Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[docc]

I plan on ordering the Jean Brodie signed promotion deal tomorrow, it will be interesting to see how quickly (or slowly) they ship those out. Not that I'm worried or in any great rush though, I have plenty to watch before then and they don't charge my credit card until shipping day anyway

[Richard Graham]

I ordered on the 3rd, and recieved my movies yesterday. Three blus bubble-wrapped, and boxed. Very nice.

[Angel Eyes]

Originally Posted by Richard Graham

I ordered on the 3rd, and recieved my movies yesterday. Three blus bubble-wrapped, and boxed. Very nice.

Congrats, I ordered on the 3rd and they are still pending!

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by Angel Eyes

Well nice to see that thier is a big annoucment coming at the end of next month regarding the shipping situation(per the Facebook page) with regards to retailers/shippers:

"Twilight Time DVD Label: There will be an announcement at the end of next month that will alleviate the situation..."

Well, how convenient and what a coincidence.

[oildude]

Originally Posted by Angel Eyes

Still not acceptable, sorry. If this were Amazon or some other place it would not be tolerated. Hopefully major changes will happen so this episode will not have to be revisited again. So far I love Twilight Time releases but have not been a fan of SAE. Even thier webiste is buggy quite often

But they are not Amazon.....who is? And unless you have Prime (like me), Amazon has had their fair share of delays and screw-ups too. As for "some other place", I have had equally long waits from DVDPlanet, DeepDiscount, Barnes and Noble, ImportCDs, and a few other online retailers.

I am not trying to minimize your delay in shipping time. Who can blame you for wanting your order and expecting it to ship promptly. We all want that.

But to be honest I find your rants about needing to get rid of SAE as the distributor because one of your orders is late to be pretty annoying. I have an order from end of March with no preorder that has not shipped. Not a big deal to me because I know I will get it. And when I do, it will have the best packaging of any media retailer (let's face it, Amazon really blows at packaging even if you have Prime.....I had a book arrive yesterday in a cardboard puffin bag, complete with torn dust jacket. WTF! Really lame.)

I have been ordering from SAE for four years now. They have always done right by me. They have my support, even when my orders are late.

BTW, I also saw the Stones at the Cotton Bowl in 81 for their Tattoo You album tour. It took me forever to get the pot smell from the crowd out of my clothes I wore that night. Ah, the memories.

Hang in there, pardner.

[Angel Eyes]

Originally Posted by oildude

But they are not Amazon.....who is? And unless you have Prime (like me), Amazon has had their fair share of delays and screw-ups too. As for "some other place", I have had equally long waits from DVDPlanet, DeepDiscount, Barnes and Noble, ImportCDs, and a few other online retailers.

I am not trying to minimize your delay in shipping time. Who can blame you for wanting your order and expecting it to ship promptly. We all want that.

But to be honest I find your frequent whining about needing to get rid of SAE as the distributor because one of your orders is late to be pretty annoying. I have an order from end of March with no preorder that has not shipped. Not a big deal to me because I know I will get it. And when I do, it will have the best packaging of any media retailer (let's face it, Amazon really blows at packaging even if you have Prime.....I had a book arrive yesterday in a cardboard puffin bag, complete with torn dust jacket. WTF! Really lame.)

I have been ordering from SAE for four years now. They have always done right by me. They have my support, even when my orders are late.

BTW, I also saw the Stones at the Cotton Bowl in 81 for their Tattoo You album tour. It took me forever to get the pot smell from the crowd out of my clothes I wore that night. Ah, the memories.

Hmm I might have been the guy not too far away smoking it.

I have been ordering from Amazon for years and never, not once have I had an issue with packaging or any disc DVD/BD come up missing, broken or anything else. Just guess I have good luck with them although their shipping is a tad high.

[SuperDarthKelly]

Yeah my pre-order of Zardoz still hasn't shipped :/

[MikeZ.]

Originally Posted by Angel Eyes

Hmm I might have been the guy not too far away smoking it.

And you need some more tonight. Relax.

