ScreachingWeasel

Here is a code for 10% off at Cinestore. Anybody can use it once and it expires 9/30/02.

BIENVENUE

If anybody cares I picked up
Suspicion:Collector Edition
Read My Lips
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
and To Be Or Not To Be

ScreachingWeasel

I'm just bumping this in case any one who is intrested missed this.

cine

I like to find out what is the typical transit-time from France to US for Economy-grade postal shipping (used by Cinestore from time to time for backorder items).

sandman1

Thanks a lot! Just ordered 2 titles and I think the discount is more than 10%. My total was 30 Euro, and after the coupon it came down to 25 Euro. The shipping is another 20 Euro, though Ouch...

ScreachingWeasel

I think the rest of the missing price is from them taking out the VAT for US orders. Yeah shipping is pretty expensive that's why I usually pick up about four dvds when ordering, since it's a almost flat rate. I believe my shipping for four dvds was also 20 Euro's as well.

ScreachingWeasel

I have had my dvd's arrive after shipping, from anywhere between 7 to 14 days with the cheap shipping option. As far as back orders go, it really varies from title to title. Two of the titles I have ordered were listed as available in 1 to 2 weeks, but they shipped the next day. The other two I'm still waiting for them to ship and I placed the order on the 23rd.

cine

Thanks for the info. The last time I had a DVD shipped Economy-grade from Cinestore it took ~ 30 days for it to arrive. This time I have one DVD from them that has been 5 weeks in transit.

ScreachingWeasel

Uggh that's terrible. Amazon.fr always seems to take forever when it comes to shipping time for me.

jonathan.e

In my experience Cinestore are pretty useless when it comes to back orders and I find their customer service to be among the poorest I’ve experienced. It may be the language barrier but I always translate my messages into French (and include them in English) while their replies to me are almost gibberish and always totally ignore the questions I was asking them. Be also aware that you”re charged when ordering NOT when shipped. Refunds are issued if you cancel but you’ll always lose out on the exchange.

I find amazon.fr much better all round even if their prices are sometimes a little higher.

late_but_earnest

Yeah I think that they have crummy service there also.

But they were the only place selling DEAD OF NIGHT, CHROMSOME 3, and OUT OF THE PAST.

So I can't complain too loud.

jonathan.e

I got Dead of Night and Out of the Past from amazon.fr

late_but_earnest

Jonathan

I tried to get those titles at amazon.fr last month but they were out of stock.

cine

The DVD I've been waiting for finally arrived this afternoon -- nearly 6 weeks after it was shipped.

sandman1

Could you, guys, recommend some good French movies? I know a request like this should sound ridiculous, but I kind of missed last 10-15 years of European cinema, so I'd like to catch up Just to give you an idea what I like: I thouroughly enjoyed action flicks and comedies of the 70s with Belmondo, Pierre Richard, Depardie, Alen Delon, as well as movies like Les RIPOUX (MY NEW PARTNER) and Les GRANDS MOYENS. I was totally turned off by Doberman, though. So if you could recommend something, that would be great. Oh, and I don't speak French, so couldn't do without English subs... Thanks in advance.

cine

You might want to try the French-film related threads listed at http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/s...threadid=59718

jonathan.e

Off the top of my head: Le diner de cons, L’appartement, Le Placard, Le Samourai, Le Flic, Le Cop, Subway, Diva and current smash Brotherhood of the Wolf.

Apropos of nothing, your request made me realise that I don’t think of French films as "French" per se, just as films.

Interesting (to me and no-one else probably !)

sandman1

Cine and Jonatan, thanks a bunch. I saw Le diner de cons and thought it was hillarious. I've already heard good things about Subway and L’appartement so after your recommendation I think I'll jump ahead and order them. R1 Brotherhood of the Wolf is $19.99 preorder at Best Buy, so I'm thinking of getting it there.

sandman1

Just received my order from Cinestore today. Took less than 2 weeks and the order came with registered airmail. The problem is I can't find English sound track on one of the discs: L'ALPAGUEUR, even though the disc itself LISTS French and English audio! The menu doesn't have it. I have been looking forward to watching this movie on DVD for a long time. I wrote to Cinestore about the problem, but I still have a few questions.

Is there a chance I'm missing something?
Should I try to contact the studio (and how)?
Has anyone had any experience regarding refunds or exchanges from Cinestore?
Thanks.