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Old 06-12-07, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by DelGriffith
Got my order in today. Received the R-rated instead of the Un-rated version that I wanted. I even e-mailed them before I placed my order to make sure I would be getting the Un-rated version. Have sent a damaged dvd back to them before and never got refunded for the shipping cost. Luckily this one was only $6.00. Not the dvd I wanted - but probably not worth the effort and hassle/waiting of the return. Sadly I am afraid this is my last DD sale. If your dvd cost a lot - then it would probably be worth it to you to go ahead and try a return.
I'm gonna take a guess and say that you ordered Harold & Kumar.....which is what I was going to order before I checked the UPC no. at the DVD empire site and it matched to the r-rated version (which I think actually is in full-screen is I am not mistaken.)
I was gonna pick this up too but I wouldnt want anything other than UR WS...
Oh well, I love DD and I have always defended them and continue to do so but with these new release pre-order issues and being sent the wrong book today I am a little ticked but those prices are good enough to wait a day or so till things get fixed...
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Originally Posted by chris_sc77
I'm gonna take a guess and say that you ordered Harold & Kumar.....which is what I was going to order before I checked the UPC no. at the DVD empire site and it matched to the r-rated version (which I think actually is in full-screen is I am not mistaken.)
I was gonna pick this up too but I wouldnt want anything other than UR WS...
Oh well, I love DD and I have always defended them and continue to do so but with these new release pre-order issues and being sent the wrong book today I am a little ticked but those prices are good enough to wait a day or so till things get fixed...
I got the UR WS version.
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Old 06-12-07, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by pilot
I just sent an email to a higher-up @ DD. I'll post a response, if I get one, if they want me to, pending I get one, and/or if it's fixed before that happens.

Pilot...Thank you for your email.

I apologize to everyone for the errors on the 6/12/07 releases. We will get this resolved as soon as possible. I also apologize for any miscommunication that you received.

Thank you all for your business and your patience.

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Originally Posted by JoserJerr
The problem for me is not really waiting to order the DVD's released today as much as DD's inability to explain the issue to customers calling in their orders. Would it kill them to explain that it's a system issue or they just don't want to discount this wees's new releases.

It gets even funnier when DVDTalker's are getting different results when placing phone orders while some get the discount and others do not.

In my opinion this is not the way to run a business as DD should be forthcoming with information rather than responding "the discount should be available somethime later today".

This is a great way to get people to take their business elsewhere as is evidenced in previous posts.
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Thanks for the response.
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6/12 stuff is still preorders, and it's 6/13.
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They're working on it. Christ.
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Old 06-13-07, 12:19 AM
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Just to be sure, does this sale include storage units again or not? The Oskar is currently out of stock so I can't tell if the code would work or not. I can't believe I am out of space AGAIN. I see no mention of the storage units, but just wanted to be sure...

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Here's my order, down from last year a bit.
Lady in the Water
$13.48 Standard Shipping
1 $13.48
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
$6.41 Standard Shipping
1 $6.41
Clerks II
$15.41 Standard Shipping
1 $15.41
Mission: Impossible III
$13.79 Standard Shipping
1 $13.79
Weather Man
$9.52 Standard Shipping
1 $9.52
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
$14.74 Standard Shipping
1 $14.74
Hudson Hawk
$6.09 Standard Shipping
1 $6.09
10
$5.99 Standard Shipping
1 $5.99
Ghost Rider
$24.71 Standard Shipping
1 $24.71
Missing, The
$9.49 Standard Shipping
1 $9.49
American Graffiti
$9.49 Standard Shipping
1 $9.49
What Lies Beneath
$6.08 Standard Shipping
1 $6.08
Murder by Numbers
$6.62 Standard Shipping
1 $6.62
28 Days
$6.09 Standard Shipping
1 $6.09
WKRP in Cincinnati - Season 1
$25.89 Standard Shipping
1 $25.89
Twisted
$6.08 Standard Shipping
1 $6.08
Mississippi Burning
$9.65 Standard Shipping
1 $9.65
Quick and the Dead
$6.09 Standard Shipping
1 $6.09
Parenthood
$14.23 Standard Shipping
1 $14.23
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - The Complete Fourth Season
$21.05 Standard Shipping
1 $21.05
Closer - The Complete Second Season
$25.89 Standard Shipping
1 $25.89
Closer - The Complete First Season
$27.36 Standard Shipping
1 $27.36
Windtalkers
$13.67 Standard Shipping
1 $13.67
Grey's Anatomy - Season 2: Uncut
$39.89 Standard Shipping
1 $39.89
Grey's Anatomy - Season 1
$21.95 Standard Shipping
1 $21.95
Hollywoodland
$14.23 Standard Shipping
1 $14.23
World Trade Center
$13.79 Standard Shipping
1 $13.79
Great Escape
$20.49 Standard Shipping
1 $20.49
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Old 06-13-07, 12:47 AM
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Psst DD. Try this:

Code:
if now() < releasedate() 
    status = "pre-order"
else
    status = "normal"
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Old 06-13-07, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Feathers McGraw
Psst DD. Try this:

Code:
if now() < releasedate() 
    status = "pre-order"
else
    status = "normal"

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Old 06-13-07, 02:03 AM
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It looks like they might have FINALLY fixed it. I'm showing "The Hustler" SE as in-stock on my wishlist.

