Damn stupid Thanksgiving sales!

[kuntasensei]

I should've known better than to look at Amazon's movie deals today. Just ended up buying the BDs of Dark City, Frailty, Constantine, The Mist, The Thing, The Departed, Braveheart, U-571 and The Ultimate Matrix Collection. Total cost: $135. That's an average of about $11 a disc.

And this is why I already own like 45 Blu-ray discs and have only had my player for a couple of months - a lack of self-control. Anyone else succumb to this foul stupid holiday and its rank consumerism yet?

[Keiko]

Yep, but mines been spread out a little and mostly put towards SACD and 180g vinyl.

[Knucklehead]

Ive had my player since last Christmas, maybe 10 movies....SD DVD's I have about 1,000. Just too damn expensive....or im just too damn cheap. As for spending so far....mostly on the kiddos.

[superjunior]

I was just checking out mits site from another thread here, almost dumped a butload of money on new speeker cables (which I will upgrade sooner or later) but resisted temptation :p

[kuntasensei]

Ive had my player since last Christmas, maybe 10 movies....SD DVD's I have about 1,000. Just too damn expensive....or im just too damn cheap. As for spending so far....mostly on the kiddos.

When I got my BD player, I went through my 700+ DVD collection and pulled out every movie that I don't watch often, then traded them in for credit toward BD discs at Moviestop. I'm sure I got screwed on the trade-in value, but it cleaned up my room and gave me a good 30 disc starter collection of BD discs to spin on my Oppo (plus paid off pre-orders on like every good BD release through January). Made sense at the time!

Of course, today I found myself buying some of those same movies on BD because I thought "Ooh, I bet that looks amazing!" or "Ooh, lossless audio!" Stupid sales... They hurt my wallet!

[Knucklehead]

Thats a good idea.....time to start thinning the SD collection. I think I have a Movie Stop next to our local Game Stop as well.

[Keiko]

I don't mind buying pre-viewed SD DVDs. Simply because I can get them dirt cheap after a new title has been out a few weeks. DVD still looks good when up-converted and the sound is decent. Think I'm going to start squeezing for some of the big titles on BR though. Since I recently reconfigured my PS3 & Sound Projector and bought Star Trek/Up on BR, it's added to the HT experience.

[thuffman03]

I got hooked on an internet BOGO yesterday myself. Could not pass up the deal. At least I don't have to fight traffic to get the price.

[Tony M]

I'm looking at the LOW, LOW prices of the BIG tvs. There is a price war going on big time.
I just put a new roof on my house and that hurt splurging on things that can wait till after the new year or into spring.
My wife just said we could count our change to help put towards a new tv..:D

[snow]

True it is amazing to me to see how much prices have dropped and how quickly, it seems like just yesterday I was looking at rear projection TV's and now there basically obsolete. Plasmas were uber expensive when they were first introduced I remember a 30" model being advertised at $30,000 and now there practically giving them away which works for me. I guess living in the frozen wastelands has it's benefits one of the biggest reasons I have waited so long to purchase a HD TV was there was no HD programming available now that there is prices are reasonable even for a cheap bastage like me :D



REGARDS SNOW

[Tony M]

Your not cheap, your THRIFTY...:D

[raidersrule76]

Well not really, but since I am just laying around doing nothing I got bored and went to amazon myself after reading your post 6 blu rays later and 80 bucks lighter in the wallet oh well gives me something to watch while im off work. Oh and Happy Thanksgiving to all. I hope your day is filled with good food, good family, good friends, and of course some good football.

Best regards
Mark

[Sherardp]

Nice deal, keep building that BD collection. Your off to a nice start for sure.

[danz1906]

Thats a great sale on Blu-Rays!

[kuntasensei]

Yeah, the only thing that pisses me off is that 4 of the titles I just bought earlier today have dropped $1 in price since then. And yet, I'm still making out like a bandit, and there are supposed to be MORE titles going on sale tomorrow morning. Why do I get the feeling I'll be buying a few more? Heh...

[xcapri79]

I should've known better than to look at Amazon's movie deals today. Just ended up buying the BDs of Dark City, Frailty, Constantine, The Mist, The Thing, The Departed, Braveheart, U-571 and The Ultimate Matrix Collection. Total cost: $135. That's an average of about $11 a disc.

And this is why I already own like 45 Blu-ray discs and have only had my player for a couple of months - a lack of self-control. Anyone else succumb to this foul stupid holiday and its rank consumerism yet?

Yes. This morning Amazon had Planet Earth Blu-Ray on for $30, then in a few minutes moved it to $40. I was close to getting the Monty-Python series, but ended up with a Canon SX200IS 12 MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle Optical for $250. Then there are the accessories so it ended up being just under $300.

