The 2013 Aussie/Kiwi 'Post Your Black Friday Haul' thread!

[gettodamoofies]

So folks, Black Friday sales have come and gone and Cyber Monday's just about sorted. Now that the bank accounts have been drained and the credit cards (if you've got one) have been maxed out it's time to post your haul. Yes, some of you will have to acknowledge what you've spent rather than living in denial. Hey, it's good to face up to things.

Here's my pretty staggering but mostly planned haul. Although there are quite a few blind buys most were in my wishlist and only a few were impulse buys based on the combination of my interest and the price. Very happy with the prices and extremely happy to have scored some titles I've wanted to check out and/or buy for a long time.

Movies:

Terminator
Stand Off
Margaret
French Connection
Dark Skies
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
WarGames
Maniac
Lords of Salem
Now You See Me
21 Jump Street
Say Anything…
World War Z
Bourne Legacy
Sinister
Se7en/Copycat/Taking Lives
RoboCop
Upside Down 3D
MacGruber
After Earth
Thor: The Dark World 3D
R.I.P.D.
Turbo
Snitch
Machete Kills
RoboCop
Insidious Chapter 2
Hollow Man/Hollow Man 2
Mental
True Romance
Little Mermaid
Epic

TOTAL including shipping: US$409.53 - AU$447.87

35 titles. Price per title: AU$12.79. Very nice considering Thor: The Dark World 3D, Insidious 2 and Machete Kills are full priced pre-orders. Taking their AU$97 out in makes it AU$10.96 a title. I've also got two orders for RoboCop remastered in there as there are two Amazon listings. Once we find out what the difference is I'll decide what I keep.

Television Seasons:

Justified: Season Three
Arrow: Season 1
Spartacus: War of the Damned
Hannibal Season 1
Boardwalk Empire: Season 3

TOTAL including shipping: US$83.82 - AU$91.63

5 seasons. Price per season: AU$18.33. Absolute bargain. JB's price for all of the above WITH their 20% off (and missing additional DVD copies and digital copies in a lot of them): $156.70. Saved $65.07 on JB prices or 41.5% off.

Definitely a big spend but I'm very happy with the buys and they're great prices all round.

[Hucksta G]

Justified: Season Three
Sons of Anarchy: Season Five

[gettodamoofies]

Originally Posted by Hucksta G

Justified: Season Three
Sons of Anarchy: Season Five

Both quality buys.

[Hucksta G]

Originally Posted by atexp80

Both quality buys.

Thanks mate, yours too

[Rhinz]

Great pickups there Adam!

I only ended up with Pacific Rim 3D and World War Z from the sales, have bought a few things locally lately though.

[Cevolution]

I didn't purchase any this year. I've got some in my cart ready to go, that haven't increased in price as of yet, but I don't think I'll bother submitting the order. I've bought quite a few lately that I still haven't watched, partly due to my main setup being out of action while waiting for the new tv to be wall mounted (which is happening next Monday), I don't really want to add much more to that list and have hundreds sitting there unwatched.

[insomniac]

I didn't buy anything either. A couple of $5 films I'd like, but weren't necessarily must buys. Too many new releases lately, and buying a home theatre for the first time last week have set me back!

[Supernaut]

B&N:

• The Four Feathers (Criterion)
• Cronos (Criterion)
• Solaris (Criterion)
• For All Mankind (Criterion) $91.41

• Modern Times (Criterion)
• Jimi Plays Monterey (Criterion)
• Safety Last! (Criterion)
• Bottle Rocket (Criterion) $86.41

• Zatoichi - The Blind Swordsman (Criterion) $120.97

Amazon:

• Taking Lives
• Outpost
• Empire of the Sun (Digibook)
• Gia
• The Adventures of Robin Hood $63.78

• Stir of Echoes
• My Bloody Valentine 3D
• Heavenly Creatures
• Shallow Hal
• Goodfellas Digibook
• Watchmen CE
• Falling Down (Digibook) $101.63

Total: $US464.20 or $AU506.25

Ha! That's not even counting all I spent at the JB sales. Prolly another 3 or 4 hundred more! Damn holidays...

