Hamilton Books
 

I thought this might have been posted before but it didn't come up with a search.

Hamilton Books (not allowed to post URLS but www-hamiltonbook-com) has a lot of good sale DVDs though be careful because they also carry near-full-price ones as well. Go to "power search" on the site and you can sort by publishers. Some good ones are A&E, Anchor Bay (Jodorwosky set for $9.95), Classic Media (Godzilla/kaiju), Eagle Rock (concerts), History Channel, Kino, Lions Gate, New Line, Tartan Video, Universal, Warner Home Video. Or you can search all DVDs by choosing that format.

The website has been acting a bit odd recently but I've been ordering from this company for 20+ years and they've always been good.

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Here's a few more publishers: Image, Koch, Paramount, TLA, Xenon

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I am a little biased since I am the DVD buyer there, but...yeah those guys at Hamilton's are aweome! LOL.

Glad you guys noticed the Kino...you won't see their overstocks everywhere. I try to find the nichey/arty/cult stuff you don't get much of at Big Lots or Oldies. We have the OOP Dead or Alive Box Set and Single right now. Some Kimstim collection stuff too. (oh and unlike some other places I don't jack up prices because stuff is "OOP")

Wish the site was more user friendly for you guys...sorry. We're kinda old fashioned.


EDIT: Oh, and we'll have BRs soon! Frankly the selection (and, unfortunately, probably the prices) will stink, but hey, it's a start.

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Awesome deal on Steve Hackett - Once Above a Time. Just $3.95 brand new and peraps the best song selection of any of his DVD's.

Pretty good on Yes - Live at Montreux as well for just $5.95

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In the days before the internet I used to buy tons of books from Ed every month, but now their prices just aren't competitive anymore for most things.

$7.95 for WB and MGM titles that sold at Big Lots for $3.00 or less isn't a very good deal. It reminds me of Oldies.com prices, sometimes a relative deal shines through, but taken as a whole, the rates are not very attractive. I appreciate the effort to offer more of a variety than the usual discount houses, but right now there doesn't seem to be enough bargains to merit a significant inclusion in this forum.

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I used to buy books from Hamilton all the time, but haven't in years. I'll have to check out their website. Thanks for the post!

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Prof...I wish I could disagree with the bolded, but I can't. Big Lots has a size, and therefore volume buying power, we don't. Best advantage we can offer over Big Lots is a better selection, and without digging through pallets. So far as competing price to price with the net..we just can't. No argument there.

We're making progress though...3-4 years ago when I took over we were basically A&E and MGM only (I think our A&E prices are still damn hard to beat). We've got Blue Underground now, and Severin and Synapse soon.

One thing I will say: it is worth it to get the DVD catalog as opposed to the just checking the site...the pricecuts show up in the DVD only catalog first, and I cut fast and hard based on sales--lots to 1.95-2.95 (some to a buck), and they are marked as they are cut.

Lastly...thanks for your past business!

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Thanks, checking out the website now...

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Thanks, ordered a catalog.

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I have found many a decent deal at Edward R Hamilton.
They have some good prices on the Weird N.J.,etc books too.
They also had an awesome price on the Miami Vice box set (around 60.00 if I recall correctly).

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I am afraid the office will send you the main book or new arrivals catalog (both have lots of dvds though)...you have to actually order a DVD to get the DVD only catalog, similarly if you ordered a history book you'd get the history only catalog.

Sounds stupid I know but the DVD catalog goes out only 5 times a year, the new arrivals and main book are 9-11 times a year...it's all about getting you the latest, freshest catalog so you aren't ordering a bunch of stuff that's been sold out for a month.

The new DVD catalog is being created tomorrow and I will have samples in about two weeks. If anyone wants one they can PM me their address. (if anyone is wary of this, I am pretty well known on the Talk side as a contest sponsor).

Now, out of respect for this great forum that has been VERY hospitable to me and with respect to the vendors who pay to advertise here, I will stop shilling. ;)

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Hey GoldenWheels,
I ordered several anime dvds about a month or two back. Will I get a dvd catalog?

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Yeah don't know how I missed mentioning searching for Image Entertainment since I just ordered a couple of the silent films that appear there.

Just fyi but some people might want to check out Marvel Comics under publishers because a bunch of the Essential reprints are available at great prices. Also some nice deals under Fantagraphics such as the Popeye, Dennis the Menace and Krazy & Ignatz volumes.

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Yep, I mentioned the Marvel thing in the comics forum. Been ordering stuff from them for a while.


Also, if you get the catalog from http://edwardrhamilton.com/ you can actually get free shipping sometimes, though you have to mail the order in. That site is a lot harder to search though.

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I belive you should in about 3-4 weeks, as they fall in the DVD catalog. (ordering a Music DVD for instance, would get you our Arts & Entertainment catalog). I will double check though if web orders get you added or not...that I am not sure of.

