N8 Storm

I went to the site to see if there was anything I wanted, but the site is down. Nice of them to do that during the last part of a sale...

jwstl

What sale? The $5 coupon expired at noon Central today.

MovieFanatic81

I think they mean the 20% and 30% deal on other stuff there.

Gobear

My order arrived, wrapped in a thin foam envelope. Seriously, DD?

Aoskar

mine arrived in a vaccum sealed, sticky plastic with a bunch of holes, which clung to the wrapper like a mofo. Worst (albiet probably fastest) packaging ever. It's kinda like getting something wrapped in 2 semi-adhesive stickers.

MovieFanatic81

I know what you mean, that's how mine was. It was a pain in the arse to really get the thing open. Like doing surgery.

SethDLH

I had both orders arrive today... one arrived just like this. And thanks to the complete lack of protection the case came smashed. The other came in a thin layer of bubble wrap but arrived fine.

I remember why I don't shop with DD very often anymore.

blackmage214

First order ever at DD was The Guild S4 not bad for $5. It came in the same packaging that you guys have mention, I thought I was going to rip the dvd case trying to pull the adhesive off. Unless I get a great deal from them I'm sticking with amazon or gohastings.(just started ordering from them. so far all my used stuff has been like new)

rmw650

Nice to notice DD not changing their ways of taking care of customers' orders.

g

They've been using this packaging for a while. I've received multiple items from DVDplanet and DD like this and have been surprised that I haven't had more problems. I wonder if they will be sending the Star Wars Saga BD set in the same way. I don't think I would say Gohastings.com was better. I've received everything in envelopes and occasionaly get stuff in bad condition from them. In their case, its often sent that way and not from shipping.

Kevin M. Dean

Scissors people... scissors.

BobO'Link

^Yeah, but I just got my first package in this stuff. All scissors do is get you started, and you dang well better be careful with them! This stuff is thin plastic with a contact cement backing so it'll self-adhere when the sides come together. Other than the total lack of protection the cement also sticks very well to the celophane of the DVD. While a rolling action will remove the residue, getting this crap wrapper off in the first place is worse than getting those very persistent security seals to come off. I'd rather receive a package in that horrible plastic tray than this stuff. I'm hoping this is simply due to the item being a single DVD that was purchased with a special coupon. This packaging coupled with the "remaindered" DVD I received a couple of orders ago will have me thinking twice about further orders from DD. That remaindered selection was *not* indicated as such on the site and arrived with a badly slashed UPC. I expect that from oldies.com but *not* DD!

joe_b

It's not. The adhesive bubble wrap (or worse, the plastic sheets) have become the standard shipping materials of DD since the new oweners took over last year. I've placed several orders from them in the last 10 months, so trust me here: If less than 4 DVDs go out in a single shipment, this is the packaging you can expect every time.

kd5

That single-layer adhesive wrap is terrible, and their prices aren't very good anymore either. The only time I ever order from DD anymore is if they send me a coupon for $5 or $10 to use on what's in my wish list (or whatever).

I so very rarely ever visit facebook, so by the time I heard about this $5 off coupon, it was already over. Dammit... -kd5-

BKenn01

It is about cost saving. You dont get first class on budget pricing. I cant figure out how half these companies are staying in business. I ordered and $8 item from Barnes and Noble and they shipped it Priority Mail for free. There is not that much profit in media products so I dont know what they are doing.