hariseldon

Nothing else currently listed under 50 at SAE
LONG HOT SUMMER -- SOLD OUT/OOP

assume that a few are below 100 and at risk since the site is giving virtually no warning. These have been mentioned most frequently as low stock
Zelig (heck any Woody Allen)
Cutter's Way
Rollerball
Alamo Bay
Gran Bollito



SOLD OUT SUNDAY at TTM
NONE

SOLD OUT MONDAY at TTM
None

LOW STOCK at TTM
11am ET May 25
APRIL LOVE (1957) -- false alarm I think. I'm seeing 4 copies still
ANGEL (AKA DANNY BOY / 1982) 25
CHATO'S LAND (1972) 41
GARDEN OF EVIL (1954) 49
BROKEN LANCE (1954) 54
OKLAHOMA CRUDE (1973) 60
CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE (1947) 65
LAWMAN (1971) 77
TRUE STORY OF JESSE JAMES, THE (1957) 83
WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957) 96
QUIET AMERICAN, THE (1958) 98
WARLOCK (1959) 127
THE CHASE (1966) 140
BLUE DENIM (1959) 145
SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) 146


Best Sellers on Sunday - individual units sold May 24
THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN (1954) 35
BANDOLERO! (1968) 20
WARLOCK (1959) 14
LAWMAN (1971) 12
ADMIRABLE CRICHTON, THE (AKA PARADISE LAGOON / 1957) 11
QUILLER MEMORANDUM, THE (1966) 11
WILD IN THE COUNTRY (1961) 11
THE CHASE (1966) 10

hariseldon

SAE UPDATE
LONG HOT SUMMER -- SOLD OUT/now OOP


SOLD OUT MONDAY at TTM


APRIL LOVE (1957) -- false alarm I think. I'm seeing 4 copies and it's still in my wishlist with a ADD TO CART buttom, but the Item Page itself is gone. Not sure what's going on with it though not sure how you get it to your cart unless it's already there or in a Wishlist page

While they may have messed up one listing, at least those 40-45 dead/Sold out titles have finally been cleared.

hariseldon

Nothing else currently listed under 50 at SAE
HOT ROCK -- SOLD OUT

SOLD OUT TUESDAY on TTM
None

LOW STOCK at TTM
4pm ET May 26
1 copy each or 4 items came back onto the site. I'm assuming some return or cancelled order
GIDGET -- SOLD OUT
WUTHERING HEIGHTS -- SOLD OUT
THE BLACK STALLION RETURNS -- SOLD OUT
3 WORLDS OF GULLIVER -- SOLD OUT


APRIL LOVE (1957) -- false alarm I think. I'm seeing 3 copies still, but it;s impossible to pull up the item unless it's in your cart or wishlist already
ANGEL (AKA DANNY BOY / 1982) 21
CHATO'S LAND (1972) 37
GARDEN OF EVIL (1954) 44
BROKEN LANCE (1954) 51
OKLAHOMA CRUDE (1973) 58
CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE (1947) 58
LAWMAN (1971) 65
TRUE STORY OF JESSE JAMES, THE (1957) 78
WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957) 89
QUIET AMERICAN, THE (1958) 97
WARLOCK (1959) 115
THE CHASE (1966) 134
SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) 136
BLUE DENIM (1959) 142

Best Sellers on MONDAY - individual units sold May 25
BANDOLERO! (1968) 15
WARLOCK (1959) 10
THE CHAIRMAN (1969) 10
STAGECOACH (1966) 9
LAWMAN (1971) 9
WILD IN THE COUNTRY (1961) 8
SNAKE PIT, THE (1948) 8
MORITURI (1965) 7
WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING, THE (1935) 6
TALL MEN, THE (1955) 6
SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) 6

Thants

It's been a real disheartening experience for me. I placed my order on the Monday after the announcement. Three items ordered, two weeks ago, and not yet shipped. I started hearing from my friends who ordered after me that their orders had been shipped. So I contacted the Twilight Time customer support and, real catty, they asked if I had even read the email about how many orders they received. I replied that it concerned me that orders were being shipped out of order (which is contrary to what their email about an abundance of orders states). The customer support said it could cancel the order. The experience certainly isn't prompting me to place another order with Twilight.