[LordCrumb]

Spartacus: War of the Damned $US17.

[warnzie]

only pacific rim & Terminator.

[ijustblumyself]

Pretty happy with my haul! Ended up buying:

Bond 50
Evil Dead (2013)
Trick 'r' Treat
Sin City
The Conjuring
Kick Ass
Pacific Rim
Halloween (35th Anniversary Edition)
Archer: Season One
Archer: Season Two
Archer: Season Three
Fringe: Season Five
Farscape - The Complete Series
Watchmen: Collectors Edition
Deadwood - The Complete Series.

[SGB]

Just a small haul as there wasn't much I was interested in.

-- Bravestarr - The Complete Series (DVD)
-- Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (blu-ray)
-- Uncle Buck (blu-ray)
-- Maniac Cop 2 (blu-ray)
-- Maniac Cop 3 (blu-ray)
-- Galaxy Quest (blu-ray)
-- Big Trouble In Little China (blu-ray)
-- Mrs. Doubtfire (blu-ray)

[Rusty1989]

I got a bit of a haul. I bought myself a gift card a month or so back when the dollar was about 98c with the intention of using it for BF deals. I gave myself a budget of $250 and still haven't used the whole thing.

- Jack the Giant Slayer
- White House Down
- The To-Do List
- Monster's University
- Snitch
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure
- Blue Valentine
- 42
- Lars and the Real Girl
- Halloween (35th Anniversary)
- Fargo
- Now You See Me
- Dances with Wolves
- G.I. Joe Retaliation
- Cloud Atlas

Also ventured over to Ammy UK to grab the Universal Monsters Essential Collection.

[Cevolution]

I ended up making a small order after all, from the UK though:

Compliance
The Addams Family (it's a shame about the DNR)
Matilda
Roadkill

Originally Posted by SGB

Just a small haul as there wasn't much I was interested in.

-- Bravestarr - The Complete Series (DVD)
-- Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (blu-ray)
-- Uncle Buck (blu-ray)
-- Maniac Cop 2 (blu-ray)
-- Maniac Cop 3 (blu-ray)
-- Galaxy Quest (blu-ray)
-- Big Trouble In Little China (blu-ray)
-- Mrs. Doubtfire (blu-ray)

Did you order it from the U.S?

[idlebrain]

So far Bond 50 only for 106$ (incl.Shipping). My first order from AMZ. How long does it take normally?

[SGB]

Originally Posted by Cevolution

Did you order it from the U.S?

Yes. Why do you ask?

[Flash3000]

Die Hard $5
Argo $5
Insidious $5
Platoon $6
World War Z (Blu+ DVD + Digital) $8
Ma & Pa Kettle 10 disc Complete Comedy Collection DVD $9
Donne Darko 2 disc D.C and T.C $6
Pulp Fiction $4
Thunderball $5.50

Converted into Aussie $$$ + $20AUD postage, it cost a little over $80. I'm happy anyways

[ijustblumyself]

Originally Posted by idlebrain

So far Bond 50 only for 106$ (incl.Shipping). My first order from AMZ. How long does it take normally?

Wow how'd you get it that cheap with shipping?
If you chose the cheapest shipping option (which I always do) be prepared to wait a while for your items. They'll get to you, but it could take as long as a month.

[Flash3000]

Originally Posted by idlebrain

So far Bond 50 only for 106$ (incl.Shipping). My first order from AMZ. How long does it take normally?

I live in Melbourne and Amazon UK arrives in 1 week - even for box sets.

Amazon US, which is closer to Australia always takes 2-3 weeks for me and I order a lot from them. They have even 'shipped' a 2nd order days after a previous order was 'shipped', and it arrived almost a week before the 1st one. Always in perfect condition though.

[Cevolution]

Originally Posted by SGB

Yes. Why do you ask?

Cause the version in your own backyard is superior for AQ, as is the UK version, which is identical to ours .