=8-2 |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Originally Posted by Manzana
(Post 11946935)
Amazon recently did something to me twice that I consider rather low. I had a couple preorders back from the good old days of $25 minimum for free shipping. One of them used a 10 cent useless filler item to go over the threshold. Fortunately in my preorder wisdom I always use an empty but not yet expired CC in case they try to ship anything early or separately.
On 2 different preorders that were over $25 before but are clearly under $35 now, when Amazon decided to ship them, they changed them from free shipping to full shipping charges basically reneging on their prior free shipping agreement. Fortunately the CC was declined (as I planned) so I had time to cancel them (since Amazon no longer allows you to combine orders like they used to years ago). I'm sure Amazon would use the same excuse to explain this as I got when I preordered stuff before my state charged sales tax. When the items shipped suddenly sales tax appeared in my order, and Amazon claimed only the item's price is locked in... anything else depends on whatever applies at the moment of shipping. Pretty low of Amazon to try to screw me twice with last minute shipping charges, but thankfully I've learned the empty CC ploy on preorders which I'll continue to use until they take that away too. I hope The Jungle Book BD will be cheaper somewhere else since I lost my $5 coupon. I guess there's always a DMC enrollment. |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Originally Posted by Manzana
(Post 11946935)
Amazon recently did something to me twice that I consider rather low. I had a couple preorders back from the good old days of $25 minimum for free shipping. One of them used a 10 cent useless filler item to go over the threshold. Fortunately in my preorder wisdom I always use an empty but not yet expired CC in case they try to ship anything early or separately.
On 2 different preorders that were over $25 before but are clearly under $35 now, when Amazon decided to ship them, they changed them from free shipping to full shipping charges basically reneging on their prior free shipping agreement. Fortunately the CC was declined (as I planned) so I had time to cancel them (since Amazon no longer allows you to combine orders like they used to years ago). I'm sure Amazon would use the same excuse to explain this as I got when I preordered stuff before my state charged sales tax. When the items shipped suddenly sales tax appeared in my order, and Amazon claimed only the item's price is locked in... anything else depends on whatever applies at the moment of shipping. Pretty low of Amazon to try to screw me twice with last minute shipping charges, but thankfully I've learned the empty CC ploy on preorders which I'll continue to use until they take that away too. I hope The Jungle Book BD will be cheaper somewhere else since I lost my $5 coupon. I guess there's always a DMC enrollment. |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Probably an unpopular opinion considering the lengths that some will go to try to get a little $5-$10 off of a purchase, but Amazon Prime makes up its cost with just a few purchases a year. I make probably 10-20 purchases a year minimum, so it's worth it. And if one is a student, it's free.
So, I guess I just don't get it. Spending a lot of time and effort to save a few bucks is fine, but only if your time and effort aren't worth anything. |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Originally Posted by crikey
(Post 11948344)
Probably an unpopular opinion considering the lengths that some will go to try to get a little $5-$10 off of a purchase, but Amazon Prime makes up its cost with just a few purchases a year. I make probably 10-20 purchases a year minimum, so it's worth it. And if one is a student, it's free.
So, I guess I just don't get it. Spending a lot of time and effort to save a few bucks is fine, but only if your time and effort aren't worth anything. |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Originally Posted by Manzana
(Post 11946935)
Amazon recently did something to me twice that I consider rather low. I had a couple preorders back from the good old days of $25 minimum for free shipping. One of them used a 10 cent useless filler item to go over the threshold. Fortunately in my preorder wisdom I always use an empty but not yet expired CC in case they try to ship anything early or separately.
On 2 different preorders that were over $25 before but are clearly under $35 now, when Amazon decided to ship them, they changed them from free shipping to full shipping charges basically reneging on their prior free shipping agreement. Fortunately the CC was declined (as I planned) so I had time to cancel them (since Amazon no longer allows you to combine orders like they used to years ago). I'm sure Amazon would use the same excuse to explain this as I got when I preordered stuff before my state charged sales tax. When the items shipped suddenly sales tax appeared in my order, and Amazon claimed only the item's price is locked in... anything else depends on whatever applies at the moment of shipping. Pretty low of Amazon to try to screw me twice with last minute shipping charges, but thankfully I've learned the empty CC ploy on preorders which I'll continue to use until they take that away too. I hope The Jungle Book BD will be cheaper somewhere else since I lost my $5 coupon. I guess there's always a DMC enrollment. |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
I placed an order for a BD back in Aug. on my card that(like others) eventually got comprised. At the time there was a $5 off promo that I used towards this order. I did not think to change the type of payment on the order until late last week. Once I corrected that with my current card, the $5 promo disappeared. It was also charging me for shipping despite the original order being over the then $25 fsss threshold.
It took two emails, but they adjusted the price. Luckily I still had a couple of days left on my free Prime trial, so I was able to fix the shipping issue without emailing CS on that. |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Originally Posted by Ringmaster
(Post 11947048)
The Vincent Price blu ray collection is $38.66. The site is out of stock but they are still taking orders. This is the lowest i've seen the set sell for. I'm not counting the "Movie-Mars" fiasco.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00DOZ...7212205&sr=8-2 |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Originally Posted by crikey
(Post 11948344)
Probably an unpopular opinion considering the lengths that some will go to try to get a little $5-$10 off of a purchase, but Amazon Prime makes up its cost with just a few purchases a year. I make probably 10-20 purchases a year minimum, so it's worth it. And if one is a student, it's free.
So, I guess I just don't get it. Spending a lot of time and effort to save a few bucks is fine, but only if your time and effort aren't worth anything. |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Originally Posted by Manzana
(Post 11946935)
Amazon recently did something to me twice that I consider rather low. I had a couple preorders back from the good old days of $25 minimum for free shipping. One of them used a 10 cent useless filler item to go over the threshold. Fortunately in my preorder wisdom I always use an empty but not yet expired CC in case they try to ship anything early or separately.
On 2 different preorders that were over $25 before but are clearly under $35 now, when Amazon decided to ship them, they changed them from free shipping to full shipping charges basically reneging on their prior free shipping agreement. Fortunately the CC was declined (as I planned) so I had time to cancel them (since Amazon no longer allows you to combine orders like they used to years ago). I'm sure Amazon would use the same excuse to explain this as I got when I preordered stuff before my state charged sales tax. When the items shipped suddenly sales tax appeared in my order, and Amazon claimed only the item's price is locked in... anything else depends on whatever applies at the moment of shipping. Pretty low of Amazon to try to screw me twice with last minute shipping charges, but thankfully I've learned the empty CC ploy on preorders which I'll continue to use until they take that away too. I hope The Jungle Book BD will be cheaper somewhere else since I lost my $5 coupon. I guess there's always a DMC enrollment. |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Originally Posted by joltman
(Post 11949114)
Don't you have prime now? You can go back and change any pre-orders to free 2-day shipping
The nerve of this company! I'm never shopping with Amazon again. |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Originally Posted by joltman
(Post 11949114)
Don't you have prime now? You can go back and change any pre-orders to free 2-day shipping
Now that I think about it, I remember reading people say in times past that you can share Prime with other people, so I should've probably done that, but I didn't think about it at the time. I'm hoping there will be other deals on The Jungle Book locally. I mean who would've thought I'd get The Lone Ranger BD for $12, but that deal showed up at the last minute. I'll put looking into sharing Prime on my monstrous to-do list, but as I'm always running short on time (we all know why) I'm not sure when I'll have time to investigate how to share Prime or more importantly if there are any negative repercussions doing so. Probably not, but I prefer to check first. It's good to see that Amazon is taking care of the shipping charge on preorders for those this has happened to. I posted because I didn't see anyone else mention it and I was surprised Amazon would do this. |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Originally Posted by Manzana
(Post 11946935)
Amazon recently did something to me twice that I consider rather low. I had a couple preorders back from the good old days of $25 minimum for free shipping. One of them used a 10 cent useless filler item to go over the threshold. Fortunately in my preorder wisdom I always use an empty but not yet expired CC in case they try to ship anything early or separately.
On 2 different preorders that were over $25 before but are clearly under $35 now, when Amazon decided to ship them, they changed them from free shipping to full shipping charges basically reneging on their prior free shipping agreement. Fortunately the CC was declined (as I planned) so I had time to cancel them (since Amazon no longer allows you to combine orders like they used to years ago). I'm sure Amazon would use the same excuse to explain this as I got when I preordered stuff before my state charged sales tax. When the items shipped suddenly sales tax appeared in my order, and Amazon claimed only the item's price is locked in... anything else depends on whatever applies at the moment of shipping. Pretty low of Amazon to try to screw me twice with last minute shipping charges, but thankfully I've learned the empty CC ploy on preorders which I'll continue to use until they take that away too. I hope The Jungle Book BD will be cheaper somewhere else since I lost my $5 coupon. I guess there's always a DMC enrollment. You have an issue with EVERY place you buy from. You need to just stop buying altogether and go live in a bubble or something, like Jake Gyllenhaal in that one movie. |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Originally Posted by EddieMoney
(Post 11949243)
You have an issue with EVERY place you buy from. You need to just stop buying altogether and go live in a bubble or something, like Jake Gyllenhaal in that one movie.
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re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Originally Posted by Greg MacGuffin
(Post 11949305)
Brokeback Mountain?
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re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Originally Posted by shagrath
(Post 11949137)
you mean they don't retroactively go back through all of your pre-orders and automatically update them to the 2-day free shipping when you upgrade to prime?
The nerve of this company! I'm never shopping with amazon again. |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Manzana + over 3 sentences = I'm not going to bother reading.
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re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Originally Posted by davidlynchfan
(Post 11949418)
Manzana <strike> + over 3 sentences</strike> = I'm not going to bother reading.
And back on track for the thread... Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season One [Blu-ray] $43.99 Not quite the lowest ever at Amazon, but pretty close. |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Hmm, looking at the Stardate Collection for $56.49 since I haven't bitten on any of the movie collections thus far. I only own #2.
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Subspecies (20th Anniversary Edition) $7.03
Hurricane Season $8.36 Brother White $8.58 Tooth Fairy $9.28 Flight $9.87 Bored to Death: The Complete Second Season $9.96 Harry Potter Double Feature: The Deathly Hallows Part 1 & 2 $11.98 Harry Potter Double Feature: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $11.98 Troy / Gladiator $11.98 The Christmas Collection (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York / A Christmas Carol / Miracle on 34th Street / Jingle All the Way) $12.96 Action Blu-ray 3-Pack (Jumper / Transporter / Transporter 2) $14.96 Once Upon A Time: The Complete Second Season $22.96 (matches Walmart.com) Nikita: The Complete Third Season $26.49 Smiley's People $26.92 Prime Suspect: The Complete Collection $50.02 Star Trek: Stardate Collection $56.49 |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Just bought all 3 seasons of Bored to Death for $9.96 each. That's a great price.
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re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Originally Posted by Manzana
(Post 11946935)
Amazon recently did something to me twice that I consider rather low. I had a couple preorders back from the good old days of $25 minimum for free shipping. One of them used a 10 cent useless filler item to go over the threshold. Fortunately in my preorder wisdom I always use an empty but not yet expired CC in case they try to ship anything early or separately.
On 2 different preorders that were over $25 before but are clearly under $35 now, when Amazon decided to ship them, they changed them from free shipping to full shipping charges basically reneging on their prior free shipping agreement. Fortunately the CC was declined (as I planned) so I had time to cancel them (since Amazon no longer allows you to combine orders like they used to years ago). I'm sure Amazon would use the same excuse to explain this as I got when I preordered stuff before my state charged sales tax. When the items shipped suddenly sales tax appeared in my order, and Amazon claimed only the item's price is locked in... anything else depends on whatever applies at the moment of shipping. Pretty low of Amazon to try to screw me twice with last minute shipping charges, but thankfully I've learned the empty CC ploy on preorders which I'll continue to use until they take that away too. I hope The Jungle Book BD will be cheaper somewhere else since I lost my $5 coupon. I guess there's always a DMC enrollment. |
re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Went ahead and bought Nikita season 3 a couple of days ago for $26.49. Could have probably held out longer for sub $20 pricing, but it's a matter of personal preference and I like the show enough to support it for that price.
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re: Amazon discounts and deals on Blu-ray
Just got Clash of the Titans Blu-ray book and it was pretty beat up. I usually wouldn't care about a case because I only put a select few on the shelf and this is one of the select few being a Bluray book and all.
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