Worst deals ever.... (1 Viewer)

[Magnus Nord]

My worst buy ever how much i hate to say it is my 'Donnie Darko' DVD.. its my favourit DVD.. but still.. i bought it at play over a year ago.. (i think it was a year ago).. and when i opened it when it arrived.. hurrah! extra TAX and TOLL-prices.

o/ o/ o/

the final price was like 47$ or something.. that sucked.

 

[ChrisBEA]

Best bad deal I saw was just the other day.
Desperado/ElMariachi double feature
I got it at WalMart for 9.44
FYE = 39.99

 

[CraigF]

The worst deals are Criterion prices in Canada.

Marc, did you see my post in Coupons/Bargains re this? For example, Criterion Tokyo Story is Cdn$39 at amazon.ca on pre-order, as good as anywhere for this so far, and great for a "non-mainstream" 2-disc Criterion.

 

[Bill J]

My biggest problem with Columbia House is that you have to pay full SRP for the obligatory purchases, which is usually $5-10 more than I would spend at Circuit City or Best Buy. In the end it doesn't seem worth it.

When I was a member they did offer me deals, but it always seemed like they were trying to scam me so I just ignored them.

 

[CraigF]

Spreadsheet...they make their deals (in Canada, anyway) complicated and poorly worded sometimes...get EXTREME clarification. There is no doubt in my mind they purposely do this to confuse people...it does seem dishonest. And I agree, for those in the know most are not good deals...but sometimes they are. I guess this thread is about shopping around, and it's quite obvious to me that many people don't, probably most of the masses. Also, in many places people don't have access to a cheap B&M, and many are still uncomfortable about online ordering.

 

[ChuckSolo]

I was at Fry's the other day and saw one of my favorite childhood movies on DVD, "Fiend Without a Face," on sale and practically jumped over someone to get it. I promptly put it back though since they wanted $24.95 for a 71 minute movie. It had virtually no extras either. Nice cover though, but not for 25 bucks. Why is it that these classic horror gems are always so darned expensive?

 

[Ken Cline]

Worst deals ever?......Anything at Virgin Megastore.

-Ken

 

[JohnnyHK]

I was at Fry's the other day and saw one of my favorite childhood movies on DVD, "Fiend Without a Face," on sale and practically jumped over someone to get it. I promptly put it back though since they wanted $24.95 for a 71 minute movie. It had virtually no extras either. Nice cover though, but not for 25 bucks. Why is it that these classic horror gems are always so darned expensive?

Assuming it was the Criterion edition, $25 is actually a good price. MSRP is $40!

 

[ChuckSolo]

Hmmm, didn't look to see if it was a Criterion edition or not. I have seen it numerous times there though and they have only 1 and it is never sold. I will have to check it out since you might be right.

 

[Glenn Overholt]

The best one I ever saw was at DVD Empire. It listed the list price, and 'your price' was $1. higher. Then it had the gall to add 'you save -$1.00'.

Glenn

 

[Norman Matthews]

Not a particularly bad deal, but just one of those "d'oh!" moments.

When I first started buying DVDs, I made the mistake of purchasing Braveheart at Tower Records for the full $24.99 price. When I got home and opened it, however, the security tag had somehow detached from the case and stuck itself to the playable side of the disc. I didn't even want to try to take it off, so I put it aside to return the next day (it was late).

Well, when I returned it the next day, the girl at the counter agreed to exchange it, and turned right around and picked up a replacement copy for me from the rack of re-priced sale DVDs waiting to be shelved behind her. Before she scanned it, she had to remove the $19.99 sale sticker.

All I could think was, "D'oh!"