EDIT: I checked and as long as you ordered a dvd OTHER than the musical/opera variety, you will receive a DVD catalog. So you should receive the new one--sorry to say I won't be buying more anime though....that was an experiment and the results were pretty bad.

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Check IDW too...I bought a bunch of Transformers and GI Joe books that are now $1.95. They did not sell nearly as well as I expected!

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One positive thing I neglected to mention in my mostly negative post above is the great customer service offered by Hamilton and even though I haven't made a purchase in a couple of years now, I have no doubt that their standards remain very high. They are a very old fashioned operation and this shows in the ethical principles by which they operate; I never had any problems with returns or missing orders and all processes were for the most part, easy to navigate and negotiate.

Now if they could just start matching or exceeding some of the book and DVD deals found elsewhere, I would once more become an active customer.

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Just spent an hour going through the site. Lotta good stuff there. I'll probably sit down and order some stuff over the weekend.

Thanks for the heads up.

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Thanks to Lang Thompson for posting this...I just spent an hour perusing the Hamilton site. What a great find!

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Jodorowsky set and two HVE for ~$25 shipped is killer. Thanks OP and thanks Golden Wheels.

More Homevision please?

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I will keep an eye out!

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You should see if you can get some Alliance titles from Canada (B-rate Sci-fi shows).

:)

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If you're patient, you can save money on shipping by ordering from edwardrhamilton dot com. They should have the same titles, but you'll only have to pay one flat fee of $3.50, regardless of how many items you order. The catches are: after you select your titles, you have to print an order form (which will feature the titles you chose), write a check (no credit cards at this site) and send it via snail mail. It depends whether you want convenience or savings.

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Sent a mail order with them yesterday, hopefully it gets there soon and everything goes smooth. I'm looking forward to more orders already

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Thanks for the effort and insights, GoldenWheels. Will have to check out the site. But why do musical/opera titles not qualify for the catalog?

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At one point we made a decision that they fit better by genre in our Arts and Entertainment catalog (which is filled with artsy stuff, classical music books, etc) as opposed to classifying them by binding code as a DVD and putting them in with the DVD Catalog. So they'll get you the A&E catalog...but they don't qualify you for the DVD catalog, even though they are DVDs.

We have some Good Eats, Anthony Bourdain DVDs too, buying one of those would get you our Cooking catalog. We have a (very) few woodworking ones, they'd get you our Home and Garden catalog.

We made the exact OPPOSITE decision on military documentaries...We have a Military History Catalog, and going by the logic above, of course the war documentaries should be in there, and buying one would get you the Military catalog. However, at the time, I needed titles to fill up the DVD Catalog to get to the minimum page count that was feasible to mail...and we had a LOT of military stuff, so I grabbed it for the DVD catalog out of necessity. We've added a LOT of movie titles since then so I imagine military documentaries may move to Military History (where it really should be) as soon as I no longer need them to "fill the space".

The DVD catalog is pretty much really a "Movie & TV" catalog--probably I should have called it that all along, as it was my target. Documentaries kind of just got dragged along for the ride.

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I got this email today:


4 of the items you ordered on 12/14/2010 were shipped on 12/16/2010.
Your credit card will be charged $18.90 for the 4 items shipped only.

The following items were shipped:

1723790 1 Museum of Kitschy Stitches: A Gallery of 3.95
178062X 1 Shiver *DVD 1.95
2380137 1 Interior Desecrations: Hideous Homes fro 4.95
175937X 1 Essential Marvel Two-in-One, Vol. 2: The 2.95
Postage & Handling 5.10
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Total 18.90

Why wait til now to charge my debit card?I figured they had already done so..?

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Rider I wish I had an answer for you but I have next to no idea how web orders are processed or handled. Sorry I can't be of more help.

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The "best practice" is to charge a credit card when the product is shipped, not ordered. That's what most reputable companies do.

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I think he's complaining about not being charged until 3 weeks after the items were shipped

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And got the stuff today. 9 day turn around for something sent snail mail is pretty good. I'm very satisfied, probably dropping another order in the mail this weekend.

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Everyone who requested a DVD catalog, your copies will (finally, sorry for the delay!) go out this afternoon. Thanks for the interest and I hope you find something you like!

There is some neat stuff that just went out in the new arrivals catalog (these titles are also on the web at this point)

Oldboy. Item #2547406 $5.95 (OOP I think....don't quote me on that one though!)

Playboy Playmate Calendar Collection. Item #2540746 $7.95
Anna Nicole Collection. Item #2540738 $7.95

KELLY'S HEROES/WHERE EAGLES DARE/THE DIRTY DOZEN/BATTLEGROUND: WWII Battlefront Europe. Item #253858X $9.95

EAST OF EDEN/CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF/A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE/REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE: Romantic Dramas. Item #2538563 $9.95

THE COWBOYS/FORT APACHE/RIO BRAVO/THE SEARCHERS: John Wayne Westerns. Item #2538539
$9.95

Great Yokai War. Item #2540797 $4.95

Best overstock deals this cycle IMO.

