Scheduled to deliver it Wed. and in NYC... so it sounds promising.

My order for Monsters & Madmen still shows as shipping soon. Thats the problem with free shipping. The shipping is fast and free, but before it get out the door it seems my order must go through a pneumatic tube that sends it around the world for no reason. Not until then can they ship my order. I placed two more orders on Sunday within 5 minutes of each other, one of them had Black Book Bluray and Suspiria which shipped today, while the other one for Knocked Up 2disc and La Dolche Vita has not shipped. Doesn't even say items shipping soon. Just says items not yet shipped. And I really want that Knocked Up DVD? What does this have to do with criterion? Nothing, so suck it.

Awesome! Mine were changed to "Shipping soon." All seven.

All the 9 mispriced titles shipped for me with Super Saver Shipping option

Yay, my first order of M&M/Jigoku shipped!

I really doubt these were "mispriced." Amazon was probably trying to shift some overstock - they have these short sales all the time. Everyone's acting like they're getting away with something.

If that's the case, why wasn't it publicised like any other deal/sale? What if jasko had never discovered the mismatched prices ? Why are the prices back to normal after couple of days? I can still see they have stock of some of the titles whose prices have been corrected.

I doubt that's the case. The prices are way too low to be intentional. I would expect the prices in an actual Criterion sale at Amazon to be along the lines of DVD Planet's regular Criterion prices.

Btw, I just got the shipping notice! Hurray!

I assume they didn't publicize because they didn't want to sell too many of them at that reduced cost, just enough to shift some excess stock. The prices went back to normal after they'd sold enough. If jasko hadn't discovered the prices, someone else would have. Amazon isn't dumb - they know word travels fast on the internet.

Again, Amazon does this stuff all the time. All of the sudden a DVD will be 50% off for a few days, then it's back to normal. Granted, this is all speculation on my part. But it makes a lot more sense than a glitch that somehow reduces prices on certain Criterions - is it a coincidence that all of the recent horror titles were discounted? And it's not like they were reduced to .01 or something - then it would have obviously been a mistake. My point is, no one should feel guilty about buying these.

Can't believe I missed this.

I just hope that you are cent per cent right dude. I really do. Nothing worse than getting charged by Amazon for the correct amount later as has happened in several other cases for fellow DVDTalkers.

By the way do you work for Amazon? When can we expect overstock clearance for some of the other Criterion titles?

indy81, I believe you are correct...no point in advertising something you've only got a slight overstock on, and then having to make good on pricing when you run out of that item. By not publicizing (i.e., "advertising") the lower prices on these Criterions, Amazon has gotten them into the hands of serious Criterion addicts, and reduced overstock quickly.

As far as Amazon charging more (to whoever bought at the lower price) after the fact, I don't believe that's legal...I'd stop shopping there if they tried to do that, which they haven't ever done so far. To me, that is.

It would be great to have a thread which watches Criterion prices all over the internet, and alerts us when any retailer has significant reductions in price like this one. Not holding my breath, however.

Where the hell be my EARLY order Amazon?

Received my entire order today. Since I ordered early nothing was backordered. I got a Canterbury Tale, An Angel at my Table, Monsters and Madmen, and When a Woman Ascends the Stairs. I checked my credit card account and was charged the correct agreed upon price. I'm not anticipating any problems later with Amazon since they are actually getting money for these items unlike the infamous December glitch last year.

Whoo hoo!

Got shipping confirmation today finally

All of my items shipped today.

Ditto.

My order that included Jigoku just shipped.

Does Amazon.com has a glitch tonight? I have recieved shipping confirmation for the same order 7 times tonight.

I haven't recieved my order shipping notification yet; it's been 5 days.

I just got my notice that Monsters and Madmen has shipped today. It probably depends on what you ordered, I'm sure some of the other titles are stuck on backorder which is why you haven't got a shipping notice yet.

I received all my dvds. Great deal.

Me too. Except I had made two orders, so I got 14 damn emails in rapid succession. It's the most action my email account has seen in months.

I received my shipping confirmation tonight. Only four emails for me.