Weekly RoundUp 5-6-2008 (1 Viewer)

[Will_B]

Passion of Greg the Bunny for me. DeepDiscount price is lowest - $11.50.

 

[george kaplan]

Thanks as usual. A nice week off for my wallet.

 

[Lyle_JP]

So long as all the local Circuit Citys in my area continue to not stock new blu releases in any timely fashion (new arrivals filter in weeks after their release date), I consider the issue moot.

 

[Scott_J]

Thanks, as always, for the prices.

I'm waiting on the Blu Twister (Mike, how can you use a pic from the movie and not have the flying cow? ) from the Warner store (free, from a B2G1 coupon I used a couple months ago). Eventually, I'll be getting MST3K, the Greg the Bunny disc and Serial Mom CE (didn't realize those were out this week).

 

[Mike Frezon]

Taken straight from the Twister BD:

 

[Bill Thomann]

I hope my CC gets the 2 disc Twister sd dvd because I just called 2 Wal Marts, K Mart & Target & none of them got a single copy.

None at CC either. With no local Best Buy I guess I have to order it online. Not a single copy in the county.

Ordered it at DD (BACKORDERED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

 

[Mike Frezon]

Idiots are all probably treating it like a run-of-the-mill catalog title.

 

[Mike Frezon]

I don't want to start another whole thread on this subject...but can any of you folks who order from amazon regularly explain something to me?

I ordered two items a couple of days ago (for my wife for Mother's Day). Knowing it was going to be tight to receive it on time, I sprung for standard shipping (big spender, me! )

So. Order ships next day (5-5-08). With standard shipping, order is supposed to arrive in US within 3 to 5 business days. The way I figure it, that means I should have it no later than Saturday 5-10 (or even Monday 5-12 in the worst case scenario).

But amazon is gleefully telling me I should expect to receive the shipment on 5-14. That's eight days (if only counting weekdays).

Is that normal? Two e-mails on the subject have yielded no comprehensible answer.

The order consists of just one paperback book and one DVD set. Nothing too huge.

Am I expecting too much? I guess I am, but for this consumer, they seem to have offered something on which they are not willing to deliver.

 

[TravisR]

Only speaking from my own experience, they always seem to over estimate the delivery date so I wouldn't worry.

Is your order coming via UPS or the post office?

 

[Jason Seaver]

Mine too - Amazon always seems to pad their standard and super-saver delivery times by a few days, either to make the more expensive options look more attractive or to avoid customer-service headaches brought on by things they can't control, such as the US Postal Service.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Thanks, fellas. I figured it would probably get here "on time" (that is, before the weekend)...but I got nervous when I saw that May 14th date...which they confirmed in their e-mail response.

It is being delivered via USPS.

 

[TonyD]

thats the star trek Scotty way of estimating things.

telling Kirk he needs 20 hours to fix the warp drive, then fixing it in 8. MIRACLE.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

I just noticed that DVD Price Search is listing some $15 BDs from Fries, including Sunshine. Seems like worth a look for those who live near a Fries.

_Man_

 

[TonyD]

mmmmm...

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

LOL. I guess I misspelled Fry's. That's what happens when I don't get to live near one.

BTW, who's that supposed to be in the "spoilers"??

_Man_

 

[Ron68]

I never bother with the shipping and delivery estimates. My orders always ship and arrive before those dates. I always choose Free Shipping and my orders always arrive through USPS, my last delivery arrived 3 days after Amazon shipped it but I've also have had orders take up to nine days. I don't care as long as I get it. I also get a chuckle out of people worrying about short delivery time frames, when it takes from 11-21 days for me to get mine from the time I place the order until I get it. . I pay by MOs.

 

[rob kilbride]

The Claudine DVD says it is 1.33:1 but also says it preserves the original theatrical presentation. Is this true or is this a MAR release?

 

[Mike Frezon]

Claudine DVD, Rob?

Which one is that?

 

[Scott_J]

Regarding your Amazon situation, Mike, check your shipping confirmation e-mail. It should have a delivery confirmation number (I always get one with the free shipping, I imagine you should have one if you went with the standard shipping). The USPS site should give a more accurate delivery estimate than Amazon's inflated estimate.

Worst case scenario - print out Amazon's item pages for the book/DVD, give those to your wife Sunday and tell her she'll get the actual items eventually.

Oh and BTW, thanks for adding the flying cow pic.

 

[Mike Frezon]

We'll see. Wouldn't be the first time I've wrapped a picture of a gift!

I still expect to receive them before Sunday. if not, I'm really going to make a lot of noise to amazon. That's just not right to say 3-5 business days and then not deliver.