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post #1 of 43
11/12/09 at 8:42am
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Just received a postcard in the mail today.
40% off BluRays and DVDs
30% off Cds and Books.
DISCOUNTS are off MSRP :-(

Sale starts 11/13 and ends 11/29.
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post #2 of 43
11/12/09 at 8:48am
this is already being discussed on the thread http://www.hometheaterforum.com/forum/thread/293926/a-brief-history-of-the-deep-discount-fall-sale/30#post_3627011
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post #3 of 43
11/12/09 at 10:11am


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Originally Posted by Scott Shanks View Post

Just received a postcard in the mail today.
40% off BluRays and DVDs
30% off Cds and Books.
DISCOUNTS are off MSRP :-(

Sale starts 11/13 and ends 11/29.

Is there any promotional codes, or will the sale price be the listed price?
Thanks.

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post #4 of 43
11/12/09 at 1:36pm
The flyer I got listed promotional code HOT STUFF so I expect the usual codes should work.
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post #5 of 43
11/12/09 at 4:34pm
 The "hotstuff" code is for a free gift with order over $60.  No codes are needed for the 40% off.  BTW, it's live.
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post #6 of 43
11/12/09 at 10:34pm
Well as of 2 days ago The Sopranos complete collection was $199.95 at Deepdiscount.  Today with the sale the price is $225.95.
So with the 40% off MSRP the new price is $25 more.

No sale for me thanks.

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post #7 of 43
11/13/09 at 5:02am
I have been participating in the DDD sale for years, and this is indeed disappointing. I just checked my ongoing wish list, and nearly every title is not worth buying, as I can get it at the same price or cheaper all year long at other merchants. Whereas it is their prerogative to have  whatever kind of sale they want, I hope that the results of this sale convince them to go back to the old format.

I for one, will not be participating at all.
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post #8 of 43
11/13/09 at 5:45am
Wow!  What an overwhelmingly underwhelming sale!!  I had a hard time finding anything that had a better price than Amazon's current price...and the Criterion sale doesn't even come close to the sale curently at B&N.  Looks like I'll be holding on to my cash this time around.
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post #9 of 43
11/13/09 at 5:56am
Dennis, Eric,

Many thanks for your recearch on pricing.  I was going to look at DD this weekend and still might look around but you guys have save me, at least, valuable time in looking at this 40% MSRP sale. 

I wonder why DD tried this approach this time around?  Economy?  I don't see them helping themselves with this kind of change from their previous sales.

I do most of my DVD sales thru Amazon anyway so this won't affect me much but "Santa" is not happy :(  He's loaded up the sleigh at the Nov DD sale during the past several years.
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post #10 of 43
11/13/09 at 6:13am
Hold the phone...I checked several DVD's on my Xmas list and all were cheaper than Amazon's at the DD sale price.  I'm mainly a Sd TV/DVD collector so the items I checked are catalog titles.  But we can't buy pre-orderes at the DD sale as per the usual rules so I didn't check my pre-order prices at Amazon.

Looks like Santa will be stopping over at DD after all :)
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post #11 of 43
11/13/09 at 6:16am


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Originally Posted by Eric Peterson View Post

I had a hard time finding anything that had a better price than Amazon's current price...and the Criterion sale doesn't even come close to the sale curently at B&N. 
 

That's funny - I found the opposite to be true.  Everything I had on my DD wishlist is less than at Amazon, and on most multi-disc sets I was interested in, the difference is in the double digits.  For example:   Mr Moto Collection, Vol 2:  $30 at DD, $45 at Amazon;  Biederbecke Tapes (BBC): $24 at DD, $36 at Amazon, etc.

I'm sure that this is strictly a function of the specific items I've got my my wishlist, but it does suggest some deals are to be had, so I wouldn't dismiss the DD sale out of hand.

David
 
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post #12 of 43
11/13/09 at 6:31am


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Originally Posted by Jeff Willis View Post

I wonder why DD tried this approach this time around?  Economy?  I don't see them helping themselves with this kind of change from their previous sales.
 

I'm wondering if they are not reacting to the comments they hear each time around about jacking up their prices before the sale.  By taking the discount off the MSRP, they really can't be accused of any deceitful sleight-of-hand.  There are people (like some in this thread) who might not be happy with the sale prices (vs. what they think they should be) but--that's the sale.  Everyone's free to spend their money wherever suits them. 

Personally, most of the items in my wishlist are slightly lower than they were before the sale pricing kicked in...but nothing substantial. 