Classic Films

3 item order placed Wednesday 5/13 shipped. Much larger order placed Monday 5/11 is still pending.
One of the 3 items had sold out per their website after I ordered it and it did ship.
it had the "Unfortunately this product is no longer for sale so it cannot be reordered." message.

hariseldon

Nothing currently listed under 50 at SAE


SOLD OUT TUESDAY on TTM
None

SOLD OUT WEDNESDAY on TTM
WHIRLPOOL (1949) SOLD OUT like yesterday a single unit returned to stock - now gone
APRIL LOVE (1957) - SOLD OUT


LOW STOCK at TTM
11am ET May 27
ANGEL (AKA DANNY BOY / 1982) 19
CHATO'S LAND (1972) 26
GARDEN OF EVIL (1954) 34
BROKEN LANCE (1954) 47
OKLAHOMA CRUDE (1973) 53
CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE (1947) 53
LAWMAN (1971) 58
TRUE STORY OF JESSE JAMES, THE (1957) 72
WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957) 84
QUIET AMERICAN, THE (1958) 95
WARLOCK (1959) 100
THE CHASE (1966) 127
SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) 131
BLUE DENIM (1959) 141


Best Sellers on MONDAY - individual units sold May 25
STAGECOACH (1966) 18
WARLOCK (1959) 17
BANDOLERO! (1968) 15
BENEATH THE 12-MILE REEF (1953) 13
RIVER'S EDGE, THE (1957) 12
CHATO'S LAND (1972) 12
GARDEN OF EVIL (1954) 11
LAWMAN (1971) 9
BEHOLD A PALE HORSE (1964) 9
WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957) 8
SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) 8

Westerns dominated again yesterday -- even more than usual

Classic Films

I guess if they are allowing customers to cancel orders other items may become available again. So are items like "the Barefoot Contessa " which is only available to put on your wish list, an item that was briefly back in stock and maybe will come in stock again?

hariseldon

I don;t think Barefoot Contessa was ever back for order. It and and Inserts were like all those items last week that were sold out and the listings just weren't pulled. I think those two are just glitches

I'm guessing TTM likely cancelled the order and not the customer unless a customer somehow filed a CC or PP complaint or if a customer was just violently abusive like some are starting get on some forums. This was happening fairly regularly before the Clearance Sale where items would actually go up in stock by a few units occasionally instead of down -- sometimes a couple ot items, occasionally nearly 100 like Next Stop Greenwich Village and Stanley and Iris. It was just much harder to see then b/c the items weren't sold out and off the site or with their Add to Cart button removed,

Looks like whatever the reason -- Whirlpool is gone again

Classic Films

Another email asking people to please be patient about shipping.

We are making progress shipping orders and getting through our backlog but it will still be a few weeks before all orders have been shipped. Our warehouse is working 7 days a week to get your order out.

We have received multiple inquiries from customers who have checked their order status on our site and are concerned about a message that some titles on their order are no longer available for sale. This standard message has no bearing on the status of your order and only means that a title has sold out and can not be purchased again. Unless you have been contacted by our support team and told otherwise, all the products you ordered are allocated to your order and it will ship complete as soon as possible.

Once your package ships, please be aware that unfortunately the wait is not over. There are currently massive delays with both domestic and international mail systems. We are fielding multiple queries from customers wondering why tracking shows their shipment is sitting at a particular location in the postal system. We have no control over shipments once we ship them. All we can do is advise patience while your package is on the way to you..

Thants

So, again, evidence here on the internet, that's an order placed after my own, two days after my own, the same number of items, and shipped, while my own order continues to await shipping.