Go crazy, folks!
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Old 06-13-07, 02:06 AM
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Quantity Item # Description Price Status

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1 BVD017378 DVD : ROMY & MICHELES HS REUNION $ 7.62 In-stock
1 BVD054155 DVD : KYLE XY-1ST SEASON $ 22.31 In-stock
1 COL012451 DVD : MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRA $ 17.94 In-stock
1 MCA032071 DVD : SNL-BEST OF SATURDAY TV FUN $ 10.90 Avl 06/22
1 PRD012406 DVD : BRADY BUNCH-COMPLETE SERIES $ 71.90 In-stock
1 TNK054795 DVD : FARCE OF THE PENGUINS $ 7.79 In-stock
1 WBD011449 DVD : FULL HOUSE-6TH SEASON $ 17.49 In-stock
1 WBD065052 DVD : SOYLENT GREEN $ 5.92 In-stock
1 WBD080453 DVD : FULL HOUSE-5TH SEASON $ 16.70 In-stock

Merchandise Total: $ 178.57
Tax: $ .00
Shipping & Processing: $ .00 Total for this Order: $178.57 Credit Card Type: V

Most spent for me in one sale, but the Monty Python is for a friend that asked me to pick it up, the Kyle XY is for my Dad (he's hooked on the show), and I can't pass up the Brady Bunch set at that price... So much extra stuff that's cut out of the current reruns.

Oh, and yeah, the site just gave me a generic discount on when I ordered without showing the discount on each disc/set, but the email I received showed the discounted prices.
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Old 06-13-07, 02:33 AM
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Yes! The 6/12 preorder DVDs now show up as "In Stock."

(It was rough seeing so many DVDTalkers going through withdrawal symptoms, but after a one day fast, your palates should be cleansed and ready to spend some money. It was a horrible one day for many, but most came through it with flying colors. June 12th will be a day that will be long remembered by many of us as we tell our great grandchildren how we toughed it out the many, many hours waiting for Deep Discount to fix their website.)
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Old 06-13-07, 03:00 AM
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LOL Franchot!


I phoned in my order earlier tonight (and the woman I spoke to was very helpful) -- this is my first order but I still might go ahead and pick up a few more things in the next few days.

DEADWOOD-3RD SEASON $ 44.30
BOSOM BUDDIES-1ST SEASON $ 19.51
MCLEOD'S DAUGHTERS-2ND SEASON $ 35.83
CATCH & RELEASE $ 15.83
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 2 $ 19.90

Total for this Order: $ 135.37
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I agree! California sales tax in most cases ends up negating any savings at DVDPlanet. It's usually cheaper to purchase from DDD instead.
Same problem Washington state residents have when ordering stuff from Amazon.
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Old 06-13-07, 05:44 AM
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4th and final order:

1 DTO007030 DVD : BEST OF TV DETECTIVES-150 E $ 13.17 Avl 06/22
1 MCA028178 DVD : COLUMBO-3RD SEASON $ 21.10 In-stock

Merchandise Total: $ 34.27
Tax: $ .00
Shipping & Processing: $ .00

Total for this Order: $ 34.27
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Old 06-13-07, 07:19 AM
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Ah, more from the crybabies.

How many of you are professional computer programmers?

None of you?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

To hear you talk... errr, I mean whine.... DD knew precisely what was wrong with their system the moment it happened, and they could have fixed it with a snap of their fingers but they decided that they didn't feel like making money yesterday, so they put up a perimeter of armed guards and trained attack dogs to keep anyone with any computer tech skill away from the system.

Before you shoot your mouths off again, go find people that know about maintaining a system that not only contains millions of items and the number of stock on hand, but also maintains a database of hundreds of thousands if not millions of customers, and handles thousands of transactions a day. And tell them that this system is at peak busy time when the incident occurred.

Then tell them that it should have been fixed in seconds. Please come back and tell us how long they laughed in your face.