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post #13 of 43
11/13/09 at 7:52am
Sorry if my comments were mis-leading.  There are some deals to be had (mostly on larger box-sets and such).  I couldn't find any single titles that I was interested that were cheaper than Amazon and the boxsets were hit or miss.  I may pick up the Natalie Wood & Claudette Colbert sets since they are cheaper....but many others that I was considering are no deal at all.
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post #14 of 43
11/13/09 at 8:48am


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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon View Post




I'm wondering if they are not reacting to the comments they hear each time around about jacking up their prices before the sale.  By taking the discount off the MSRP, they really can't be accused of any deceitful sleight-of-hand.  There are people (like some in this thread) who might not be happy with the sale prices (vs. what they think they should be) but--that's the sale.  Everyone's free to spend their money wherever suits them. 

Personally, most of the items in my wishlist are slightly lower than they were before the sale pricing kicked in...but nothing substantial. 

 
As I mentioned earlier, one of the sets I wanted was well over the price it was before the sale.  And that has never happened to me with the 25% off sale.

Let's face it the 25% off sales of the past  had to hurt DD. most of the prices from those sales were closer to 70% off the MSRP(I checked some old receipts). I think it was more of a word of mouth tactic to get millions of new people to start accounts with them.  And it was actually quite brilliant, as I told many friends, and they told their freinds etc.  I'm sure this was the case with most people.

I think the 25% off sales are a thing of the past.  Welcome to the "new" Deepdiscount sale.

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post #15 of 43
11/13/09 at 9:18am
so far I ordered Here's Lucy season 2 for $17 and some change. 
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post #16 of 43
11/13/09 at 9:49am


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Originally Posted by Bryan^H View Post

Let's face it the 25% off sales of the past  had to hurt DD. most of the prices from those sales were closer to 70% off the MSRP(I checked some old receipts). I think it was more of a word of mouth tactic to get millions of new people to start accounts with them.  And it was actually quite brilliant, as I told many friends, and they told their freinds etc.  I'm sure this was the case with most people.

 


Exactly, they're a business and they want to make money. The 25% off sales were designed to get new customers. They don't care at all about people who only shop with them two times a year. I can't count the number of "I'll pick this up during the next DDD sale" posts that I've seen so the only surprise to me is that it took them this long to pull the plug.
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post #17 of 43
11/13/09 at 11:18am

For what it's worth, this sale is also happening at DVD Planet as well.  

Surprisingly, I have made large orders at both, just because I was trying to get some Warner, Paramount and Fox titles that were recently reported OOP.  Already two WHV titles, Val Lewton:  The Man in the Shadows and A Date with Judy, are listed at DD as discontinued.  Plus, I found some CD sets at DD that I've been wanting at very reasonable prices. 

 

So from DD I ordered: 
 

Barbarella $5.82
The Busby Berkeley Collection, Volume 2 $20.73
The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 10 $83.99
The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 11A $69.99
The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 11B $69.99
Rifftrax 10 DVD Collection $59.97

And from DVD Planet, I ordered: 
 

The Adventures of Pete & Pete - Season Two $16.77
Alice Adams $11.97
The Best of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In 2 $29.97
Classic Comedy Teams Collection $17.37
Doctor Who: The War Games $29.97
Doctor Who: The Black Guardian Trilogy $35.97
A Fine Madness $11.97
Ginger & Fred $11.97
Lucille Ball Film Collection $29.97
Pete Kelly's Blues $11.97
The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Complete Second Season $23.97
Stalag 17 (Special Edition) $11.97
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Season Two, Volume Two $17.97
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Season Two, Volume One $17.97

And all of these are at the cheapest price I could find on the net.

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post #18 of 43
11/13/09 at 6:49pm
Can anyone explain how the HOTSTUFF code is supposed to work? It's supposed to entitle the customer to a free gift on orders over $60, but I don't see any information on how to get any gift into the shopping cart.
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post #19 of 43
11/13/09 at 7:26pm
The free gift via HOTSTUFF will appear on your emailed receipt if you entered the code.  You can confirm that the code was accepted on the Final Order Review page (just before you complete the checkout) by clicking on the ADD button next to where it says Coupon or Discount in the Order Summary section.  Sadly, at no point have I seen them tell us what the free gift will be.  I suspect either a t-shirt or a random DVD that they can't seem to sell.

I'm glad at least a handful of items got the old fashioned 20% off of the previous price.  Getting the new Farscape boxset for $74.38 made my day yesterday (was ~$98 the day before).

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post #20 of 43
11/13/09 at 7:30pm
Thanks for the clarification. I'm buying season three of The Untouchables (both volumes) and Vol. 2 of season three of Route 66. I saved $8 off of Amazon's price for The Untouchables (that's $8 total for both volumes) and $7 on Route 66.

I'll let you know what the free gift turns out to be!
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post #21 of 43
11/14/09 at 1:26am
Someone remind me how to do the math for this?

Weeds Season 3 BluRay: MSRP aka "Why pay" $39.95. "Our price" $20.87.

So if the sale is 40% off MSRP, isn't that $39.95 * .60 = $23.97?

