Definitely not worth avoiding because of that. Like I mentioned above, if slips don’t matter, then these prices are essentially the same as VS’s 50% sales and B&N has actually included new titles that would fall under VS’s ‘nothing newer than six months’ rule, which is a great bonus that I doubt we’ll see from VS in their upcoming sale. And who knows, despite the images on the B&N listings, everyone might still get slipcovers anyway, which is just gravy.

Personally, I only try to get slips / boxes on ‘keeper’ releases specific to me: Hong Kong movies (which are my big thing) and virtually all of the AGFA / Something Weird stuff that I’ve bought. For everything else, I’m fine with whatever I can get for the cheapest price, but I do understand why people go for them, especially as someone who eventually sells off of a lot of the VS and partner titles that I buy – those slip versions certainly do retain value. Sometimes shockingly so, considering how lazy and cheap a lot of their slip art often looks nowadays.

Hopefully anyone loading up in this sale doesn’t procrastinate, though. I’m seeing a number of titles that are already “temporarily” out of stock, which suggests OCN may have only made limited quantities available on a lot of stuff.

For anyone looking for a link to the OCN/Vinegar Syndrome sale at B&N without having to go to the comments at Twitter:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/50-...films/_/N-3143