Amazon has good prices. I'll agree to that but eh shipping times are a little slow. I guess that's my fault because I don't have the prime membership. I usually do the free shipping. I ordered Speed and a few others on their last bogo. I believe it was the 1st? Ya it's going on 2 weeks and I've got nothing. I've also not been able to track my orders. It's said the item has been notified for pickup..Does this mean it's not even in the mail yet? lol

UPS/FedEx is the only legitimate carrier that actually updates their shipping info. USPS sucks.

I must admit that Amazon is getting quite a bit of my money with all the recent sales.

The same could have been said of the early days of DVD. I think I was 3 or 4 years into DVD buying when I finally bought one in a store. As HDM goes mainstream (if it does) the deals will get as good if not better at B&M's.

While true, the title of the thread is "The big winner of the war: Amazon.com". Given how much money Amazon is losing, it is hard for me to see how they come out of this as a "winner".

The theory put forward by the OP was that we will continue to buy HDM from Amazon even after these extreme bargains dry up. I disagree. If the deals go away, so will many, perhaps most, of the HDM buyers.

As a side note, where Amazon makes money is from Amazon Marketplace sellers. I have sold numerous BDs and HD DVDs there and they typically get about 28% of the sale price. That's way more than they make on their own HDM, even at the regular price, and they have no inventory or shipping to fuss with.

True but it's just Amazon with the good sales. Best Buy and Circuit City have both had better sales on HDM than every online site not named Amazon.

Im buying literally everything from Amazon as of late. Free Prime 2 Day shipping + no tax = Better deal them Best Buy etc. I usually just browse Best Buy on Tuesday and await my packages on Wednesday. Just purchased 2 Blu-rays and the Family Guy set for 18 less then what I would have spent at Best Buy. Damn.

You have a pretty good Blu-ray collection there, GizmoDVD. I need catch up with you. :D

Its growing daily with these insane deals. Just pre-ordered Saw VI and Across the Universe from Amazon.

Saw VI ??????.... I guess the future is BLU all the way....thanks for the premonition...

You preordered Saw VI, which won't come out for another 3 years? WOW

Speaking of Amazon Prime, is it okay to ask on this forum if any other members would be interested in sharing/splitting a membership since mine needs to be renewed in February anyway?

I have loved Amazon for a long time. Deepdiscount used to get equal amounts of my money, but their sales have become lackluster and they are usually just a penny or two below Amazon, so I usually go Amazon since even with free 8 day shipping it never seems to take more than a few days to get to me, but with Deepdiscount, I never know if it will even arrive (it always does, but it takes so long it seems lost).

I recently made the mistake of going to Wal-Mart of all places to get a DVD binder. I checked Amazon, and saw some nice Case Logics on there, but when I went to WM they had a pretty nice 272 Disc Binder for $30. I had remembered Amazon's being more expensive for less disc space, and it was right there, so I bit.

Fast forward to today, I need another case, so I head to a different (local) WM. Didn't have the one I wanted, but their crappy mainstays brand (208 for $20 was the best size they had). Check Amazon, BANG, there's a $30, 320 size Case Logic for $30. Sold. And as soon as it arrives, my other case goes back to WM.

Yeah, were have you guys been at? I've been buying books, DVDs, the occasional video game, the occasional electronics purchase, etc from Amazon for years. ;)

Just went to pre-order Across the Universe and it won't let me. Damn you Amazon.