In other words, the sale price is 3 dollars more than their normal price?


UPDATE: I'm starting to think the price is simply whatever price the site says -- no calculations involved, no discount appears in the shopping cart or at checkout. Frankly it is hard to tell that it's a sale. It just looks like the usual competitive prices, if that's true.

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post #22 of 43
11/14/09 at 11:27pm
If you want Weeds Season 3 on blu-ray, Amazon has it for $17.99. Amazon also has Season 4 on blu-ray for $14.99.
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post #23 of 43
11/15/09 at 10:54pm
Star Trek(2009) 3 disc Blu-ray. 
Why pay the MSRP of $39.99, when you can get the sale price at Deepdiscount for $34.23?

Are they serious.....How is this 40% off ?
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post #24 of 43
11/15/09 at 11:45pm

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Originally Posted by Bryan^H View Post

Star Trek(2009) 3 disc Blu-ray. 
Why pay the MSRP of $39.99, when you can get the sale price at Deepdiscount for $34.23?

Are they serious.....How is this 40% off ?
 

I was wondering that too.  I suspect all the preorder titles -- ST is not out just yet -- are not getting that 40%-off "sale" discount unless/until they are in actual release before the sale ends.

Of course, if you really want ST, you can already get it from certain other places like Amazon for <=40%-off MSRP.  Some of us preordered it from BB in combo w/ one of the ST catalog titles for a pretty good deal, ie. ~$28+tax combined when they still had ST priced at ~$20 and the others at ~$17.50 plus the $10-off combo deal.

_Man_
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post #25 of 43
11/16/09 at 12:50am
Use code N4V24RVDNH to get an extra $5 off orders $25 or more (one time only use).
for people placing small orders, this combined with the 40% off yields a good size bargain.

Spread over two orders I picked up

Claudette Colbert Collection
The General (Bd)
The Fugitive S3 V1
Mary Tyler Moore S5
Who Is Killing The Great Chefs Of Eurpope (WB Archive)
                                                                             
Total:    $118.23

that comes to $30.36 less than I would have to pay at Amazon right now, or put another way, DD held a 30% off sale (off of Amazon's discounted prices). So I'm quite satisfied as far as deals go. This will end up being the least I've ever spent in the fall DD sale and that should be cause for celebrating, 'cept that the Barnes And Nobel Criterion sale is taking up all the slack I left here. Getting deals like $36 for the $100 Eric Rohmer set, $14 for That Hamilton Woman, and $22 for the Lubtisch Musicals (all prices include tax) really fries my brain cells making it way too easy to over indulge.



Edited by Paul_Scott - 11/16/09 at 1:11am
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post #26 of 43
11/16/09 at 1:02am
Thanks for the code, Paul!  Will check that out then.

RE: B&N, I picked up Howards End BD myself (for $13.50+tax after a 25%-off coupon).  Would've picked up Seventh Seal, if the store had any stock.  May try ordering it online instead (although the $5-off coupon mentioned in that other thread doesn't seem to work online).  Actually, maybe I could try reserving it online for local pickup (kinda like the BB thing) since they seem to be offering that now.

_Man_
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post #27 of 43
11/16/09 at 1:22am

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Actually, maybe I could try reserving it online for local pickup (kinda like the BB thing) since they seem to be offering that now.
yeah, they should do that, and you will still be able to use the $5 off coupon.


Between the B&N Criterion sale, Amazons price matching war on new releases, and the DD sale, I'll be spending just as much as I usually do, doggoneit....just spread around  more as opposed to being concentrated on one e-tailer.
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edited to add-
Just got in part of my first order (the Claudette Colbert set is on backorder). This order was placed Friday morning so this is without a doubt the fastest turnaround I've ever experienced. Helped in large part I'm sure, to everyone else staying away because the discount isn't as "deep" this year :D . I'm very curious now to see how long it takes to get the one archive title I ordered (which was listed as 'in stock' ).


Edited by Paul_Scott - 11/16/09 at 9:14am
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post #28 of 43
11/16/09 at 4:44pm
That code worked for me. I was able to pick up two copies of Season 5 of The Office for $51.78, a substantial discount off the $59.98 MSRP (one copy will be a Christmas gift).

It looks like DDD may be doing some price matching, because Amazon has Season 5 of The Office priced at $28.49.
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post #29 of 43
11/17/09 at 9:14am
I bought Smallville season 8 for $18.99 at Target and then found the same price at Amazon the next day,
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post #30 of 43
11/17/09 at 10:33am
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 4 was $31.95 at DD, which wasn't 40% off ($39.99 MSRP). I assume this is because it was a pre-order. But a day later the price came down to $27.95, and with a $5 coupon code, the price reached $22.95, which is cheaper than the previous version of the sale would have been.

Coupon code: FLNHEICBBA

Sold.
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