That's the part I really have to hope is accurate. Another distressing factor here has been people mentioning receiving news that an item in their order has been cancelled. The patience of waiting for the shipment is one thing, but it is a separate problem if you're not even sure if your items will be available to be shipped.

laidbacklarkin

If they have been really working 7 days a week fulfilling orders, what explains orders placed on day 1 of the clearance sale still awaiting shipment ? Surely you didn't land 10000 orders on that one day. The orders have been validated as well as that's how OOS titles were confirmed but still sitting out there from 5/10 ? Just doesn't ring true but it's wasted energy trying to make sense of TT's strategy (if they even had one)

Classic Films

I made multiple orders over several days including the first day of sale. The last order placed was the first, and so far only, order to ship. Was sent Tuesday from Texas and is out for delivery today in New York. Tracking originally said it was expected Saturday, so assuming I get it today, it is two days early.

hariseldon

How many items total (if you don't mind) -- if I understand from a prior post, you have had no cancellations/refunds?

From scanning the threads I don't think I've read of any more refunded titles since last week -- around the 20th is the last though a couple posts made later mentioned a refund, but sounds like it happened the end ot Week 1.
If they are making a bit of headway into shipping pile and no cancellations in the week I hope that means all the other items in the orders are mostly accounted for even if they aren't dispatched yet

Classic Films

The order sent was 3 items. The order was placed May 13th. Other orders were larger and placed May 11 and 12th. I have had no cancellation/refund notices on anything I have ordered.

I enjoy reading your updates on available stock and units sold. Thanks

hariseldon

Nothing currently listed under 50 at SAE


SOLD OUT WEDNESDAY on TTM
WHIRLPOOL (1949) SOLD OUT like yesterday a single unit returned to stock - now gone
APRIL LOVE (1957) - SOLD OUT

SOLD OUT WEDNESDAY on TTM
3 WORLDS OF GULLIVER SOLD OUT (again just 1 unit )

LOW STOCK at TTM
Noon ET May 28
CHATO'S LAND (1972) 8
ANGEL (AKA DANNY BOY / 1982) 15
GARDEN OF EVIL (1954) 24
BROKEN LANCE (1954) 44
OKLAHOMA CRUDE (1973) 49
CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE (1947) 49
LAWMAN (1971) 54
WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957) 54
TRUE STORY OF JESSE JAMES, THE (1957) 70
QUIET AMERICAN, THE (1958) 86
WARLOCK (1959) 89
SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) 108
THE CHASE (1966) 121
BLUE DENIM (1959) 140


Best Sellers on Wednesday - individual units sold May 27
BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL (1965) 22
STAGECOACH (1966) 17
CHATO'S LAND (1972) 17
BANDOLERO! (1968) 17
WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957) 10
WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING, THE (1935) 10
QUILLER MEMORANDUM, THE (1966) 10
GENGHIS KHAN (1965) 10
GARDEN OF EVIL (1954) 10
WARLOCK (1959) 9
MORITURI (1965) 9
SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) 8
UNTAMED (1955) 7
THE CHASE (1966) 7
RUSSIA HOUSE, THE (1990) 7
QUIET AMERICAN, THE (1958) 7

Thants

I like the updates as well, even with them being wild to share amid concerns over distant orders not yet shipped. My worries appear valid and yet part of the situation. May it end well.

In order to be wild myself, I'll compliment the company that distresses me by mentioning that Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? isn't a movie to sleep on. Just as baffling to me as the Twilight Time shipping method is the fact that Frank Tashlin's live-action movie hasn't sold out.

Classic Films

The SAE site looks so nice now with all the long and not so long sold out titles on Twilight Time's website still available.

If you look at the titles released in 2019, the last year they released new titles, most of these are the titles still available. Most hadn't been discounted before or if they had they were in the $24.99 or $19.99 brackets before March 2020 when the pre going out of business sale started. They had more available when the sale started and therefore some are still available. They are also on the list of the most recent sell outs on Twilight Time.

