SethDLH

1 dvd on my list just went down $2!!! OMG I beat the conspiracy!!!

Cheato

Wow, I'm so sorry. I didn't realize you were an internet VIP. You should have said so in the beginning. Please don't call the internet police on me.

dino88

Cheato, when did you first find out what a DVD was? I'm just trying to put together a timeline.

trondmm

If it can end the bickering, yes.

Cheato

You're so cute.

trondmm

Thanks! You're lovely, too.


Seriously, though. I find the notion that DeepDiscount are doing massive research to find out what their customers wants to buy, and then raise the prices of these titles, so they can guarantee that nobody actually buys anything, absolutely ludicrus.

BTW: I'm also filling up my deepdiscount wishlist with titles I intend to buy during the sale. This will make it even easier for them to crush my hopes of getting a bargain.

JamesDFarrow

If I was DD I would. If 10,000 (just an example) people have the BSG Blue-Ray box set in their wish list. Raise the price $2.50. That's an easy $25,000 with the flick of a switch.

It's not difficult to get software to add up all the wish lists and determine which DVDs, etc... are the most "wished for".

James

Double_Oh_7

This thread is a hoot.

alfonsosoriano

What are the odds the Ford/Wayne set stays at $31 for the sale? Probably 0 but I can hope!

DJariya

This argument on whether or not DD is jacking up their prices is absurd IMO. Just use your own judgment as a consumer whether or not the discount taken off their price is a "good price" for you and is affordable to you.

GaryO

Exactly! Right now I'm holding hard and fast to a 50% discount off the MSRP for any dvd I purchase. There's no doubt that if I'm patient I can get anything I want for that discount at some point (usually within a few months, surely within a year).

A few of the items in my wishlist have increased by a dollar since I started keeping track a week or so back. If those titles don't increase any more in the next week or so, I can still make my 50% discount. That's what I'll do if they hold. If not, no big deal. I'll just wait for another sale from either DD or another online site. It's that simple.

lizard

If you really think that Amazon broke even on selling $35 MSRP BDs for $4.99, shipped, there isn't much I can say. Yes, there were manufacturer's incentives used, two deals that stacked. Then Amazon — or the studio — spotted what was going on and eliminated one of the deals.

The point I was trying to make was not that stores sometimes sell merchandise below cost as "loss leaders" or to clear out stock — they do — but, rather, to point out that very good sale prices can be found by those willing to wait for them. $4.99 (or $7 to $10) for recently released Blu-ray Discs is a good deal (people here hyperventilate over BDs priced at $15 to $20). Silverscreenvid implied that those of us who wait for such exceptional deals are foolish. I disagree. Excluding sets and gifts, my average cost of BDs is currently $8.31. It can be done.

I've got several BDs in my DD wish list. For now, even with 25% off the price would be too high for me to pull the trigger. I'll wait and hope for better deals to come. It's not as if I don't have a lot of other discs to watch!

Trevor

^ Yep, good deals are there for the patient. I'm currently at about 120 BDs for about $7 per. I don't even consider a BD until it is $10 or less nowadays.

b2net

I will share my rule(s) for purchases.... which has nothing to do with MSRP, a % discount, etc... I basically decide a max price I will pay for movies, multi-disc upgraded movies (not just digital copy, lol), box sets, or tv series.... when a title I want drops below that amount, and I have the $$ to purchase, I do... If they stay above that amount... then I don't own them.... so..... whether the price goes up or down or whatever before this sale is of no consiquence... if the price is right for me and I can make the purchase, I do.... btw... this applies to most items I purchase (execpt maybe food)...

Numes

Amen to that. I may pull the trigger if some are around $12, but other than that my BD Wish List just keeps getting larger and larger until there are some decent deals (2 for 1 where are you??) I'm in no hurry.

I may pick up the Battlestar Galactica Complete Series. I tried watching it season 1 and couldn't get into it, I'm going to give it another shot.

BackStJoe

Wow...there are a hell of a lot of ungrateful people here...
They don't have to have ANY sales...I believe DD is second only to Amazon, so they don't need the buisness. Its a nice thing they do and it gets them a lot of press. If you don't like the price, don't buy from them. I've gotten great deals from them over the years, both during the sale and with their regular prices.

Ropes Pierre

Is there a thread discussing people's strategies and their thought processes concerning bargains and purchases? I find it very interesting how and why people buy, and also to rethink my own purchasing choices at times.

ON topic: i am completely convinced DD has angry laser monkeys, who do nothing all day, but check people's wishlists and raise prices accordingly. I don't think they are sophisticated enough to employ some sort of algorithm or wishlist crawler. It seems to happen too often to discount, pardon the pun.

devinjc

That's why I buy from them. Their method of screwing me is so creative I feel it needs to be rewarded during the 25% off sales, er 25% off Scams.

bwsmom

^ Amen! That's pretty much how I do it, too.

Gypo66

So you guys honestly think that the patient amongst us will eventually find better deals on Criterion BDs than the DD sale? Please elaborate....

kahuna

I just decided to buy Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection on blu-ray from a Amazon.com Market Place seller. He was selling a brand new factory sealed copy for $50 + $2.98 shipping. Just about the same price I would of paid from DD with the 25% off, if it stayed at their current price of $69.39.

packaok

Sorry Dane! You got me...

dino88

This thread is going to be 10 pages long before the sale even begins. You guys weren't kidding when you warned of all the complaining.

funkymonkeyjavajunky

This thread is the most entertaining thing currently on the Web. Regardless how the sale turns out, thanks for the entertainment.

Jaymole

DD had a B1G1 free Criterion sale a month after last year's June sale...prices came out to be around $16 for the $39.95 list titles and around $12 for the $29.95 list titles. I am going to hold off ordering Criterion titles in this sale and wait and see if they do this again. If they don't, I will pick them up in the year end sale.