Weekly RoundUp 12-4-2007 (1 Viewer)

[TonyD]

my BB still has boxes of the bonus disc from either the first or second movie, cant remember what movie there for.

 

[RickER]

Some guys have all the luck!
If that happened to me one of the sets would be buggard up!

 

[TravisR]

It's probably the second movie since the BB in my area has a ton of bonus discs for that movie still sitting on shelves too.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Adrian: I saw the BD of Mr. & Mrs. Smith last night. Apparently my guess was completely wrong. The specs only list one film which is rated PG-13 with a running time of 120 minutes. That's the same as the theatrical release.

The extended release clocks in at 125 minutes and is NR.

 

[adrian b]

thanks Mike but I'm going to hold off for now.....

 

[Mike Frezon]

And that's why you are fortunate enough to have an "itsy-bitsy" collection. And, I mean that.

However, your sig link doesn't seem to be working... :frowning:

 

[Jeff Meyers]

Thanks as always Mike & Patrick.

Only 1 definite for me this week: 24: Season 6.

I picked it up today at Best Buy using the $10 coupon from the Season 6 Premiere DVD along with a $5 Rewards certificate.

So, to answer my question, I guess that the film cell was made just as a collectible item.

 

[Patrick Sun]

I fixed it (Adrian was using HTML tags, and I converted it to UBB tags).

 

[Mike Frezon]

Thanks, Patrick! Not such an "itsy" collection!

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BTW, I just finally checked @ cc.com and confirmed that "sale" on Seasons 1-5 of 24. Here's how cc.com describes it:


I am flabbergasted by this. I believe Best Buy currently has seasons 1-5 on sale for $24.99 apiece...no strings attached.

I would certainly hope NO ONE would ever go to Circuit City this week and buy ANY copies of 24. That has to be one of the worst "deals" I have ever seen a store post. Come to think of it, on cc.com each of the early seasons of 24 is already listed as $49.99 -- so why feel the need to buy Season 6 in order to get that price? It's all so freaking strange.

I cannot imagine misinterpreting a DVD sale special in a store flyer only because the price is so high. But THAT is exactly what I did when I posted this week's RoundUp.

 

[Malcolm R]

Circuit City is routinely sky-high on box sets of any kind. Best Buy and Amazon are generally close then CC is generally significantly higher, even on release week. Just another reason to not buy DVD's at CC (along with their horrible display shelving format).

 

[Mike Frezon]

The CC near me is VERY close to my BB. I can tell you that--even with all the well-documented problems I've had with BB over the years--I RARELY ever find myself directed to CC for ANYTHING!

But this week's 24 situation is obscene. Their marketing people must be on crack.

 

[TravisR]

What's even funnier about it is that I don't think I ever paid more than $45 for a 24 set on the day it was released (rather than on a decent sale where they run about $30 or less). And I paid $45 when the S2, S3 and maybe S4 sets had an MSRP of $70- prior to being lowered to a $60 MSRP.

I guess they're just relying on suckering people coming in for Christmas to spend $50 a set.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Think about it. A new season of a TV show is released. Many times retailers will offer sales on previous season sets that are CHEAPER than the newest season set.

For example: Season 7 of Friends is released on sale for $29.99 (reg. $34.99). Some stores might have Seasons 1 thru 5 or 1 thru 6 on sale for $19.99 or $17.99 apiece.

This week, I purchased 24: Season 6 for $26.99 (incl. $10 coupon) and CC wants to sell me seasons 1-5 for $49.99. They're smokin' crack, I tells ya!

Well...Best Buy is a perfect example. This week: 24: Season 6 is on sale for $36.99. Seasons 1-5 are on sale for $24.99 apiece. Not a bad deal at all.



I guess it was Barnum who said there's a sucker born every minute. They must also shop at CC.