BEAT THE DEVIL (1953) BLU-RAY - January 22nd
THE RETURN OF FRANK JAMES (1940) BLU-RAY - January 22nd
UNTAMED (1955) BLU-RAY - January 22nd
YANKS (1979) BLU-RAY - January 22nd
THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON (1957) BLU-RAY - February 19th
BEDAZZLED (1967) BLU-RAY - February 19th
WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957) BLU-RAY - February 19th
TALK RADIO (1988) BLU-RAY - February 19th
THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING (1935) BLU-RAY - March 19th
THE RIVER’S EDGE (1957) BLU-RAY - March 19th
THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM (1966) BLU-RAY - March 19th
THE BIG FIX (1978) BLU-RAY - March 19th
MELVIN AND HOWARD (1980) BLU-RAY - April 16th
THE SNAKE PIT (1948) BLU-RAY - April 16th
STAGECOACH (1966) BLU-RAY - April 16th
THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN (1954) BLU-RAY - April 16th
BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL (1965) BLU-RAY - May 21st
BANDOLERO! (1968) BLU-RAY - May 21st
MORITURI (1965) BLU-RAY - May 21st
WARLOCK (1959) BLU-RAY - May 21st
HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO (1943) BLU-RAY - June 18th
HUSSY (1980) BLU-RAY - June 18th
MOTHER WORE TIGHTS (1947) BLU-RAY - June 18th
PIN UP GIRL (1944) BLU-RAY - June 18th
BEHOLD A PALE HORSE (1964) BLU-RAY - July 23rd
THE CHAIRMAN (1969) BLU-RAY - July 23rd
TEN NORTH FREDERICK (1958) BLU-RAY - July 23rd
THE PRESIDENT'S LADY (1953) BLU-RAY - August 20th
WILD IN THE COUNTRY (1961) BLU-RAY - August 20th
THE TALL MEN (1955) BLU-RAY - September 17th
WHIRLPOOL (1949) BLU-RAY - September 17th

Thants

Today my order shipped, all three titles. The day I say a nice thing the order ships.

In my mind Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? should have flown out the door like Melvin and Howard did.

hariseldon

Nothing currently listed under 50 at SAE


SOLD OUT THURSDAY on TTM
ANGEL (AKA DANNY BOY / 1982)



LOW STOCK at TTM
1pm ET May 29
CHATO'S LAND (1972) 7
GARDEN OF EVIL (1954) 19
LAWMAN (1971) 30
CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE (1947) 34
OKLAHOMA CRUDE (1973) 38
BROKEN LANCE (1954) 39
WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957) 44
TRUE STORY OF JESSE JAMES, THE (1957) 65
WARLOCK (1959) 79
QUIET AMERICAN, THE (1958) 82
SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) 98
THE CHASE (1966) 114
BLUE DENIM (1959) 139
BOBBY DEERFIELD (1977) 156
ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA, THE (1954) 157
IN MY COUNTRY (2004) 165
X Y & ZEE (1972) 169
GENGHIS KHAN (1965) 174
BENEATH THE 12-MILE REEF (1953) 180
BANDOLERO! (1968) 198



Best Sellers on Thursday - individual units sold May 28
WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957) 24
SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) 23
FATHERLAND (AKA SINGING THE BLUES IN RED / 1986) 17
CARLA'S SONG (1996) 17
ANGEL (AKA DANNY BOY / 1982) 17
SNAKE PIT, THE (1948) 14
PRESIDENT'S LADY, THE (1953) 11
WARLOCK (1959) 10
TALL MEN, THE (1955) 8
BROKEN LANCE (1954) 8
STAGECOACH (1966) 8
THE CHASE (1966) 7
X Y & ZEE (1972) 6
GARDEN OF EVIL (1954) 6


