General Discussion Digital Movie/TV Deals (4 Viewers)

[dpippel]

Pardon my ignorance, but is there a good site/link to the current sale movies (especially $5 ones) at iTunes?

Blue Ray dot com is another great resource.

 

[Robert Crawford]

It seems like every other TV show gets discounted except "Elementary". Why is that, syndication rights? I don't get it.

 

[JohnRice]

I looked through a lot of movies, and only picked up three. I tend to only buy digital rights on movies that are only available on DVD and it's the only way I can get them in HD.

Candy ($5)
It's All True ($5)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer ($8)

 

[Scott Merryfield]

So far, all I have purchased are the 4K versions of West Side Story and Lawrence of Arabia for $4.99 each. I had to do the "gift to myself" trick to upgrade LOA.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

When I purchased LOA via the "gift to myself" method, it appears the order was charged to my credit card instead of being taken out of the account balance from the gift cards I had applied to my account. Is this normal?

 

[JohnRice]

... but West Side Story was debited from the credit on your account?

 

[Robert Crawford]

When I purchased LOA via the "gift to myself" method, it appears the order was charged to my credit card instead of being taken out of the account balance from the gift cards I had applied to my account. Is this normal?

That’s correct.

 

[Robert Crawford]

... but West Side Story was debited from the credit on your account?

If he didn’t gift it to himself then his gift card balance should cover that charge.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

... but West Side Story was debited from the credit on your account?

That's correct. I did not need to gift that one to myself, since I didn't already have a HD copy of West Side Story in my iTunes digital library, as was the case with LOA.

 

[JohnRice]

If he didn’t gift it to himself then his gift card balance should cover that charge.

Seems like a silly policy. You can use gift cards to buy stuff for others (I'm supposing) and for yourself, but not as a "gift" for yourself to upgrade a previous purchase?

 

[Cranston37+]

Yep, normal:

“Gifts are charged to the payment method that you have on file for your Apple ID, even if you have a credit balance available. You can't buy a gift with Apple ID credit.”

 

[Scott Merryfield]

Seems like a silly policy. You can use gift cards to buy stuff for others (I'm supposing) and for yourself, but not as a "gift" for yourself to upgrade a previous purchase?

It seems like a silly rule to me, too, but it was only $5 so I am not going sweat it. This was the first time I ever sent a gift via iTunes, so I just wanted to know if this was normal or if Apple had screwed up.

 

[Mark-P]

It seems like a silly rule to me, too, but it was only $5 so I am not going sweat it. This was the first time I ever sent a gift via iTunes, so I just wanted to know if this was normal or if Apple had screwed up.

If you gift from your gift balance, you are technically re-gifting and that’s just bad manners!

 

[Robert Crawford]

Though not as good as the last one, another major iTunes sale is happening with each passing hour, more titles continue propagate to lower pricing.

 

[Mark-P]

Though not as good as the last one, another major iTunes sale is happening with each passing hour, more titles continue propagate to lower pricing.

I noticed that too. A lot of Warner titles. Considering:
The Swan $4.99
Springfield Rifle $4.99
Watch on the Rhine $5.99
Johnny Belinda $5.99
The Broadway Melody $5.99

One thing is for sure, whichever titles I decide to buy will most likely get WAC Blu-ray announcements shortly afterwards!

 

[Robert Crawford]

This latest iTunes sale continues to expand as new titles have been added throughout the day.

 

[Cranston37+]

Armored Car Robbery is one that had been rental only earlier in the year so I’m happy to be able to buy it at $5.99...

 

[JohnRice]

A Guy Named Joe for $6.

 

[Mark-P]

Just a word of warning for anyone picking up $5 iTunes versions of titles that have been released on Blu-ray through Warner Archive, more likely than not, they will not be the new BD transfers.
Both Cimarrons are on sale. I might spring for the ‘31 version, but definitely not the ‘60 version which just got announced for BD.

 

[JohnRice]

They've added Mother Night at $5, an interesting, if flawed adaptation of the Kurt Vonnegut novel about an American living in Germany when WWII breaks out, who decides on an unusual way to help the Allied side, but comes to question if he did more harm than good. A surprisingly good and big name cast for such a low budget movie.

Vonnegut's novel is an eerily prophetic example of what a double-edged sword propaganda and hate-mongering can be. It's every bit as meaningful today as it was when it was written.