[solovoyager]

I'm still waiting on my Zardoz pre-order (along with the signed Breaking Away and 5 other titles) I placed on April 1st. Am not upset or worried. It'll get here. One thing I'd suggest to SAE/TT is a simple email to customers with a simple apology and explanation, telling customers to expect shipping delays and thanking them for their patience.

[oildude]

Originally Posted by Angel Eyes

I have been ordering from Amazon for years and never, not once have I had an issue with packaging or any disc DVD/BD come up missing, broken or anything else. Just guess I have good luck with them although their shipping is a tad high.

We likely both get our orders from the same Amazon distribution center. I think the packaging associate assigned to Houston hates me since I order so damn much from them.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Widescreenfilmguy

I really don't understand all the drama about who sells TT discs, in the grand scheme of thinks does it really matter? Asking them questions and thinking "they may not give a straight answer?". It is not some huge mystery or the single bullet theory, I'm pretty sure we can all live without knowing why a few TT titles are for sale on Amazon, at least I know I can

Making this sound like a conspiracy is just another way to imply that Twilight Time is artificially manipulating the market so as to keep their prices high and thereby rob the poor unsuspecting fools who just want to buy their movies.

If people want to order from Amazon (or Amazon Marketplace dealer) to shave a few bucks off the price, have at it. Like a few others have said, I'm satisfied with SAE and will continue to order direct from them.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Making this sound like a conspiracy is just another way to imply that Twilight Time is artificially manipulating the market so as to keep their prices high and thereby rob the poor unsuspecting fools who just want to buy their movies.

If people want to order from Amazon (or Amazon Marketplace dealer) to shave a few bucks off the price, have at it. Like a few others have said, I'm satisfied with SAE and will continue to order direct from them.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by cavesailor

Other than my lawyer questions above, there are very practical questions that we need answers for.

All of which have fairly simple and straightforward answers.

For example, Will TT let Amazon and others take pre-orders or do we have to do those only at SAE?

I don't see pre-orders being available from anywhere other than SAE's website. SAE themselves do not accept pre-orders at their Amazon Marketplace store, only at their website.

Will the signed copies only be available at SAE?

Given how quickly they disappear -- usually in a matter of two or three minutes -- the logistics of trying to offer them from multiple sites would be nightmarish.

We will need to get answers to these and other questions soon as I want to place a pre-order this next round.

I really fail to see why we the customers need to know any of this. There's no breach of ethics being committed here. If you don't like TT's business practices, you are free to not do business with them.

[slop101]

Originally Posted by oildude

This happens every time there is a popular preorder that sells like crazy before release day. Your order WILL ship. They always do, and when it does you will get it in a couple of days.

I'm sure they will. But more than a week delay before even shipping is a bit much, and has never happened before. It's been one day, at the most.

[gr451]

TT titles available through importcds
Deep Discount has the same ones.

[Show spoiler]

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by gr451

TT titles available through importcds
Deep Discount has the same ones.

[Show spoiler]

And ...

Barnes and Noble
Best Buy
FYE

EDIT: It looks like most of these showed up on Amazon on 18 Apr 2015.

[newginafets]

No Zardoz for me too

[morg999]

Originally Posted by CriterionBlues

This is strange. They sure are on Amazon.

SAE has used Amazon with a seller account, but this is the first I have seen it with a direct Amazon listing.

I went ahead and ordered The Wayward Bus. more out of curiosity than anything else. I'll report back on how quickly it arrives. I have Amazon Prime, so it should be Thursday or Friday.

Like many of you, I would far prefer to buy these from Amazon rather than SAE.

I did the same, I wonder which will arrive first.."The Wayward Bus" ordered today w/ AMZ PRIME or "Zardoz"(Pending)....ordered 3-25.

[Snl40boi]

Well that was fast my movie I order has arrived at the post office. It should be at my house later today. I'm glad to finally have the movie it was a long wait.

I think I'll wait a while till they are done with the sale orders till I order again from SAE. I really hated the slow shipping.

[Dirk Pitt]

On the signed blu ray do they wait until 4 before they put up the blu ray so we can add it to our cart? And where exactly where it be? Under blu ray or new release? If these signed copies sell out in minutes I want to be able to place my order at 4:01 the latest.