For the first time in a while, the Westerns haven't dominated the daily sales. An odd collection honestly -- a couple steady ACTOR NAME Bestsellers jumped doubled or triple ave sales makes sense, but then a couple like Carla's Song and Fatherland which have sold 5-6 units in a week popped to 17? Obviously somebody piling up a cheap discs, but unusual

Classic Films

Speculation on what SAE will do on July 1 when they take possession of remaining stock? Will they bump everything back to $30 or have their own clearance sale ? They have been selling the discs at a steep discount since March, Would be odd to bump them back to $30. Who would buy at $30 that didn't buy at $4.95 to $14.95.

hariseldon

Don't think we know. SAE is currently scheduled to end 5/31 so we'll see 1st if they even extend through June

Brian T

Don’t know what SAE’s plans are either, but I speculated earlier that they might feel free to leave their remaining stock at ‘regular’ price and let it sell out gradually. Others here seemed to think they’d be contractually obligated to blow it out cheap.

What I do know if I got an ‘quantity alert’ email blast late last night from SAE and discovered that four of six titles I’ve had in my cart for the past two weeks (all of which have gone OOS at the Twilight Time site) are now in ‘low quantity’, which was motivation enough to place an order.

And so it begins . . . 😄

I have a pretty full wish list, but mostly titles I already own. I was hoping some of the $14.95 discs might survive long enough to hit $8.95 in a future sale, but who knows now?

Here’s the SAE update:

asianxcore

Woo! The two items I ordered on 5/10/20, were delivered yesterday.

hariseldon

GLORIA -- SOLD OUT AT SAE, now OOP
Nothing else currently listed under 50 at SAE


SOLD OUT FRIDAY on TTM
NONE

SOLD OUT SATURDAY on TTM
THE GLORY GUYS



LOW STOCK at TTM
1pm ET May 30
CHATO'S LAND (1972) 7
GARDEN OF EVIL (1954) 13
LAWMAN (1971) 27
CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE (1947) 29
BROKEN LANCE (1954) 36
OKLAHOMA CRUDE (1973) 37
WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957) 41
TRUE STORY OF JESSE JAMES, THE (1957) 63
WARLOCK (1959) 74
QUIET AMERICAN, THE (1958) 81
SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) 94
THE CHASE (1966) 110
BLUE DENIM (1959) 136
BOBBY DEERFIELD (1977) 150
ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA, THE (1954) 157
IN MY COUNTRY (2004) 164
X Y & ZEE (1972) 167
GENGHIS KHAN (1965) 173
BENEATH THE 12-MILE REEF (1953) 178
BANDOLERO! (1968) 194


Best Sellers on FRIDAY - individual units sold May 29
LAWMAN (1971) 21
CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE (1947) 15
BANDOLERO! (1968) 12
X Y & ZEE (1972) 10
WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957) 9
OKLAHOMA CRUDE (1973) 9
BOBBY DEERFIELD (1977) 7
YANKS (1979) 6
SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) 6
QUILLER MEMORANDUM, THE (1966) 6
PRESIDENT'S LADY, THE (1953) 6
ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA, THE (1954) 6

hariseldon

Broke the titles in the last SAE Email -- these are the titles they list as LOW QUANTITY -- from past experience this seems to mean anything from 50-200 units, Nothing listed as VLQ this time but I'm not sure that means a lot right now

Plus the 2 items that sold out this week that are strangely listed as TEMP OOS (I'll assume that will upgrade to SOLD OUT at some point, but not sure of the meaning


