The Criterion Collection

[bradnoyes]

Oh gawd, I was NOT ready for this (

[Show spoiler]and by "I" I mean my bank account

) .

[pedromvu]

Originally Posted by jrsl76

Ugh, when did Criterion start charging California state tax?

Don't know but it stays it in their site

The Criterion Collection is required to collect sales tax on orders shipping to Alabama, California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Washington and Washington D.C.. If sales tax applies to your order, we’ll indicate it during the checkout process.

Not such a great deal this way but I had $60 in codes I needed to spend anyway.

[Reddington]

Originally Posted by exzachary

first time I've ever had to pay taxes on an order form their site

One by one, all states are jumping on the bandwagon. Here in the People's Republic of Massachusetts, they instituted a law that any entity doing over $500K of online business had to charge sales tax. Of course, the irony is that the sale is not taking place in MA, only the purchase. Which is why the sate also helpfully refers to it as a "use" tax.

Anyway, on to the fun of the flash sale.

[Gacivory]

Went with

Death in Venice
To Sleep With Anger
Being John Malkovich
Rosemary’s Baby
The War Room

[jonsax201]

Originally Posted by tisdivine

Does anyone know if CC can help with bronzing on an oop title? My Howards End disc plays up til the 2 hr mark. Then it freezes completely. I know they did some disc replacemts but im assuming Im out of luck since its oop.

They definitely will, assuming they have discs still available to send you. They replaced my freezing copy of Le Cercle Rouge last year, and didn't charge me anything. Excellent customer service.

[BuickSuper]

Finally decided to do some upgrades - just picked up The Blob, Videodrome, and Repo Man.

[jcs913]

Yeah, the tax is not a total deal killer, but not great either. Surprised they had that Bergman set available for the half off considering it was sold out for months. They must have pressed a ton of copies for this sale.

[bsend]

Just went with Bergman box set and Up all Night with Robert Downey Sr Eclipse set.

[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by SleazyForWeasley

Anyone know how long it takes for "points" to post to your account? I just fulfilled 500 points, and was planning on doing a second order today to use up my GC, but wondering if it will be updated today.

Same here. I just posted my order, went way over the 500 points, and nothing yet.

[postmodel]

Originally Posted by belcherman

Placed my order and used my $10 gift certificate for subscribing to the Criterion Channel:

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$49.91. Still no tax in CT.

Wait, hold up. I totally forgot about this. I am subscribed to the Criterion Channel, but I never got the $10 GC. How did it come to you?

[KJones77]

I got:

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[theater dreamer]

Originally Posted by jrsl76

It took a few minutes. My points and gift certificate have now arrived.

Yes, I got mine, too. Just wait a few minutes, and it will show your total loyalty points rewarded on the site, and an email will arrive with your gift certificate number.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by belcherman

Placed my order and used my $10 gift certificate for subscribing to the Criterion Channel:

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$49.91. Still no tax in CT.

How did you get the $10 gift certificate? I retained all my e-mails they sent when I subscribed to the channel but I don't see a code. Is it automatically linked to your account when you buy?

[Dailyan]

Went with:

[Show spoiler]

[jrsl76]

Ended up ordering:

La vérité
Panique
Elevator To The Gallows
Mikey and Nicky
In The Heat Of The Night
Sisters
Tree Of Life
Buena Vista Social Club
Some Like It Hot
Tom Jones
Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters
Notorious
Hopscotch

[The Great Owl]

I’m already caught up with most everything that I want from Criterion, but I ordered...

La vérité
All That Jazz
A Raisin in the Sun

[hariseldon]

Originally Posted by exzachary

first time I've ever had to pay taxes on an order form their site

Originally Posted by jrsl76

Ugh, when did Criterion start charging California state tax?

They added a bunch of states sometime early Jan I think. Not a ton, but about 10-12.

Originally Posted by SleazyForWeasley

Anyone know how long it takes for "points" to post to your account? I just fulfilled 500 points, and was planning on doing a second order today to use up my GC, but wondering if it will be updated today.

Mine came almost immediately, but i did place my order in the first couple minutes since I had my cart loaded and ready. The site seems to be slowing a little as my second order took about 5 minutes to register and get confirmation. My second order was 3 titles with the $50 and $10 Streaming Reward -- for those interested the FS applied on the pre-GC amt so my second order was $0.00 with FS and I have $0.09 left.

It sounds like yours did come through a few minutes later so all good.

Originally Posted by postmodel

Wait, hold up. I totally forgot about this. I am subscribed to the Criterion Channel, but I never got the $10 GC. How did it come to you?

You had to sign up your intent to join several months ago when they first announced they were re-organizing and starting a new channel. They sent it for showing interest in joining rather than actually joining.

[lordmorpheus72]

So used my $10 subscriber gc and got:

Some Like it Hot
Notorious
Mikey and Nicky
The Magnificent Ambersons

bank account couldn't handle any more!

[postmodel]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

You had to sign up your intent to join several months ago when they first announced they were re-organizing and starting a new channel. They sent it for showing interest in joining rather than actually joining.

I remember doing that though. But to confirm, you're saying you got a $10 GC for showing intent to join?

[Cremildo]

Had to change my shipping address (I use a forwarder service) from California to Delaware due to the taxes.