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It's been years since I've ordered anything, but I sent my order on the 3rd.

I emailed, and asked if they got my money order. But they still have not replied.

Other places always tell me when they get my money order, or if there's a problem, and when it ships, etc...

Have all the "snow problems" up north affected the company more than usual?

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I would say no....we're very busy and perhaps being backed up with orders has slowed down the response you should get. Give it a little while more but if you don't get a response, PM me your info.

I gotta be careful though guys...I am not really officially supposed to be on here in any capacity, and certainly not in a service capacity. I don't mind doing it but I can't make a habit because it would just snowball.

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Some other new titles of interest:

2540762 Blood Shack (Steckler) 3.95
2538660 Blind Chance (Kieslowski) 5.95
2538679 Camera Buff (Kieslowski) 5.95
2540754 Attack the Gas Station 3.95
2540789 Devil Dog 3.95
2540770 Dead Riot / Flesh for the Beast 3.95
2538296 The Entertainer 3.95
2538288 The Dunwich Horror 3.95
2538334 The Hills Run Red 3.95
2547384 Masterpieces of Opera 7.95
2547376 La Dolce Vita (2-disc) 9.95
2540819 Kamikaze Taxi 3.95
2538865 Justice League: The New Frontier 5.95
2547392 Neither the Sea Nor the Sand 5.95
2538687 No End (Kieslowski) 5.95
2540827 Nightmares Come at Night (Franco) 3.95
2538695 The Scar (Kieslowski) 5.95
253844X Slaughter 3.95
2546809 Son of Rambow 5.95
2546817 Sorry Wrong Number 5.95
2546833 To Catch a Thief (can't tell if it's the old one or the remaster) 5.95
2540851 Terror Taxi 3.95
2540878 Zatoichi Vol 1 (TV series) 4.95

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This is UPC 097360630879, and is a Canadian edition, so it has French on the package. Can be looked up on Amazon.ca. I know the French bugs some people (frankly I don't really like it myself and avoid bilingual packaging unless it saves me good $$$).

Ideally we'd denote the French text stuff but it is a monster project to go back and see what has it and what doesn't, and it kind of has to be done en masse so it is consistent across the board--otherwise it isn't worth much.

Glad you found the Tokyo Shock stuff! There's a few other Salvation "Redemption" titles there too...sadly the first time we add a new publisher, it takes a while to add them to the website, so they aren't searchable as a publisher yet. In addition to Neither the Sea Nor the Sand we also have Fiend, Bloodsuckers, and Justine, all $5.95. I'll probably pick those up myself.

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I got my DVDs about 10 days after ordering. Finished off my Godzilla collection. I'm pretty damn pleased. I'm gonna keep an eye out for future orders. Hopefully new stuff comes in a regular rotation.

My order:

252385X 1 All Monsters Attack: Toho Master Col*DVD 5.95
2523868 1 Ghidorah--The Three-Headed Monster: *DVD 5.95
2445921 1 Gumby Essentials *DVD 5.95
1642278 1 Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years*DVD 3.95
2523906 1 Terror of Mechagodzilla: Battle to S*DVD 5.95
7482418 1 Ultraman, Series One, Volume Two *DVD 5.95
7482396 1 Laughmaker: Studio One--The Crown Ge*DVD 1.95
2523884 1 Invasion of Astro-Monster: Toho Mast*DVD 5.95

Postage & Handling 6.70
Total 48.30

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About every 4 weeks (what we call a cycle), and I am constantly hustling to find new stuff. With the overstocks it's all about what's available--some cycles are WAY better than others unfortunately.

Thanks so much for the order!

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I'm not one to post my purchase lists all the time, but this one I'm particularly glad I made, and I stumbled upon these films quite by accident. Two were on my (ever, ever-expanding) wishlist, and two were "what the hell's":

Graveyard of Honor ('75)
Clive Barker's Book of Blood
Silk ('07)
Young & Innocent (Hitchcock)

Grand total: $26.90

(That's almost obscene.)

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GoldenWheels, thanks for answering...

I got the DVD set I ordered today. According to the receipt that came with it, I should get my books in a separate shipment ( or a refund check ).

I'm very happy... It's been a long time since I've ordered from them ( and I love your shipping cost, that's for sure ).

Just for the record, I ordered the "Film Noir Collector's Set" ( $14.95 - six dvds - Questar ).

It has 7 movies - D.O.A. - DETOUR - THE STRANGER - SCARLET STREET - STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA EVERS - KILLER BAIT ( AKA TOO LATE FOR TEARS ) and SUDDENLY.

38 trailers

Poster gallery

2 features ( Feme Fatale The Noir Dame & What Is Film Noir )

The packaging is really nice. The outer sleeve has foil and it's embossed. The separate slip case has six slim DVD cases in it.