Where's My Criterion?
- Gordon
- Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:03 am
No fear: My copy of Le Samourai shipped yesterday from DVD Pacific.
lull, wrote:
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CD-WOW are still not listing the October releases, save, Kill!. What the hell's going on?
lull, wrote:
Really? I live in Scotland and I created two orders on Friday: Fast Company: 2-disc (going OOP) / Flesh and the Fiends and The Terminator (my UK edition rotted a few months ago and the upcoming UK SE does not have the mono track) and I received them today (tuesday). With some luck, Le Samourai could be with me by saturday. Why would it take three weeks to ship from Florida (where DVD Pacific are based) to Canada? How fast are other e-tailers?but i won't be getting it anytime soon. i live in Canada and it usually takes me 3 weeks to get orders from DVDPacific.
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CD-WOW are still not listing the October releases, save, Kill!. What the hell's going on?
- ben d banana
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- Arn777
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I may not be the best person to answer since i don't live in NYC, but last I went i mostly shopped at Kim's Video (east village), not the greatest looking store but they have all the new cutting edge stuff and they had 25% off and some dvds before official street date. Borders is also good but may not have all the Criterions, they do sell usually with a discount off the SRP. Tower Records or Virgin mostly sell at full SRP so not the best places especially if you want to spend lots of $$$
- Andre Jurieu
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ellipis7 wrote:Where are the best stores in NYC to pick up CC new releases...?
Check out Mondo Kim's at St. Marks Place and Kim's Underground on Bleecker (close to NYU and Film Forum).Arn777 wrote:I may not be the best person to answer since i don't live in NYC, but last I went i mostly shopped at Kim's Video (east village), not the greatest looking store but they have all the new cutting edge stuff and they had 25% off and some dvds before official street date.
- oldsheperd
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- Andre Jurieu
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Image has been Criterion's distributor in the past, but they have been one amongst a few distributors for Criterion. The new deal with Criterion and Image is to make Image the only distributor of Criterion's product. Not sure if that pertains only to the US though.BrightEyes23 wrote:Someone please correct me if I'm wrong...
But hasn't Image BEEN Criterion's distributor? I thought that Criterions deal with them in the whole HVE buyout thing was just an extension of said distribution?
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For the record - I've been using DVDempire since the beginning of time, have always selected US priority (currently steep at 5.30 a shot, but each additional DVD is about .50 more - so if you order a lot, which I do, it is no big deal), and the discs have always shipped on Friday before the Tuesday release date and have ALWAYS arrivd on Monday, one day ahead of release date - this includes the current 10/25 releases.
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- Gordon
- Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:03 am
Yup. It could be that when CD-WOW goes out of stock with a Criterion DVD, they won't be getting any new stock. PlayUSA.com (based on the UK tax-exempt island of Jersey) stock Criterion's at various prices, high and low, must have a deal with Image, as they are stocking the latest Criterions.Dr. Mabuse wrote:Looks like the "change" in distribution affects CDWOW. None of the forthcoming Criterions are listed as preorders (except for Kill), and their list of available titles are shorter than ever.
I used CD-WOW primarily for acquiring Criterions using £1-off links, but now, it looks like I'll be using DVD Pacific, unless Play USA's prices are reasonable.
Annoying, but not the end of the world.
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- not perpee
- Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 3:41 pm
play.com (based in Jersey) used to sell both R1 and R2 when they started, but when playusa.com started, they started selling all the R1 stuff from Canada.Gordon McMurphy wrote:PlayUSA.com (based on the UK tax-exempt island of Jersey) stock Criterion's at various prices, high and low, must have a deal with Image, as they are stocking the latest Criterions.
It's my understanding that play.com (Jersey) is all R2, and playusa.com (Canada) is all R1.
- Gordon
- Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:03 am
If the region 1 stuff is shipped from Canada, how can the prices be so relatively low and the shipping free?
Play USA's Criterion prices really are all over the shop, though. Richard III and 8 1/2 are £15.99 but Rushmore is a whopping £26.99! Eh?
See for yourselves: Play USA Criterion listings
Why not have a three-tier pricing: £12.99 for sets with none or minimal extras, £15.99 for 1-disc SEs and £17-18.99 for 1-discs with extensive extras and all 2-discs plus higher prices for the various 3-disc sets and boxes.
It's alright for dope-pushing pimps like me, but some of the 'Ordinaries' of British society have children to feed and Pot Noodles are pretty expensive these days and I care about their well-being and appreciation of Cinema.
Play USA's Criterion prices really are all over the shop, though. Richard III and 8 1/2 are £15.99 but Rushmore is a whopping £26.99! Eh?
See for yourselves: Play USA Criterion listings
Why not have a three-tier pricing: £12.99 for sets with none or minimal extras, £15.99 for 1-disc SEs and £17-18.99 for 1-discs with extensive extras and all 2-discs plus higher prices for the various 3-disc sets and boxes.
It's alright for dope-pushing pimps like me, but some of the 'Ordinaries' of British society have children to feed and Pot Noodles are pretty expensive these days and I care about their well-being and appreciation of Cinema.
- Theodore R. Stockton
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- bjeggert82
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I know... I have Le Samourai, Wages of Fear, and Samurai Rebellion all on preorder, and none have shipped yet from DVDplanet.com. It's a little frustrating.Theodore R. Stockton wrote:DVDPlannet has shipped all of this week's releases except the criterions so there goes the image owned theory.
I suppose I'm just spoiled from usually getting my preorders on the Saturday or Monday before the official release date, but c'mon.
I've never had this problem with DVDplanet before...