The Criterion Collection

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by Snicket

Is this happening today? Was Criterion offline at all yesterday?

I don't know for sure, but it seems as good a day as any.

[jshaide]

Today would make sense what with Del Toro coming out and all.

If it doesn't happen today, I don't think it'll happen at all. Especially with the BN sale right around the corner and a lot of people wait for that to get some better deals.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Snicket

Is this happening today? Was Criterion offline at all yesterday?

Last year was Oct. 6 (Tues), the year before Oct. 9 (Thurs), the year before that Oct. 1 (Tues).

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Last year was Oct. 6 (Tues), the year before Oct. 9 (Thurs), the year before that Oct. 1 (Tues).

Oh a Thursday start date? I don't remember that! Interesting!

[jhiggy23]

I watched Hoop Dreams last night for the first time, surprisingly since I'm an avid sports fan and a huge fan of Roger Ebert. I think it's quite possibly the greatest documentary ever made, and I love and watch documentaries frequently. I also think it's still a very timely movie.

[jedidarrick]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

1) Unknown -- we'll know in about 10-15 minutes

So it usually starts around 9 am pacific time?

[pedromvu]

Looks like...

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by jshaide

Oh a Thursday start date? I don't remember that! Interesting!

That's what my order history on the site says, anyway.

[JoeBuck]

They might do it on Thursday as yesterday was Columbus day and all.
But it certainly doesn't look like there's one today.

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

That's what my order history on the site says, anyway.

That gives me hope that they'll be something this week still.

I have 100 Criterion dollars to burn!

[StLouisRibs]

They did start at 2pm EST two years ago this sale.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by jshaide

That gives me hope that they'll be something this week still.

I have 100 Criterion dollars to burn!

I'm $9 away from a $50 certificate.

[jshaide]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

I'm $9 away from a $50 certificate.

I'm like 40 or so. So I'm placing multiple orders this time. I have it all mapped out!

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by jshaide

Today would make sense what with Del Toro coming out and all.

If it doesn't happen today, I don't think it'll happen at all. Especially with the BN sale right around the corner and a lot of people wait for that to get some better deals.

Pan's Labyrinth and the Del Toro set come out next week.

[spargs]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

I'm $9 away from a $50 certificate.

I have a $50 certificate ready and waiting for this sale... Finally getting the Zatoichi set.

[StLouisRibs]

The single thing that most indicates there'll be a sale is for some reason next week's releases were moved to Monday overnight. I don't know what that is indicating but it seems a strange shift if it isn't tied to these titles being included/not included in this week's sale.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

Agreed at this point in time it's already so close to the BN sale that it really doesn't make a lot of sense for many to buy now instead of waiting 4-6 weeks.

Still a bit disappointing if another major sale is gone -- 4-6 new items at Costco tiwce a year, 2-3 items at Amazon occasionally in the price vicinity, an occasional deal at Deep Discount. It's still the 2 50% sales and 2 40% sales at BN, plus the rare B2G1 or B1G1F sales still keep the pump flowing

It happens around this time every year, and it's always "close" to the B&N sale. One has nothing to do with the other. Different retailers.

[bwdowiak]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

I buy from eBay, B&N during sale time and Rakuten.com. That last one is my big secret although the well has run dry a bit.

They have a "super points" program in which they'll offer up to 20% back in pts on purchases. During the last year or so, they've only done it on like a couple days, but they used to do it like once a month. They also give a you a quarter when you review your purchase, a quarter when you review a product, and an extra 3% when you purchase on their site w/ their credit card.

They also do something like $15 off $75 w/ Visa Checkout and give $5 in free pts like twice a year.

So all you used to have to do is get started... I bought some protein powder or something and got $15 off $75 and 15% back. Now if you only buy when they are giving extra bonus pts back, it's almost a never ending well of discounts - use $5 in pts to get yr purchase to $19 and get $4.05 back in pts.

Nobody EVER has blinked an eye at what Rakuten does, but over the last few years I've bought Criterion blus from them from anywhere from $10 to maybe $16 or $18 at highest.

Probably not much of a consolation as most of you probably don’t have existing points at Rakuten to “get started” as I describe in my post above, but Rakuten.com has their Reward Day today. 10% back in points on all purchases. The last thing I bought was Three Colors Trilogy. With existing points, I got it down to $35. They gave me 10 % back on that day and a “we like you” (go figure ) bonus of $5 in points to use during their Reward Day promotion.

So, with all of that and some prior points that I have not yet exhausted, I think I’ll pick up She Wore a Yellow Ribbon for around $8.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

Sure though Criterion certainly knows when BN sales are happening. Consumers who might pay more to get something 6-8 weeks in advance might be a lot less likely to buy is they can wait 2-3 weeks and POSSIBLY pay 10-40% less.

With the BN sale starting early this year Nov 1 and IF the Criterion.com sale happens at 1-2 week later than usual the incentive is nearly zero for many of the potential customers.

There are certainly a few who would still buy at Criterion regardless though I'm betting the fall sale is a lot less popular that the Feb/March sale which is 3-4 months separated from either of the BN sales. I know I've often skipped the Fall Flash sale entirely. I might order today, but if it's Oct 18th there nearly a zero chance of paying 19.99 instead of $12-14 for the same item

Who cares if they know when a different outlet is having a sale? That's on B&N, not Criterion. And Criterion still does it every year 2 weeks before B&N's sale, so why would this year be any different?

And the B&N sale really isn't starting any earlier. It started Nov 5 a few years ago, so it usually runs the whole month.

Criterion has their own shop, and $50 incentive certificates for every $250 you spend (I think). Again, one sale has nothing to do with the other.

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Who cares if they know when a different outlet is having a sale? That's on B&N, not Criterion. And Criterion still does it every year 2 weeks before B&N's sale, so why would this year be any different?

Criterion has their own shop, and $50 incentive certificates for every $250 you spend (I think). Again, one sale has nothing to do with the other.

Agreed, also the flash sale is only 24hrs at the most so I don't think it clashes too much with any other sale.