10 RILLINGTON PLACE (1971) - LOW QUANTITY
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY (1982) - LOW QUANTITY
ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS (1986) - LOW QUANTTY
ALAMO BAY (1985) - LOW QUANTITY
ALEXANDER THE GREAT (1956) - LOW QUANTITY
AMERICAN BUFFALO (1996) - LOW QUANTITY
ANASTASIA (1956) - LOW QUANTITY
APPASSIONATA (1974) - LOW QUANTITY
AUTO FOCUS (2002) - LOW QUANTITY
BEAT THE DEVIL (1953 / REGION A ONLY) - LOW QUANTITY
BLACK WIDOW (1987) - LOW QUANTITY
BORN FREE (1966) - LOW QUANTITY
BOUND FOR GLORY (1976) - LOW QUANTITY
BROKEN LANCE (1954) - LOW QUANTITY
BRUTAL TALES OF CHIVALRY (AKA SHOWA ZANKYO-DEN / REGION A ONLY / 1965) - LOW QUANTITY
CHATO'S LAND (1972) - LOW QUANTITY
CUTTER'S WAY (1981) - LOW QUANTITY
DOCTOR DOLITTLE (1967) - LOW QUANTITY
EDGE OF ETERNITY (1959) - LOW QUANTITY
EUREKA (1983) - LOW QUANTITY
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX* (*BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK / 1972) - LOW QUANTITY
FROM NOON TILL THREE (1976) - LOW QUANTITY
GARDEN OF EVIL (1954) - LOW QUANTITY
GLORIA (1980) - SOLD OUT
GRAN BOLLITO (BLACK JOURNAL / 1977) - LOW QUANTITY
HELL AND HIGH WATER (1954) - LOW QUANTITY
I WANT TO LIVE (1958) - LOW QUANTITY
INTERIORS (1978) - LOW QUANTITY
JULIA (1977) - LOW QUANTITY
LA BAMBOLA DI SATANA (THE DOLL OF SATAN / 1969) - LOW QUANTITY
MODEL SHOP (1969) - LOW QUANTITY
MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON (1984) - LOW QUANTITY
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (2002) - LOW QUANTITY
ROLLERBALL (1975 / ENCORE EDITION) - LOW QUANTITY
ROMEO IS BLEEDING (1993) - LOW QUANTITY
SHORT NIGHT OF GLASS DOLLS (LA CORTA NOTTE DELLA BAMBOLE DI VETRO / 1971) - LOW QUANTITY
THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA (1954) - LOW QUANTITY
THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915): THE PHOTOPLAY PRODUCTIONS CENTENNIAL (2 DISC) - LOW QUANTITY
THE BOSTON STRANGLER (1968) - LOW QUANTITY
THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN (1969) - LOW QUANTITY
THE BULLET TRAIN (AKA SHINKANSEN DAIBAKUHA / 1975 / REGION A ONLY) - LOW QUANTITY
THE CRIMSON KIMONO (1959) - LOW QUANTITY
THE EMPEROR IN AUGUST (NIHON NO ICHIBAN NAGAI HI KETTEIBAN / 2015 - REGION A ONLY) - LOW QUANTITY
THE FANTASTICKS (1995-2000) - LOW QUANTITY
THE FORTUNE COOKIE (1966) - LOW QUANTITY
THE GANG'S ALL HERE (1943) - LOW QUANTITY
THE HAPPY ENDING (1969) - LOW QUANTITY
THE HOSPITAL (1971) - LOW QUANTITY
THE INCIDENT (1967) - LOW QUANITY
THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING (1952) - LOW QUANTITY
THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK (1971) - LOW QUANTITY
THE RUSSIA HOUSE (1990) - LOW QUANTITY
THE SEVEN-UPS (1973) - LOW QUANTITY
THE STONE KILLER (1973) - LOW QUANTITY
THE VALACHI PAPERS (1972) - LOW QUANTITY
TONY ROME / LADY IN CEMENT (1967 / 1968) - LOW QUANTITY
TWO FOR THE ROAD (1967) - LOW QUANTITY
ZELIG (1983) - LOW QUANTITY
THE HOT ROCK (1972) - TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK
THE LONG, HOT SUMMER (1958) - TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK