Criterion Prices
- Moe Dickstein
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It'll be $37 plus tax with coupon at the next Criterion sale in November
- mfunk9786
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That's the most annoying argument whenever we discuss MSRPs. We're just talking about the base price structure, not what we'll actually be paying.
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
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They had to make up the $20 MSRP from those Oct Universal titles somewhere!
- mfunk9786
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Those'll be $11 plus tax with coupon at the next Criterion sale in November
But all joking aside - they're going to be a pretty great deal, and will make Something Wild seem even more overpriced.
But all joking aside - they're going to be a pretty great deal, and will make Something Wild seem even more overpriced.
- Moe Dickstein
- Joined: Fri Aug 24, 2012 11:19 pm
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Then I don't get what your issue is? You don't think the pricetag is justified? I find the MSRP to be irrelevant since I am never ever paying that price for any Criterion ever, either it's in print and there is some sort of discount, or it's out of print and often going for OVER MSRP...
- Matt
- Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 12:58 pm
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Plus ça change...mfunk9786 wrote:Everyone goofs on me when I talk about prices even though it's okay for everyone else to do it...
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
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The price we will all pay in some future sale is greater than that of comparable releases by the same company of the same level of films/extrasMoe Dickstein wrote:Then I don't get what your issue is? You don't think the pricetag is justified? I find the MSRP to be irrelevant since I am never ever paying that price for any Criterion ever, either it's in print and there is some sort of discount, or it's out of print and often going for OVER MSRP...
- FakeBonanza
- Joined: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:35 pm
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The MSRP will always have a relative effect on any discounted price. Of course the price will always be lower than the MSRP, and in the case of sales, much lower; however, that 50% off is still discounted from the MSRP. Thus, a higher MSRP will always lead to higher prices for a particular release, whether it's on sale or not.Moe Dickstein wrote:Then I don't get what your issue is? You don't think the pricetag is justified? I find the MSRP to be irrelevant since I am never ever paying that price for any Criterion ever, either it's in print and there is some sort of discount, or it's out of print and often going for OVER MSRP...
- Moe Dickstein
- Joined: Fri Aug 24, 2012 11:19 pm
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Right, and if anyone feels that $100 MSRP and $37 in real life is too high for that set then I invite them to time travel to when I paid $125 for the CAV Evita Criterion...
I guess I don't have a hard time seeing the value in that release - still there at $100 instead of $80. And lest anyone think I'm just an apologist I called them out for the barebones titles for October being at $40 rather than $30. Is there not a precedence for 3-4 film sets landing either at $80 or $100 depending on presumably the costs to assemble the set, transfers and features?
I guess I don't have a hard time seeing the value in that release - still there at $100 instead of $80. And lest anyone think I'm just an apologist I called them out for the barebones titles for October being at $40 rather than $30. Is there not a precedence for 3-4 film sets landing either at $80 or $100 depending on presumably the costs to assemble the set, transfers and features?
- chatterjees
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I am sure that on the announcement day, I saw the SRP for John Cassavetes: Five Films set was 99.95! Today, after seeing all these posts, I checked this morning and found the current SRP to be $124.95!!! Am I being wrong in thinking that the SRP was in the lower range on last Monday?
- movielocke
- Joined: Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:44 am
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no, you're wrong, announcement day had the set at 124.95, same as the DVD.chatterjees wrote:I am sure that on the announcement day, I saw the SRP for John Cassavetes: Five Films set was 99.95! Today, after seeing all these posts, I checked this morning and found the current SRP to be $124.95!!! Am I being wrong in thinking that the SRP was in the lower range on last Monday?
- chatterjees
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OK, thanks.
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Might we also consider that licensing costs have an effect on a product's MSRP. That could be why some single-disc DVD releases like Hiroshima Mon Amour, Wild Strawberries, and Le Doulos have SRPs of $39.99 instead of $29.99. It doesn't cost the same amount to license every film.Moe Dickstein wrote:Right, and if anyone feels that $100 MSRP and $37 in real life is too high for that set then I invite them to time travel to when I paid $125 for the CAV Evita Criterion...
I guess I don't have a hard time seeing the value in that release - still there at $100 instead of $80. And lest anyone think I'm just an apologist I called them out for the barebones titles for October being at $40 rather than $30. Is there not a precedence for 3-4 film sets landing either at $80 or $100 depending on presumably the costs to assemble the set, transfers and features?
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Which, in todays dollars, had the buying power of $190 (or thereabouts).Moe Dickstein wrote:Right, and if anyone feels that $100 MSRP and $37 in real life is too high for that set then I invite them to time travel to when I paid $125 for the CAV Evita Criterion...
- Gregory
- Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 4:07 pm
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I can see why one might want to head back in time to the day of that purchase.
- Moe Dickstein
- Joined: Fri Aug 24, 2012 11:19 pm
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Yeah I wouldn't mind the not having to pay rent aspect of 1997, but then again I'd also be back living at home...
- johnnysnatchclub7
- Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:49 pm
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Barnes & Noble sent out an email this morning that they will be offering The Devil's Backbone a week earlier at 50% off.
- johnnysnatchclub7
- Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:49 pm
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Barnes & Noble sale has been extended through August 5th. Still short of Seconds but I'll take it.
- flyonthewall2983
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Does that include the stores, or is it just for the website?
- The Narrator Returns
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I went there today, and the stores are included.
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I've noticed Sundays and Cybèle's DVD MSRP is 24.95, which is 5 dollars cheaper than most of Criterion's DVDs, so why is the blu-ray regularly priced at 39.95 and not 5 dollars chaper as well? They must have their reasons for the different DVD pricing, so why don't the same reasons apply for the BD?
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What's the reasoning for a 3 disc set to cost $125? What's so different from say brakhage? Is there a precedent?
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
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Wow, I didn't even look at the price. What the devil, this is going to cost the same as the Tati set?Paupau wrote:What's the reasoning for a 3 disc set to cost $125? What's so different from say brakhage? Is there a precedent?
- swo17
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Total runtime for all of the films is about as long as for the Tati set.
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
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I suspect you also know that factoring in supplemental materials, it's not even close. I'm going to get both sets, but let's address this disparity honestly