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Strange that the one time they offer 25% off is the one time I order NOTHING.
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Strange that the one time they offer 25% off is the one time I order NOTHING.
Actually, it was 25% during the summer one also, so maybe that's their new trend going forward?
As for the fall sale this year, yeah, I'm guessing they're gonna push it later -- and may have actually planned it that way when they pushed the summer sale later also. Perhaps, they're shooting to include Black Friday into the sale period since BF got so big (and extended) at various other online and B&M outlets. Maybe they'll start a week before BF and then run into the beginning of Dec or something. OR maybe they'll simply wait until *after* BF in order to grab more Dec holiday sales since the sale doesn't work as the kind of loss leader into other types of sales like done for most other online and B&M outlets. They sell some books and CDs, but those are basically the only other kinds of items unlike most other outlets. So they're not running the same kind of BF-like loss leader anyway.
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They can't push it too late or they risk losing to other sources of people will spend money somewhere on Christmas gifts (or catching new releases for themselves).
I don't know. There are plenty of late-ish shoppers -- and they're probably the ones more willing to pay a bit more (well, at least more so than the BF crowd anyway). And shopping in December for Christmas is not exactly late although you'd probably need to do it in the first week or so to be reasonably safe for DDD's free shipping option -- of course, you can always opt to pay for faster shipping too.
The other thing though is running the sale later would help us catch more (just-in-time-for-the-holidays) new releases for the sale since they don't allow preorders.
Perhaps, pushing to after the BF week will help them avoid having to compete w/ all the BF sales (or people's expectations based on the impending BF sales).
Guess we'll have to wait and see...
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Thanks for starting this thread. Interesting info on previous sales. I've been buying at the semi-annual DD sales for several years and am watching the Bd for the Nov sale dates. I'd rather them start the sale close to the dates that they've used in past sales since I'm an early holiday shopper.
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There is talk on the Forum at
www.dvdtalk.com that the Sale will begin this Friday.....
There's one little "Catch", The Discount (40%) will be off the MSRP.
I let you all post your comments.
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If that's the case, it will hardly be a sale at all.
Let me amend that thought. I've been checking on the DD site, and if that's the new rule for the sale, some items will have a minimal discount, others will be cheaper than they would be using the old rules.
I guess they've just made things more complicated.
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That's what I mean. It's going to require a lot more comparison shopping this go-round.
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DVDTalk info, if confirmed, is a bummer for me. I guess I've gotten used to that semi-annual DD sale like others on the 'net bd's. I'll have to pass the info, once verified, to that guy at the North Pole and let him know. Sounds like "Santa" will be paying Amazon a visit, I like their Wish List setup better since there's a "public" viewing option for one's list. Makes it easy for Santa each year.
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Ah well, if true, I guess it's a good thing I don't generally wait for the DD sale to make a huge order -- I usually end up only buy a few titles from their sale, and sometimes don't even buy anything at all. Like some pointed out, they didn't necessarily have the best deals (at least for BDs) w/ the sale anyway due to their pricing strategy.
I wonder how their sale prices for storage towers/cabinets will look. I think I bought 2 storage towers/cabinets from them over the years, and I found the sale pricing for them to be hard to beat, especially after factoring free shipping. Was considering ordering another one in the next sale, but maybe not now...
Hmmm... Just checked their site to see the MSRPs (for those cabinets). Looks like they may be killing that line of products from their business...
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Confirmed via the flyer received in my latest DDD order last night. Sale runs Nov. 13-29, 40% off MSRP. Code HOT STUFF included in the flyer.
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There is talk on the Forum at
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There's one little "Catch", The Discount (40%) will be off the MSRP.
I let you all post your comments.
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That 40% MSRP basically means any titles that are not yet catalog titles won't be any cheaper than Amazon. Studios tend to put insanely high MSRPs on new releases, and then eventually put sane MSRPs on them once they become catalog titles.
I mean, for example, I'm looking at season 2 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. (Been waiting for the DeepDiscount sale for it, actually). MSRP -- $80! Price I'd pay -- $30. Price it is currently at Amazon and such -- $40. It will be about $47 at DeepDiscount.
The new sale price technique at DeepDiscount just doesn't play well with new releases.
Plus, who the heck even looks at "MSRP"s anyway? Everyone knows that's just a B.S. number that means nothing, which no retailer ever honors, and which no one even believes has the slightest shred of reason attached to it.
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Plus, who the heck even looks at "MSRP"s anyway? Everyone knows that's just a B.S. number that means nothing, which no retailer ever honors, and which no one even believes has the slightest shred of reason attached to it.
I guess you don't shop at brick & mortar stores much. :)
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