Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[oildude]

Originally Posted by nitin

Off the top of my head, SAE is $10 for the first I item, then $2.50 for each additional one. TT's site is slightly different but comparable.

Domestic rates are not that high. SAE recently raised their rates to about $5 for the first item and $1.50 for each additional item for domestic US shipping.

Or are you referring to their international rates? Best to be clear about these things when posting.

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by oildude

Domestic rates are not that high. SAE recently raised their rates to about $5 for the first item and $1.50 for each additional item for domestic US shipping.

Or are you referring to their international rates? Best to be clear about these things when posting.

They were discussing shipping to Australia.

[nitin]

Originally Posted by oildude

Domestic rates are not that high. SAE recently raised their rates to about $5 for the first item and $1.50 for each additional item for domestic US shipping.

Or are you referring to their international rates? Best to be clear about these things when posting.

International, sorry should have clarified that I was replying to the poster who was asking for shipping rates to Australia.

[krasnoludek]

The current cart game works like this. When you update a quantity in your cart at SAE, it will return

min { # you put in, # left in stock, 50 }

Originally Posted by jayembee

What can I say? When I tried it with Sleepless yesterday morning, I put in 100, and it came back as 12.

In your case, you put in 100, but there were 12 left in stock, so it returned

min { 100, 12, 50 } = 12

Originally Posted by whotony

I dont think that works. Anything over 50 drops the total to 50

In your case, you put in 100, but there were many more left in stock (say 1000), so it returned

min { 100, 1000, 50 } = 50

This is what people mean when they say the cart game only works under 50.

Historical note: It used to be, a few years ago, that it would just return min { # you put in, # left in stock}, so if you put in an enormous number like 10000, you'd always be updated to #left in stock. This was very informative, because then you could know whether a title was selling quickly and you ought to bite sooner rather than later. Though even then, there was a slight bit of misinformation: #left in stock was just the amount SAE had in their warehouse. Turns out that SAE would only get 1500 of the 3000 initially, and then when the numbers got low, they would get the other 1500. So you had to guess whether #left in stock was from the first batch of 1500 or the second batch of 1500. I bit on Bye Bye Birdie in early 2013, because the cart game showed only 200 or so left in stock and so I was sure it would be in the next low quantity announcement and sell out in a flash. Turns out that was 200 out of the initial batch of 1500, and a month later or so, the #left in stock suddenly went up by 1500 when SAE restocked. Not too disappointed about that though, since the title did eventually sell out and I still have my copy. It's got some of the best color I've seen on a TT title.

[Dex Robinson]

Originally Posted by oildude

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Or are you referring to their international rates? Best to be clear about these things when posting.

I'm going into my broken record mode...

Life would be so much easier if people would just put their location in their profile so we could see where they are from. People can read this and know I'm from Winnipeg, Canada. If we could see messages being exchanged by guys from Australia...or Canada...then we would know if we could (or could not) help them.

Some folks go on about slip covers. Some ramble about art work.

Me? I just keep asking people to take a moment to put their location in their profile.

[TheOneWithThePrize]

Originally Posted by Dex Robinson

I'm going into my broken record mode...

Life would be so much easier if people would just put their location in their profile so we could see where they are from. People can read this and know I'm from Winnipeg, Canada. If we could see messages being exchanged by guys from Australia...or Canada...then we would know if we could (or could not) help them.

Some folks go on about slip covers. Some ramble about art work.

Me? I just keep asking people to take a moment to put their location in their profile.

In this case the poster, Somerset, originally indicated that he was from Australia when inquiring about shipping costs. If people are unable to carry over that information over a few posts on the same page then that is on their own heads, imho.

[Dex Robinson]

Originally Posted by TheOneWithThePrize

In this case the poster, Somerset, originally indicated that he was from Australia when inquiring about shipping costs. If people are unable to carry over that information over a few posts on the same page then that is on their own heads, imho.

Seriously?

You don't think it would be simpler if people take a minute to put their location in their profile? It takes a moment and the information is permanently there and precludes any misconception.

This problem comes up multiple times when people are asking about regions, import issues and shipping costs.

People come here and likely read dozens of posts in many, many threads every day. So you actually believe it would be easier if we all just try to juggle this info in our heads rather than take a minute to enter our location just once?

EDIT: I did an experiment. I clicked on my name at the top of the page. That took me to my profile where I clicked on "Edit Your Details". I retyped in my location. Hit save. 12 seconds from start to finish.

[Herandar]

Originally Posted by Dex Robinson

Seriously?

You don't think it would be simpler if people take a minute to put their location in their profile? It takes a moment and the information is permanently there and precludes any misconception.

I bet oildude's response would've been the same no matter what the locations were on all of the previous posters.

[oildude]

I didn't mean to take the thread down a rabbit hole. It simply wasn't clear from the previous posts that this was an ongoing discussion about shipping to Australia. Inserted in the midst of this discussion were other discussions, so by the time the member above posted shipping rates, it wasn't clear to me where he was referring. I later noticed I had missed a previous post above from someone asking about Australia. So part of the blame is on me for not seeing that post, but it still makes things much easier when posting shipping rates to make it clear to where the rate applies.

[rdodolak]

Looks like High Time and The Song of Bernadette will be the next two titles to sell out.

[little idiot]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

Looks like High Time and The Song of Bernadette will be the next two titles to sell out.

or perhaps the last 20 copies of 'Judgment at Nuremberg' or 'First Men in the Moon' sell out first ?

I'm surprised they have lasted so long (approx. a week now).

[wormraper]

high time and song of bernadette are both gone

[film11]

Originally Posted by little idiot

or perhaps the last 20 copies of 'Judgment at Nuremberg' or 'First Men in the Moon' sell out first ?

I'm surprised they have lasted so long (approx. a week now).

I'm shocked the FIRST MEN didn't sell out within a month or two! Easily the most superlative transfer of ANY Harryhausen movie, bar none. As well as being the most fully realized (as a film) of all his work. (As opposed to the plot just being excuses to string his FX sequences together.)

[Jobla]

When HIGH TIME was playing first-run in theaters circa 1960 (at least in Seattle), some theaters listed the title as CAMPUS HIGH TIME.

[RalphoR]

Originally Posted by Jobla

When HIGH TIME was playing first-run in theaters circa 1960 (at least in Seattle), some theaters listed the title as CAMPUS HIGH TIME.

I did not know that. Cool!

Have to agree about First Men in the Moon. Shocked it's still around. Has anyone tried the cart trick? Has to be just a handful left.

[easydreamer]

Originally Posted by wormraper

high time and song of bernadette are both gone

Ouch! They went much quicker than I thought... These were the 2 titles I wanted in the bundle, so there is no point ordering the bundle now

[MikeZ.]

So FB is 4 hours behind...interesting, their post was posted 1 minute ago.

[ryanmj1993]

When does Twilight Time usuallly charge for a preorder? Do they put a temporary fee on?

[MikeZ.]

Originally Posted by ryanmj1993

When does Twilight Time usuallly charge for a preorder? Do they put a temporary fee on?

It's called a Pre Authorization, and it's for the full amount, it'll disappear in about 3-5 days.

[xxnomad]

ugh i buckled under pressure and picked up a used like new 'high time' for a few dollars cheaper than new on TT website. should have picked it earlier. oh well...