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Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Originally Posted by pmreed
(Post 9410099)
I don't even charge for shipping anymore; I make all my normal auctions ship for free, and just roll normal shipping charges into the starting price.
Originally Posted by abintra
(Post 9407832)
If you haven't already, check your spam folder.
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Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Originally Posted by Nugent
(Post 9409035)
It's $3 per DVD. Or in this case he is selling as a lot with only one listing and the amount eBay will allow is still a whole $3.
I sold my complete Seinfeld series in the individual season packages and was allowed to charge a whopping $3 to ship all of them. If this doesnt work for you, you are probably asking more than the going rate. LOL I just saw I'm like the 10th person to say the same thing... |
Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Originally Posted by kk725
(Post 9410522)
Kudos to you! This is what all sellers should have been doing in the first place, instead of putting a dirt cheap price on the item and making people think they were getting a deal, and then slamming them with a $10 shipping fee for a single item that weighed less than a pound. With your method, people think they're saving because, "Oh, free shipping!", and you're not losing money. I was an eBay seller for a couple of years and whenever I miscalculated shipping, I'd always put the couple dollars extra my buyer had paid in the package with their item. If you're gonna make money, be fair about it and make money on the actual item, not via inflated/dishonest shipping prices.
Back to the topic, the only HD DVD I was thinking of upgrading was the Matrix, but with the price hikes, I'll probably pass ... This sounds OK, but I think I might get it for around the cost of the set eventually. |
Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
I turned in my order last week.
Blu-ray Item Price 300 (BD) $4.95 Alexander Revisited: (Unrated) Final Cut, The (Dbl BD) $4.95 Departed, The (BD) $4.95 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (BD) $4.95 Harry Potter and the Order Of The Phoenix (BD) $4.95 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (BD) $4.95 Last Samurai, The (BD) $4.95 Ocean's Eleven (2001), Twelve & Thirteen Giftset (BD) $9.95 Polar Express (BD) $4.95 Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (BD) $4.95 Ultimate Matrix Collection, The (BD) $14.95 Full Metal Jacket: Deluxe Edition (BD) $4.95 Subtotal $74.40 Tax $3.25 Shipping $6.95 Total $84.60 Worth it to me for when my HD player dies. Worst case is I can recoup some of my $$ via ebay. |
Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
I just called red2blu 800 number because I didn't see it discussed here. I needed to know if I had to go 25 all at once and they said NO, however, they did say they were told to accept 10 per batch although the website doesn't say one way or another.
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Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Originally Posted by johngalt83
(Post 9410324)
I have the Ocean's box set, but there doesn't seem to be a upc on the box anywhere. Are you supposed to write it on the flattened box? I'd like to upgrade the set instead of paying for all three. Any help is appreciated.
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Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Originally Posted by pmreed
(Post 9410099)
I don't even charge for shipping anymore; I make all my normal auctions ship for free, and just roll normal shipping charges into the starting price.
Originally Posted by kk725
(Post 9410522)
Kudos to you! This is what all sellers should have been doing in the first place, instead of putting a dirt cheap price on the item and making people think they were getting a deal, and then slamming them with a $10 shipping fee for a single item that weighed less than a pound. With your method, people think they're saving because, "Oh, free shipping!", and you're not losing money. I was an eBay seller for a couple of years and whenever I miscalculated shipping, I'd always put the couple dollars extra my buyer had paid in the package with their item. If you're gonna make money, be fair about it and make money on the actual item, not via inflated/dishonest shipping prices. :thumbsup:
The purpose of eBay limiting the shipping costs is to ensure they can get their proper selling fee. Shipping was always shielded from what eBay would charge when the auction ends. As a business, I can't fault them when so many people figured this out and used the shipping costs to avoid paying the full selling fee. I'm just surprised it took them this long to limit it. |
Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Well eBay found ways to screw over their sellers...who in a sense are their bosses since WE pay them. First screwing around with how the search results are displayed, then this stupid shipping cap.
Let me just tell you how I have done my auctions...not on DVDs but on tickets for sporting events. In order to come up with my shipping and HANDLING fee, I used to take what was my cost to ship and added in the cost of fees between eBay and their bastard sister PayPal. Of course you don't always know what the fees will be but I usually just figured the fees off of the minimum I wanted for the tickets...and if it went over that, I was more than happy to hand over the extra money. Lately I have found eBay's automatic excessive shipping calculator full of shit. For example, it costs me roughly $18 and change to ship FEDEX overnight. I put in $20 and it comes up with a warning message that they feel it's excessive. It makes me want to reach across the internet, grab them by the neck, and ask 'hey dumbasses, every heard of the costs of taking the package to the dropoff point?'. On another note regarding eBay...I'd LOVE to know how their butts aren't in front of Congress right now explaining why their requirement that you use PayPal ISN'T an anti-trust violation. I mean they are flat out nuts...when you factor in the fees, it's over 10% of your sale. For me the only alternative has been StubHub but they've sold out to sleezeBay as well. |
Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Maybe they are raising rates to discourage us and (esspecially the lowlifes at) FW/SD from buying the HD-DVD sets of the Matrix online rather than the BR sets.
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Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Originally Posted by jpb07
(Post 9412233)
Well eBay found ways to screw over their sellers...who in a sense are their bosses since WE pay them. First screwing around with how the search results are displayed, then this stupid shipping cap.
