Mister Ed: Season 4 ... where is it? - Page 2

With brick and mortar retailers you are probably right however I find it hard to believe that online retailers like Amazon are not interested. I've seen some of the most obscure titles that I have ever seen.  

I have been waiting for the Shout select prices to drop . But at this point I'm not so sure that's going to happen .

 

I also have checked the web for coupons for the shout select dvds and haven't found any .

 

I bought all the season sets for Mr Ed , Father Knows Best and Ironside till they went exclusive  on the Shout site .

 

Now i guess i just need to be patient .

 

 

I've come to the conclusion that we won't see the same kind of discounts on "Select" titles as has been done with their standard titles that are made available on various discounted web sites. These are marketed completely different. My reasoning is as follows:

 

- For early seasons they need to get the word out as much as possible to maximize getting the attention of all fan types from the most casual to hardcore, and they can't rely on people finding them as Shout! only select titles.

- It is hard to predict sale numbers in the beginning when it is riskier, so again they need to maximize exposure and go with lower profits per sale but higher sales numbers.

- It has been documented that sales generally decrease as seasons are released so the later seasons are generally for the more hardcore fan.

 

So they release later seasosn as "Select" titles, when:

 

- The predicted numbers are too low to chance lower profits per sale.

- They know they will risk losing some sales this way but they are counting on the most hardcore fan's to know their website and still be willing to purchase at a higher price to complete their collections, justifying Shout! putting out further releases.

 

I really can't blame them for going this route, it makes more business sense. In my case, "Mister Ed, S4" is not important enough to me to pay that amount when I can readily get them off of THIS network and I find the later seasons without the Addison's to be not as good. Now when it comes to "Father Knows Best, S5 and S6" I really have no other choice if I want the complete collection. So after dragging my feet for a while I finally decided to bite the bullet and order them.

 

I'm sure they might appear at some point lower on for a brief sale if you monitor their website. I just wouldn't expect the type of discounts we would find periodically when these titles were also available on Amazon. At least that's my take.

Well, yeah, if does look abandoned if you conveniently forget that the usual wait between seasons of Shout Select titles is 8 or 9 months, and they don't announce the title until around a month before it's due to be released, and as you said, it has been five months since season 4 was released, and five is less than nine, so there's no reason to expect an announcement for the next season of Mister Ed yet.

 

But, no, time to start talking about getting seasons 5 and 6 elsewhere, and complain that season 4 is only 10 dollars higher than seasons 1-3 were, and is therefore astronomically priced.

Shout has a lot on their plate at the moment. I wouldn't write off Mister Ed, The Facts of Life, Adam-12, or Rhoda as stalled series just yet.

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I agree, Brad.  There's almost no way we are going to be seeing 50% off sales with the Shout Select titles.  You outlined the reasons so I won't repeat them.  But I do think you are spot on with your conclusions.  I'm not whining about the prices on the Select titles.  They are fine with me.  I'm just going to be more selective when looking at the Select titles (no pun intended). 

 

 

Gary "glad you pulled the trigger on the FKB sets, Brad - I'm sure you won't regret those purchases" O.
 

 

  The prices on Select titles are not fine with me . Otherwise i would have bought them by now . You can say that the Select seasons are just $10 more but it's more then that when you add shipping and the fact that most people,like myself , paid much less than the retail price on the regular releases . On MR Ed seasons 1-3  i paid between $20-25 per season . For season 4 it will run around $45 .That's a big difference .

 

  With that being said i will end up buying Season 4 of Mr Ed at some point . I also will buy the 2 Father Knows best Select titles . I have been holding out for a sale or coupon but i think that may be futile .

Since the last season in only 13 episodes, it might make sense for Shout to bundle seasons 5 & 6 together for one big 39 show release.

 

 

Shout Select has put Mister Ed season 5 up for pre-order, with a street date of 6/21/2011 (which is well within the 7-9 month period between successful Select titles, may I add.)

 

Price? $35.99.

 

Let the complaining begin!

 

And here's a link...

 

http://www.shoutfactorystore.com/prod.aspx?pfid=5257443

Excellent. I was just today looking at my tapes and wondering if I was going to have to dub the last 2 seasons from VHS.

 

 

 

      
 

 

So we get to go through this again until season 6 is announced for a price you think is too high?

 

Anything more than $30 is too much? You certainly don't place much value in classic television if you think anything more is simply just not worth it. I can certainly see holding back for financial reasons if it's just too costly for your personal finances, but quibbling over a few dollars seems like nonsense for someone that actually enjoys this stuff.

 

I just can't imagine a fan of this show letting $5 decide their purchase.

 

As for the good news, I'm happy and I'm also pleased that we're not seeing it bundled with season 6. I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that they're going to try to give us a bit more bang for our money with season 6 instead of just lowering the price to reflect the lower episode and disc count. I'd gladly pay $36 for a smaller set of episodes if the pilot is included and the full versions of the cut season 1 episodes that they located afterwards are included here to round out the set to justify the price remaining the same as season 5.

 

Then, I'll be a satisfied fan.

 

Same here.

 

And the same goes for Rhoda, too, assuming Shout is able to get the rights to release the final season of that show. It's in the same boat as Mister Ed... edited first season episodes, and a short final season.
 

 

Lotta folks ask how I learned to speak.  Still ain't disclosing that secret.  Didn't say my grammer was good. Picked that up from humans too.   I'm older now.  Out lived a lot of the folks who hung around and watched as the show was put together.  Just want to tell all my fans I appreciate you all buyin' my shows.  I wanted to tell you sooner but it took me longer to learn to type then it did to speak.  Ever try typin' with a hoof?  Ain't easy pal!    Wish I could help getin' all the episodes to you fans but the studio folks don't come aroun' anymore.  They used to listen to me.  Now I bid my time tryin' my darndest not to wind up in a glue botle on some store shelf.   Thanks for readin' and as my old tv pal used to say, "Happy Trails to you."

I noticed that Shout is having a 20% off sale (until 11/21 I think) so I finally broke down and ordered Mister Ed seasons 4 and 5. With shipping, it was still a somewhat hefty $72 but I don't know if it will get any cheaper than that.