[Keiko]

Yeah, the only thing that pisses me off is that 4 of the titles I just bought earlier today have dropped $1 in price since then. And yet, I'm still making out like a bandit, and there are supposed to be MORE titles going on sale tomorrow morning. Why do I get the feeling I'll be buying a few more? Heh...

amazon should give you a low price guarantee. I bought Star Trek for 20.99 and a day later they reimbursed me 1.00 because it dropped to 19.99.

[Norm Apter]

amazon should give you a low price guarantee. I bought Star Trek for 20.99 and a day later they reimbursed me 1.00 because it dropped to 19.99.

I remember when they had a 30-day price guarantee...if it fell below what you paid for it within 30 days of purchase, they would refund the difference (though you, the customer, had to take the initiative). However, it was/is my understanding that they abandoned this 30-day guarantee some time in 2008.

Mike, did this transaction take place recently?

BTW, I had my first (and last!) ever "fight-the-crowds" Black Friday experience a few minutes ago, only because I really needed a 1TB external hard drive for saving FLAC music files (my laptop has less than 7GB left).

At the last minute (2am local time) I saw that Target had a Western Digital one regularly priced at $99 for $59. I waited in line for 20 minutes from 4:40 to 5 (the line ahead of me was huge) at the Culver City Target, raced in, finally located shelf on which they were to be found, after searching around for about 10-15 minutes in the electronics section (was told by an employee that I should wait in line with the folks who wanted GPS, cell phones, and Nikon Coolpixes, but this was wrong information in the end). Got the last one on the shelve. checked out by 5:25. So, I'm glad i got it, but from here on out its strictly on-line purchases. If I could have found this on line close to the price I would have bought it in a heartbeat.

[janmike]

And I see the ipod Touch on sale from Apple for 1 day. Hmmmmmm.

[Keiko]

Mike, did this transaction take place recently?

Just last week, Norm. amazon sent an email notifying me and I didn't have to do a thing. It was an automatic reimbursement. Same thing happened earlier this year on another order I had. The Doors vinyl box set, IIRC.

Janey and I never deal with the Black Friday rushes over here. It's an insane rat race living on an island. Buying online is convenient and usually cheaper anyway.

[Gaara]

I remember when they had a 30-day price guarantee...if it fell below what you paid for it within 30 days of purchase, they would refund the difference (though you, the customer, had to take the initiative). However, it was/is my understanding that they abandoned this 30-day guarantee some time in 2008.

Mike, did this transaction take place recently?

Norm, Amazon does have a price guarantee still but only on pre-orders. If the price drops between when you order it, and the release date, they lower the price. I had this happen recently on my Fight Club Blu-ray, price dropped $2 in 2 days and I was charged for the lower price.

[Keiko]

Gaara's post is accurate. So the low price guarantee won't apply to all purchases then.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/promotions/.../AWT354OR7BM1U

[themuskr]

just ran to target quick and picked up a couple BD's
-Live free die hard
-Lord of war
-Rambo
-The departed
Grand total of $42 with tax. Not a bad deal

[cnh]

All I can say is that it's about time....Blu-ray players are reaching the magic 100 dollar price-point....and discs are dropping to less than half their original prices for many titles....Great news for everyone......

2010 will be The Year of the Blu-ray...the year it made it to the 'masses'.

cnh

[kuntasensei]

I ended up placing another order for Tears Of The Sun, Ghost Rider and L. A. Confidential. Hey, at least I'll have plenty to watch over Christmas!

[Gadabout]

I did the same thing on Amazon....

Decided it was time I finally moved to Blu-Ray. Got the entry level Samsung (P3600?), cause it streams Net Flix too and 9 Blu-Rays to start the collection. Got out for $239, pretty fair price.

I need to check the funds and see if I can get anymore titles while the prices are so low.

Hardest part will be finding a good spot for the new player in the HT rack.

Scott

[danz1906]

I stopped by Best Buy and picked up:

Transporter 3.......12.99
Wanted...............12.99
Fast and Furious.....9.99
I am Legend...........7.99

[sucks2beme]

I ordered a Pico DAC at 25% off from Headamp.com.

[DeusExa]

Picked up an iPod Touch 3G.

[xcapri79]

Picked up a 22" Samsung LCD TV for $267 incl. tax using a $5 coupon for my dining room/speaker room. It has a pretty sensitive tuner in it. If I'm patient with adjusting my remote control Radioshack indoor antenna, I can pick up 13 New Orleans/Slidell DTV stations 20-30 miles away. Who needs a TV cable company?

Also got a nice little Garmin Nuvi 255WT GPS with a case and friction mount stand for $166 incl. tax.