And that's pretty much my last say in the matter.
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4th and final order:

1 BHV047508 DVD : MATCH GAME-BEST OF, THE $ 15.35 In-stock
1 HBD099016 DVD : OZ-5TH SEASON $ 22.07 Avl 06/18
1 HBD099027 DVD : OZ-6TH SEASON $ 22.07 In-stock
1 NLD010887 DVD : PAN'S LABYRINTH (2D) $ 17.91 In-stock
1 WBD018959 DVD : BLAZING SADDLES (SE/30TH AN $ 5.86 Avl 06/15

Shipping & Processing: $ .00
Total for this Order: $ 83.26

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(was gonna order these too, but ended up getting them at

DVDPlanet Order Information:

COL019664 (new) Title: Ghost Rider (2007) Special Edition Price: $19.57
BVD052665 (new) Title: Peter Pan (1953) Price: $14.36

Shipping: $0.00 (Free Economy Shipping)
Total Order: $33.93
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Two smallish orders so far; there may be another before the sale ends:

1 PRD088037 DVD : THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR $ 4.86
1 SON036690 DVD : HOME MOVIES-3RD SEASON $ 16.87
1 WBD067038 DVD : KATHARINE HEPBURN/SPENCER TRACY $ 21.18

Shipping & Processing: $ .00
Total for Shipped Items: $ 42.91

1 HBD092779 DVD : DEADWOOD-2ND SEASON $ 44.30
1 RANPP007971 BKS : DEADWOOD $ 8.00

Shipping & Processing:$ .00
Total for this Order: $ 52.30
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For anyone considering The Complete Homicide ($77.90 after discount) but skeptical of what condition it will arrive from DDD (a.k.a. DentsDingsDamage):

Mine arrived yesterday. There is a plastic "guard" covering the entire front of the "file cabinet" box, under the shrinkwrap, which is designed to keep the metal (yes, metal!) handle from being damaged/bent/broken off, and it did its job well. There was no damage to the front of the box. OTOH, the rear bottom left corner of the box (which is THICK cardboard with a nice coating) was scrunched slightly, less than 1" square on all three sides of the corner. Annoying that such a nice package was damaged slightly, but not anywhere near worth the trouble to try and replace it.

Seasons 3 through 7 are each in one of these cases; Season 1/2 (which has only 4 discs) is in the four-disc version of this case (which has no hubs on the inside front and back). The bonus disc is in a standard one-disc case.

Episode titles and short descriptions are listed on "file tabs" which stand between each season in the file cabinet rather than on the individual cases. (The episode titles are also listed on the discs themselves.) The cases are similar to the boxes of the individual releases; the pictures (Polaroid-looking pics on the front) may or may not match the pictures on the main box. (The only individual set I already had was S1/2; the pictures from one of the slimcases were used for the case in the file cabinet.)

All in all, a beautiful package.

Edit: Two things I forgot to mention:

1. No floaters among the 35 discs of the set.
2. There are two pieces of styrofoam in the "file cabinet" to take up the empty space so that things don't move around and get damaged/start floating.
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Old 06-13-07, 08:19 AM
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This post is not really directed towards you, but I'm quoting you and replying to some of your comments.

To add my own .02 to this thread, some of you feel like you're being cheated or something, by not being allowed to spend your money, like they're doing it on purpose. Obviously there's a reason, whatever it maybe intentional or not, or a glitch that's unintentional. I seriously doubt they're doing it on "purpose." Give it some time. I really don't think they want to prevent you from spending money.

CS people rarely know what are going on, with giving different answers to questions. Call up any company, and that will be the norm. During the 20% off sale, they usually have more people than they normally would, some probably from call centers that aren't their own or are just temp people who don't know everything, and some are just lazy and don't want to be bothered.

Being a private company, they don't have to explain their reasoning for things either. While everyone wants to know everything, when some studios in the past elected not to participate in the sale, DD was kind enough to let us know, when in reality, they could just leave people in the dark. If not for this site, people wouldn't know what was going in or the reasoning behind it.

And as far as one CS rep telling one person it will be fixed later, while I don't doubt what that person was told, like I said above, not all CS people know what is going on, or are told one thing, and things change and/or aren't right.

again, just my .02, but I'd give DD the benefit of the doubt. I'm sure it'll be fixed, and everyone can go about spending more of their money.
Pilot,

While I appreciate your reply I feel a need to respond.

It doesn't matter to me whether a company is public or private as I'm not investing in DD I'm just a customer buying their product. Alhough most DVDTalkers probably feel they should own part of DD seeing how some people spend loads of money on the site.

The CSR issue is understandable as all people are different. While some people want to help others could really care less. Was it really too much to ask to have a message in the DVDTalk forum or on the DD web site explaining the issue? How hard would it have been to give the CSR's a message "We realize there is problem and are working on the issue."

When people expect something to happen, like the DD discount on released titles, and it does not there are going to be questons as that's the beauty of a forum. My feeling is that alot of these purchases are impulse buys so people are just a little more frustrated when they expect a sale and it doesnt happen or is seemingly postponed for no apparent reason.

Be honest. If you expected a sale to happen at a local store for an item you really wanted and it wasn't on sale and no reason was given would you be upset or even a little frustrated?

Oh well. It's behind us now. Let the spending begin.
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2nd and final order
1 COL018971 DVD : SEINFELD-8TH SEASON $ 25.91 In-stock
1 COL019664 DVD : GHOST RIDER (EXTENDED CUT) $ 19.77 In-stock
1 MCA021969 DVD : FLETCH LIVES $ 6.87 In-stock

Merchandise Total: $ 52.55
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