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Amazon Countdown to BF Week - Lightning Deals Calendar

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12/05/2013 Lightning Deals:

8:20am PST(11:20am EST)
Essential Eastwood: Action Collection at $13.49 (DVD)
Being John Malkovich at $17.99 (Criterion) (BD)

12:20pm PST(3:20am EST)
Riverboat: The Complete Series - 44 Episodes! at $14.99 (DVD)
Wagon Train - The 8th and Final Season - Embossed Collectible Tin at $23.49 (DVD)
Yancy Derringer - The Complete Series. All 34 Episodes! at $13.49 (DVD)

4:20pm PST(7:20pm EST)
Troy: Director's Cut at $7.49 (BD)
A Night to Remember at $17.99 (Criterion) (BD)

12/06/2013 Lightning Deals:

8:20am PST(11:20am EST)
Classic Quad Set 9 at $7.99 (DVD)
Familytime Features Box Set at $16.99 (DVD)

12:20pm PST(3:20am EST)
Charlie Chan Collection, Vol. 2 at $18.49 (DVD)
National Parks Collection at $25.49 (DVD)
The Watch / Dodgeball at $11.49 (2-Pack) (DVD)

4:20pm PST(7:20pm EST)
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol at $6.49 (DVD)
The Bible: The Epic Miniseries at $21.99 (DVD)
The Bible: The Epic Miniseries at $29.89 (BD)
The Gold Rush at $17.99 (Criterion) (BD)

12/07/2013 Lightning Deals:

8:20am PST(11:20am EST)
NFL a Football Life Season 1 at $10.99 (DVD)
NFL: A Football Life: Season 2 at $17.49 (DVD)
Harakiri at $17.99 (Criterion) (BD)

12:20pm PST(3:20am EST)
Apocalypse Now (Three-Disc Full Disclosure Edition) at $17.99 (BD)
Blue Murder: Complete Collection at $41.99 (DVD)
Overland Trail - The Complete Series - 17 Classic Episodes at $11.99 (DVD)
The Betty Grable Collection, Vol. 1 at $19.89 (BD)

4:20pm PST(7:20pm EST)
In Treatment: Season Two at $15.49 (DVD)
Land of the Giants: The Full Series at $55.49 (DVD)
Orpheus at $17.89 (Criterion) (BD)
Red Skelton: The Ultimate Collection at $26.49 (DVD)

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I'm not ready for BF. I spent $1,000 last BF at Amazon. So many games and BDs.

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I see an expired deal for Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited 1-4. Anyone know how much it was? I hope they do it again later this month...

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Awww...I feel the same sense of missing out with The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

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Originally Posted by kenbenobi (Post 11895672)

I see an expired deal for Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited 1-4. Anyone know how much it was? I hope they do it again later this month...

It was $17.99 on a Lightning Deal last week.

I hope they do it again later as well as I want another copy for a gift.

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Originally Posted by Solid Snake (Post 11895605)

I'm not ready for BF. I spent $1,000 last BF at Amazon. So many games and BDs.

I remember that.

You made me sick.

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LD for Men in Black Trilogy Giftset on NOW for $22.99. Ends at appx. 9:00 am.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008Y1YKOO/...d_p=1646453982

Thought this was suppose to start later this morning!!

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Originally Posted by bacigalup (Post 11896604)

LD for Men in Black Trilogy Giftset on NOW for $22.99. Ends at appx. 9:00 am.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008Y1YKOO/...d_p=1646453982

Thought this was suppose to start later this morning!!

With an hour and 45 minutes to go its 95% claimed. I've skipped every other deal on MIB over the years, but finally jumped on this one. :) Thanks for the heads up.

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What happened to Producers Blu ray? I thought I saw it as an upcoming deal

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Originally Posted by JoeyOhhhh (Post 11896652)

What happened to Producers Blu ray? I thought I saw it as an upcoming deal

You did, but they reformatted the page. It doesn't look like they're teasing at deals in upcoming days anymore.

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I've learned over the past few years that the best deals on Amazon (other than those lightning deals that very few of us get a chance to purchase because they seem to sell out so fast) come BEFORE Thanksgiving and not after it.

That said, the selection/bargains so far seem either relatively poor or just the same titles that have been put on sale in previous years. Hoping things amp up a bit Thanksgiving week...I usually spend a couple hundred on cheap catalog stuff I never got around to buying this time of the year.

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I ended up picking up the Peanuts Holiday Collection for $18.99. I never bought the DVDs, so that price for the Blu Ray set seemed reasonable.

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Come on Clone Wars and BBT Season 5 and HIMYM!

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Originally Posted by mattysemo247 (Post 11896903)

I ended up picking up the Peanuts Holiday Collection for $18.99. I never bought the DVDs, so that price for the Blu Ray set seemed reasonable.

Not a bad price, but IMO the DVDs are better. The BR collection offers a marginal bump in image quality, but only the terrible 5.1 remixes are included. They've got a really annoying echo that never goes away, even if you have a two-channel setup or your receiver is set to mono/stereo. :down:

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The current deal is for "The Goonies: 25th Anniversary BR" for 14.49. When you click on it, it's still full price. I had to figure out how to contact them and they did change the price, but only after I placed the order. Just wanted to give anyone else who wanted it a heads up.

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The lightning deal price shows up right above the regular price add to cart.

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Originally Posted by sotra (Post 11899564)

The lightning deal price shows up right above the regular price add to cart.

Yes, I know, but when I did, it was still $31 plus. And it was still #31 plus when I actually placed the order. The rep I talked to had to manually adjust the price after it was placed.

Amazon must have fixed the glitch after I (or someone else) reported it, but when I wrote my comment, they had not.

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The lightning deal price for The Producers is $10.49

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Picked up The Producers for that price!

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Nice, glad I logged in today...got in on The Producers just in time.

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Wow, I just saw this and grabbed it with 53 seconds (!) left in the lightning deal. Thanks for the heads-up. I assume the upgrade from DVD is worth it at that price?

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Does anyone know what the MTM and L&H sets went for?

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Originally Posted by Adam Tyner (Post 11895686)

Awww...I feel the same sense of missing out with The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

I'm bummed I missed out on this too. Anyone know what the price was?

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I'm not expecting much from Amazon because they are followers and not leaders in pricing. There's no way I'll remember to check this thread often enough. I hope people can keep a running list of what's on sale for what price.

Given that Amazon is a follower, I expect this year's BF to be like last year's where it's about 90% a repeat of the same items and prices that BB, Target and Walmart have in their BF ads, so the only reason to order from Amazon is if you don't think you can get your hands on it at one of the other stores.

And on a side note (unrelated to Amazon), I'm hating stores even more for starting the BF madness at 6 PM on Thanksgiving. It barely leaves you time for Thanksgiving dinner. Next year I bet they'll start even earlier and soon it'll be Black Thanksgiving starting at 6 AM and then Thanksgiving at midnight and then Wednesday at 10 PM and then Wednesday at 6 PM when some of us are still at work. B&M stores, please lay off! I think anything earlier than 8 PM on Thanksgiving is totally unacceptable, yet we have to accept it. I wish the employees at these stores could boycott them and refuse to go into work early so that stores will stop trying to turn what should be a restful holiday with family into another day of shopping madness. I'm already on the edge of getting burned out by BF, and they're starting to push it. I keep thinking someday I'll say "it's not worth it" and just ignore BF week like it doesn't exist, but my willpower/anger hasn't quite reached the necessary level yet.

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I agree with your sentiments RE: opening times Manzana. Not to sidetrack this thread too far from its intended purpose, but I think next year we may see some stores start some deals on that Wednesday night (say 10 PM or something) and be open for 4 or 5 hours with a round of door busters, then close and open up at 10 PM on Thanksgiving or 12 AM on that Friday with a new round of DB and weekend deals.

That way you aren't taking away Thanksgiving Day like is happening more so this year than in the past.

On a note related to Amazon, hopefully they surprise people and have a broader selection of items on sale than what you will find at the B&M places.

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Originally Posted by Manzana (Post 11902730)

And on a side note (unrelated to Amazon), I'm hating stores even more for starting the BF madness at 6 PM on Thanksgiving. It barely leaves you time for Thanksgiving dinner. Next year I bet they'll start even earlier and soon it'll be Black Thanksgiving starting at 6 AM and then Thanksgiving at midnight and then Wednesday at 10 PM and then Wednesday at 6 PM when some of us are still at work. B&M stores, please lay off! I think anything earlier than 8 PM on Thanksgiving is totally unacceptable, yet we have to accept it. I wish the employees at these stores could boycott them and refuse to go into work early so that stores will stop trying to turn what should be a restful holiday with family into another day of shopping madness. I'm already on the edge of getting burned out by BF, and they're starting to push it. I keep thinking someday I'll say "it's not worth it" and just ignore BF week like it doesn't exist, but my willpower/anger hasn't quite reached the necessary level yet.

I just do not get this line of thinking. Nobody is forcing anybody to go to these stores at 5 pm on Thanksgiving. As an adult, each and every one of us can choose to ignore the madness, spend time with the family and pay a little more in the coming days OR we can go all in at the early times and forgo Thanksgiving dinner. Each individual will have their own priorities.

If you want to come at it from the point of how crappy it is for the employees, than I am right there with you. They are the only ones being forced to show up and have their Thanksgiving screwed.

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My guess is that some stores will move to open all day on Thanksgiving, while larger chains hold back the BF items until 6 or 8 PM on Thanksgiving. Honestly, having the sales start at 8 PM makes a lot more sense than forcing everyone to get up at 3 AM and wait in the freezing dark for Friday. West Coast people don't understand how cold it gets in the rest of the country on Thanksgiving most years.

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Re BF: due to the economy, I may be losing my home in a few months which would require severe downsizing. So my BF thinking is a couple of huge (& I mean huge) external hard drives for my huge music cd collection & then sell the cd's off.

I don't see that as a realistic option for dvd or blu's.

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Originally Posted by kenbenobi (Post 11895672)

I see an expired deal for Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited 1-4. Anyone know how much it was? I hope they do it again later this month...

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Originally Posted by teameck (Post 11896262)

It was $17.99 on a Lightning Deal last week.

I hope they do it again later as well as I want another copy for a gift.

Same here. I have all of the individual stories already, but $18 for 100 minutes of documentary is...well, a lot closer to being worth it than the normal price.

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Originally Posted by MooMooMooMoo (Post 11902984)

i am sorry to hear about your situation. i wish i had something i could give you.

maybe try a thread in the offtopic area, and see if anyone has some financial advice? i thought banks were supposed to work with people now so they didn't lose their homes.

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11/12/2013 Lightning Deals:
Bridesmaids - DVD/BD Combo - Starts 11:59am PST(2:59pm EST)
Little Rascals Complete Collection DVD - Starts 1:59pm PST(4:59pm EST)
NYPD Blue - Seasons 1-4 DVD - Starts 3:59pm PST(6:59pm EST)
Gilmore Girls Complete Series DVD - Starts 5:59pm PST(8:59pm EST)

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Originally Posted by SoonerDoc (Post 11902955)

I just do not get this line of thinking. ....

I think part of the issue is our feelings for employees (except Best Buy employees of course). But the other issue is that most of the best deals disappear a few hours after the store opens. So, if they open at 6pm on Thanksgiving night, they'll be gone by Friday morning. If you choose to spend time with your family, you miss out on great deals.

Is this really a choice most of us agonize over? Probably not, but I hate missing a deal as much as the next guy.

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11/14/13 Lightning Deals:

The Mel Brooks Collection(BD) - Starts 12:00am PST(3:00am EST)

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Originally Posted by bacigalup (Post 11907966)

11/14/13 Lightning Deals:

The Mel Brooks Collection(BD) - Starts 12:00am PST(3:00am EST)

Hmm so it's $33 right now and the lowest it has been is $24...any guesses on what it will be?

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Originally Posted by vietduckboi (Post 11907989)

Hmm so it's $33 right now and the lowest it has been is $24...any guesses on what it will be?

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Originally Posted by vietduckboi (Post 11907989)

Hmm so it's $33 right now and the lowest it has been is $24...any guesses on what it will be?

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Originally Posted by hariseldon (Post 11908017)

That's an odd time to start a lightning deal, the last time something like this was posted, it turned out to be a Deal of the Day which typically starts at 3am Eastern

Couldn't agree with you more, than again when was the last time Amazon addressed the next day DOTD the day before?

DOTD or LD, just wanted to inform the masses.

My guess on price? $21.99

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I've only seen Spaceballs (which I loved) and Young Frankenstein (which I wasn't crazy for) but if this goes for $20-22ish I'm in for a blind buy!

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Originally Posted by Ropes Pierre (Post 11903113)

The government gave the banks money for programs to work with homeowners ... They didn't require them to actually work with homeowners though.

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Originally Posted by hariseldon (Post 11902988)

I think most of the ire has been concerning the employees being forced to work. What I don't know is how much of this is coercion or if the workers are mostly Volunteers with the bonus of Holiday Pay (2x. 2.5x or 3x). I don't know what the pecking order is, but when I was younger there was absolutely nothing special enough about Thanksgiving that I wouldn't have considered moving Dinner to Saturday if needed.

What retail company pays any kind of shift bonus/differential for holidays?