Double Dipping?
07-25-06, 03:19 PM
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Double Dipping?
I'm so conflicted. I said I would never double dip, but now I'm being very tempted to do so. However, the return value on used DVDs is minimal. What are you guys doing about this?
07-25-06, 03:23 PM
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All but 1 of my HD purchases have been double dips. Ebay or DVD Planet. If you can get $5 for it and you're paying $20 on ebay, I'm ok with $15 a movie. That was my threshold for SD DVD.
07-25-06, 04:12 PM
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I've given in on double dipping. I have already double dipped on 7 titles including preorders and that will probably be the norm. However, I do get a bit of cash selling the DVD version and with titles under $20 with discounts these haven't been too painful of double dips.
The problem is I already own most of the movies I want so many titles I will want on HD DVD will have to be double dips.
The problem is I already own most of the movies I want so many titles I will want on HD DVD will have to be double dips.
07-25-06, 04:51 PM
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Right now I'm giving titles a lot of leeway just because the selection is limited. There's some titles I won't double-dip on. The best example is Fulci's The Black Cat which I have not seen since I purchased it about 5 years ago. (I'm sort of blinded to it and it doesn't register as a movie I haven't seen when I scan the shelf).
Some, I will double-dip on. I have no problem buying The Lord of the Rings all over again. And until there's HD-DVDs everywhere (on my bedroom set, at the home of friends and family) I will still need the original DVDs.
Some DVDs I plan on not ever selling, even if they are inferior (OOP version of The Vanishing for example)...
Some, I will double-dip on. I have no problem buying The Lord of the Rings all over again. And until there's HD-DVDs everywhere (on my bedroom set, at the home of friends and family) I will still need the original DVDs.
Some DVDs I plan on not ever selling, even if they are inferior (OOP version of The Vanishing for example)...
06-30-11, 12:49 PM
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Re: Double Dipping?
sorry to bump this old topic but I did search 
Anyways, I posted something about studios "double dipping" on titles and got chastised because David Lambert felt it was offensive. The subject is Roseanne, The are re-releasing Season 1 and 2 with unedited versions and they dont consider these double dips.
I have to laugh because I am not paid by studios like they are and they rely on the recycling of dvds to stay afloat but I am sorry, its a double dip as you aks yourself,
"Why didnt I get the best version to begin with?"
Anyways I think peoples opinions are valuable for studios and even merchants you process these decisions. I wont be buying it! I just had to double dip on Lord of the Rings
Anyways, I posted something about studios "double dipping" on titles and got chastised because David Lambert felt it was offensive. The subject is Roseanne, The are re-releasing Season 1 and 2 with unedited versions and they dont consider these double dips.
TVShowsOnDVD.com wrote: "Jeremy, how is it a "tricky" double dip of the type you describe, when the studio releasing the new (better) product is a completely different one than the studio that released the (inferior) version 6 years ago? Please don't come here and insult our readers, or anything else. Comments of any sort of insulting nature will be deleted, and the person who posted them banned from our Facebook fan page. Please see our "common-sense posting guidelines" in the Notes tab of this fan page: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=146810552732"
"Why didnt I get the best version to begin with?"
Anyways I think peoples opinions are valuable for studios and even merchants you process these decisions. I wont be buying it! I just had to double dip on Lord of the Rings
06-30-11, 02:16 PM
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Re: Double Dipping?
You should've narrowed your search to only the DVDTalk forum. This is HD Talk, so the discussion is only about HD content.
Here's some threads you could've resurrected. Either about double-dipping:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/33...ng-titles.html
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/54...few-years.html
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/55...-dip-ever.html
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/56...le-dipped.html
Or about Roseanne:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/41...oming-dvd.html
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/43...-episodes.html
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/42...ember-6th.html
Personally, I agree that it's not a "tricky" double dip, since they're trying to correct a mistake made by another studio.
Here's some threads you could've resurrected. Either about double-dipping:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/33...ng-titles.html
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/54...few-years.html
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/55...-dip-ever.html
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/56...le-dipped.html
Or about Roseanne:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/41...oming-dvd.html
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/43...-episodes.html
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/42...ember-6th.html
Personally, I agree that it's not a "tricky" double dip, since they're trying to correct a mistake made by another studio.
07-01-11, 02:19 PM
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Re: Double Dipping?
I keep them both, I will take the DVDs with the family on Vacation (or Wherever we go), BRs stay at home.
Most of my Double Dip BRs I have got at a great price.
-Spiderman Tril $19.99 ($6.66 a movie)
-BttF Tril $14.99 (less than $5 a movie)
-Lots for $9.99 or less
So, I do not want to take the time to sell the DVDs, just keep them for other uses.
Most of my Double Dip BRs I have got at a great price.
-Spiderman Tril $19.99 ($6.66 a movie)
-BttF Tril $14.99 (less than $5 a movie)
-Lots for $9.99 or less
So, I do not want to take the time to sell the DVDs, just keep them for other uses.
07-06-11, 04:20 AM
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Re: Double Dipping?
I've double dipped on:
>Adventureland
>Dance Flick
>Don't Be A Menace
>Final Destination
>Final Destination, The
>Hot Rod
>House Bunny
>Just Friends (Canadian)
>Labor Pains
>Messengers, The
>My Boss's Daughter (Double Feature w/ Duplex)
>Observe & Report
>The Runaways
>Scream
>Scream 3
>Scary Movie
>Scary Movie 2 (French)
>Scary Movie 4: Unrated
>Waiting... Unrated
I sometimes sell the DVDs.
>Adventureland
>Dance Flick
>Don't Be A Menace
>Final Destination
>Final Destination, The
>Hot Rod
>House Bunny
>Just Friends (Canadian)
>Labor Pains
>Messengers, The
>My Boss's Daughter (Double Feature w/ Duplex)
>Observe & Report
>The Runaways
>Scream
>Scream 3
>Scary Movie
>Scary Movie 2 (French)
>Scary Movie 4: Unrated
>Waiting... Unrated
I sometimes sell the DVDs.
07-08-11, 12:15 PM
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07-08-11, 01:25 PM
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Re: Double Dipping?
Unless there is a massive reason to upgrade (DVD was not 16x9, or Blu has a different cut of the movie), I'm simply not upgrading. Most DVDs are good enough. A lot of people can see the difference, and sometimes even I can, but it's not enough to bother with upgrading.
As for the low resale price of DVDs, well, them's the breaks. I recently sold a bunch to the local used place and got less than $2 a piece, but I was simply glad to have them out of my house and I had a little spending cash. It's low resale prices that keep the prices of the used discs I like to buy down at a low price also.
As for the low resale price of DVDs, well, them's the breaks. I recently sold a bunch to the local used place and got less than $2 a piece, but I was simply glad to have them out of my house and I had a little spending cash. It's low resale prices that keep the prices of the used discs I like to buy down at a low price also.