Let me just tell you how I have done my auctions...not on DVDs but on tickets for sporting events. In order to come up with my shipping and HANDLING fee, I used to take what was my cost to ship and added in the cost of fees between eBay and their bastard sister PayPal. Of course you don't always know what the fees will be but I usually just figured the fees off of the minimum I wanted for the tickets...and if it went over that, I was more than happy to hand over the extra money. Lately I have found eBay's automatic excessive shipping calculator full of shit. For example, it costs me roughly $18 and change to ship FEDEX overnight. I put in $20 and it comes up with a warning message that they feel it's excessive. It makes me want to reach across the internet, grab them by the neck, and ask 'hey dumbasses, every heard of the costs of taking the package to the dropoff point?'. On another note regarding eBay...I'd LOVE to know how their butts aren't in front of Congress right now explaining why their requirement that you use PayPal ISN'T an anti-trust violation. I mean they are flat out nuts...when you factor in the fees, it's over 10% of your sale. For me the only alternative has been StubHub but they've sold out to sleezeBay as well. |
Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Anyone else think it would be beneficial to create a list of titles that would be actual upgrades from the current HD-DVD. From most of what I have read then there really aren't changes in PQ on most, but it seems that there may be audio and bonus feature advantages.
I mean I have the obvious choices : Matrix Complete/Ultimate - 1080p version of the Animatrix Matrix - Digibook Collector's item, additional bonus features, upgrade in sound Casablanca - Ultimate Collector's Edition with all bonus items/features It was stated that some of the Harry Potter have additional bonus features. Perhaps we could also mark the changes from a Combo disc to a single disc. |
Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Originally Posted by Corihor1
(Post 9414091)
Anyone else think it would be beneficial to create a list of titles that would be actual upgrades from the current HD-DVD. From most of what I have read then there really aren't changes in PQ on most, but it seems that there may be audio and bonus feature advantages.
I mean I have the obvious choices : Matrix Complete/Ultimate - 1080p version of the Animatrix Matrix - Digibook Collector's item, additional bonus features, upgrade in sound Casablanca - Ultimate Collector's Edition with all bonus items/features It was stated that some of the Harry Potter have additional bonus features. Perhaps we could also mark the changes from a Combo disc to a single disc. Check out Post #139, in the other thread. http://forum.dvdtalk.com/hd-talk/553...program-6.html |
Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Originally Posted by clappj
(Post 9414158)
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Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Originally Posted by Corihor1
(Post 9414091)
Anyone else think it would be beneficial to create a list of titles that would be actual upgrades from the current HD-DVD. From most of what I have read then there really aren't changes in PQ on most, but it seems that there may be audio and bonus feature advantages.
I mean I have the obvious choices : Matrix - Digibook Collector's item, additional bonus features, upgrade in sound Also, there is no upgrade in the sound, as the HD DVD also had a lossless Dolby True HD track.... The ONLY differences are the digibook packaging and a one sided disc......same exact transfer, same audio, same special features.... |
Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Originally Posted by WMAangel
(Post 9414510)
There are no additional bonus features on the Blu-ray of The Matrix compared to the HD DVD, they just all happen to be on the same side of the disc (as the HD DVD was a combo).....
Also, there is no upgrade in the sound, as the HD DVD also had a lossless Dolby True HD track.... The ONLY differences are the digibook packaging and a one sided disc......same exact transfer, same audio, same special features.... |
Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Whoa.
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Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
(Post 9414559)
Wrong. The Matrix Blu-ray has increased, extreme Bitrates which obviously means it will look better.
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Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Originally Posted by clappj
(Post 9414158)
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Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Did anyone else get an email telling them that their order for Casablanca could not be fulfilled because they couldn't get any more of the CE? They said they'd send the single disc edition instead, which is fine by me since that's all I wanted to begin with, except I've read that the single disc edition is missing a documentary that the CE has.
If it's true I'm getting a disc that is missing the doc, I won't be happy. |
Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Originally Posted by blokhed
(Post 9588305)
Did anyone else get an email telling them that their order for Casablanca could not be fulfilled because they couldn't get any more of the CE? They said they'd send the single disc edition instead, which is fine by me since that's all I wanted to begin with, except I've read that the single disc edition is missing a documentary that the CE has.
If it's true I'm getting a disc that is missing the doc, I won't be happy. Dear [movielib], Thank you for your order from Red2Blu.com and for sending in your cover art. Unfortunately, we had hoped to give you the CASABLANCA COLLECTORS EDITION, but we have run out of stock of these limited edition Blu-ray titles and we do not expect to receive more inventory in time to fulfill your order. We have removed this item from your order. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. Accordingly, we will include a complimentary CASABLANCA Blu-ray disc with your order. As we have rushed to have these new Blu-ray discs prepared and sent to you as an apology, the Blu-ray will not be shrink-wrapped. Once again, please accept our sincere apologies. We will notify you when your order ships. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you. Regards, WBshop.com, the site that brought you Red2Blu [email protected] 1-866-276-6176 Talk about turning a good thing into a disaster. Way to go, WB! |
Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
From a poster at Blu-ray.com (Post #368):
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=96148&page=19 Just got off the phone with red2blu CSR. She said the e-mail is worded very poorly. We are still getting the Casablanca UE, it will just not be shrink wrapped. They expect the orders to be out by the end of the week. |
Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Seems like I have been told end of the week for awhile now...
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Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
Originally Posted by blokhed
(Post 9588305)
Did anyone else get an email telling them that their order for Casablanca could not be fulfilled because they couldn't get any more of the CE? They said they'd send the single disc edition instead, which is fine by me since that's all I wanted to begin with, except I've read that the single disc edition is missing a documentary that the CE has.
If it's true I'm getting a disc that is missing the doc, I won't be happy. |
Re: Warner's "Red2Blu" Plan - $4.95 to switch HD DVD to Blu-ray
The CS rep who emailed me back said we're still getting the 2nd disc. So that's good news.
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