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post #31 of 39
11/11/08 at 8:03pm

Re: Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow Of Romney Marsh

Dvd Planet actually sent me an email saying this title has been "discontinued". I think that's a fancy way of saying they don't want to give me 25% off.
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post #32 of 39
11/11/08 at 8:52pm

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I picked up a copy at Fry's for $22 and I have to say that I'm more excited about this release than any in a long time. Can't wait to watch it.
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post #33 of 39
11/11/08 at 10:52pm

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Best Buy has a 2 for $40 deal on the Treasures releases that are about as good as I've found for these titles.

Like Michael, I can't remember when I've anticipated a release this much - I popped it in tonight and was completely enthralled until the end of the last episode. It all felt very much like 1963 again for a short while.
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post #34 of 39
11/12/08 at 5:23pm

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Originally Posted by PaulaJ
Dr. Syn seems to have sold out super-quick since I was unable to place an order today. (I was waiting for the big semi-annual 25 percent off sales.) Deepdiscount lists it as "unavailable" with no "order" button on the page and DVDplanet as "temporarily unavailable" and if you hit the "order" button at Planet the shopping cart comes up empty. Surely Disney will press more of these soon?
Just a quick FYI, these have not been offered on Deep Discount precisely because of the sale. Anytime a distributor doesn't want particular product to be exposed to these sales, the product is list as unavailable. For what its worth, Deep Discount didn't even have this Treasures wave listed for pre-order.

Regardless, my point is that its a mistake to gauge widespread availability based on the Deep Discount family of websites. Particularly during the big sale period.
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post #35 of 39
11/12/08 at 6:38pm

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I talked to a customer service representative at DVDPlanet today and her story was that that Dr. Syn was a "limited edition" so they only got so many copies which had been all sold and thus it was no longer available and that's why it was not longer listed at the site. As of this afternoon, DDD had it listed with a price but try to order it and it says temporarily out of stock.

So I gave up and ordered it from Amazon, which shortly sent me an e-mail to let me know it had shipped. Oh well.
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post #36 of 39
11/12/08 at 7:04pm

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Using the Barnes and Noble coupon thread in the DVD Bargains forum over on DVD Talk, I was able to use a 15% off coupon and got DR SYN for $17.xx shipped. I used a different $5 off coupon to get THE CHRONOLOGICAL DONALD V4 for $16.xx shipped
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post #37 of 39
11/12/08 at 11:36pm

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Originally Posted by Michael Warner
I picked up a copy at Fry's for $22 and I have to say that I'm more excited about this release than any in a long time. Can't wait to watch it.
I did find it at Fry's. Thanks for the tip.
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post #38 of 39
11/13/08 at 9:15am

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Anyone find this in Canada? Three local stores had none on the shelves, and my pre-order at Amazon.ca is showing as pending with no stock.
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post #39 of 39
11/13/08 at 2:21pm

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Disney obviously thinks that Donald and others have broader appeal than Dr. Syn and I'm sure they are right ... so I would not sweat the supply issue.

That said, I've been waiting for this release for years. I'm not saying this is a great film. It simply resonated with me more as a child than any Wonderful World of Color offering of which I watched faithfully every Sunday night.

The masks, the scarecrow's laugh, the Robin Hood type story, the theme song, it's what appealed to me back in 1963 when I was 8.

Oh, happy day.
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