Zavvi now selling North American Steelbooks - Blu-ray Forum

blucraig · 05-27-2014, 09:28 PM

http://www.zavvi.com/offers/steelbooks/imports.list

neoz · 05-27-2014, 10:14 PM

There fixed the title for you.

Sky_Captain · 05-27-2014, 10:20 PM

Impressive.

BDestroyer8418 · 05-27-2014, 10:32 PM

Region 1 on listings

Fail

casperuk · 05-27-2014, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BDestroyer8418

Region 1 on listings

Fail

Buy a cheap armary. Thinking I should get a few of these

Icemouth · 05-27-2014, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by BDestroyer8418

Region 1 on listings

Fail

Caring about regions in 2014

super fail

brian9229 · 05-27-2014, 11:02 PM

Some of these work out to cost more than twice what they go for here. Case in point, just bought The Town Saturday for $9.99 at Bestbuy. All of these are going for $25 USD which is quite steep for these.

bantha11 · 05-27-2014, 10:57 PM

The thing most don't realize is that if a "friend" could obtain these for you they could be shipped for about 10-12£ using first class mail

Petra_Kalbrain · 05-28-2014, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by bantha11

The thing most don't realize is that if a "friend" could obtain these for you they could be shipped for about 10-12£ using first class mail

I know... right?!?!?!

Zavvi being greedy... again...

snooloui · 05-28-2014, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

I know... right?!?!?!

Zavvi being greedy... again...

You don't know how much Zavvi paid for the stock and I think we can be pretty sure that they didn't get a 'friend' to pick a few up from a US store. At the end of the day, if you want to buy these mostly crap American releases, then you are free to select whichever retailer is best for you. Some UK collectors don't want the hassle of importing and dealing with Amazon's horrendous packaging or don't have a 'friend', so for them it isn't a terrible option.

levcore · 05-28-2014, 07:21 AM

Don't know why some are moaning. I think it's pretty cool that Zavvi are selling some Import Steelbooks. And the prices are consistent with what Zavvi themselves charge for their own Steels.

YoreLore · 05-28-2014, 08:01 AM

That's pretty cool!

Sadly none of these are getting ordered though.

Petra_Kalbrain · 05-28-2014, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by snooloui

You don't know how much Zavvi paid for the stock and I think we can be pretty sure that they didn't get a 'friend' to pick a few up from a US store. At the end of the day, if you want to buy these mostly crap American releases, then you are free to select whichever retailer is best for you. Some UK collectors don't want the hassle of importing and dealing with Amazon's horrendous packaging or don't have a 'friend', so for them it isn't a terrible option.

LMAO!!! Well, you can bet that they didn't pay much more than what the stock is being sold for in North America. In bulk (more than 5), these could have been shipped to the UK for about $3 each. And, given the fact that the retailers are probably just trying to unload stock because they are no longer selling, do you really think that they decided to double the cost price for someone who actually wanted them? Highly doubtful. Let's be honest here. Zavvi likely got these for $15 each... shipped... TOPS!!! That's probably about £8 or £9.

They are definitely taking the "import" value too high on these ones.

Member-222782 · 05-28-2014, 09:42 AM

Sorry to say US steelbooks are some of blandest, dullest steelbooks around. Best Buy had some nice ones in their last wave but they felt like borrowed designs, like I've seen them somewhere, especially SAFE HOUSE. And now they have apparently abandoned them altogether excepting the occasional studio issue. Steelbooks are an afterthought in the US, unfortunately.

HD_Aficionado · 06-20-2014, 02:21 PM

Are these canadian or US releases?

05-27-2014, 09:28 PM	#1
blucraig Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2011 4K collection:68 Blu-ray collection:691 Trading Score:34	Zavvi now selling North American Steelbooks http://www.zavvi.com/offers/steelbooks/imports.list

05-27-2014, 11:02 PM	#7
brian9229 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Vermont / Steelbook™ - 481 4K collection:411 Blu-ray collection:1553 DVD collection:71 Digital collection:57 Blu-ray reviews:12 Trading Score:59	Some of these work out to cost more than twice what they go for here. Case in point, just bought The Town Saturday for $9.99 at Bestbuy. All of these are going for $25 USD which is quite steep for these. Last edited by brian9229; 05-27-2014 at 11:05 PM.

05-27-2014, 10:14 PM	#2
neoz Moderator Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Home Theater Gallery:10 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:1664 DVD collection:8 Trading Score:84	There fixed the title for you.

05-27-2014, 10:20 PM	#3
Sky_Captain Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:17	Impressive.

05-27-2014, 10:32 PM	#4
BDestroyer8418 Power Member Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Chicago,IL 4K collection:728 Blu-ray collection:3254 DVD collection:3 Digital collection:427 iTunes collection:13 Trading Score:231	Region 1 on listings Fail

05-27-2014, 10:57 PM	#8
bantha11 Active Member Member since:Feb 2014 Blu-ray collection:750 DVD collection:61 Trading Score:12	The thing most don't realize is that if a "friend" could obtain these for you they could be shipped for about 10-12£ using first class mail

05-28-2014, 07:21 AM	#11
levcore Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Jun 2011 Location:Dryland 4K collection:306 Blu-ray collection:2616 Trading Score:3	Don't know why some are moaning. I think it's pretty cool that Zavvi are selling some Import Steelbooks. And the prices are consistent with what Zavvi themselves charge for their own Steels.

05-28-2014, 08:01 AM	#12
YoreLore Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2013 Location:Dundee, Scotland 4K collection:129 Blu-ray collection:270 Trading Score:4	That's pretty cool! Sadly none of these are getting ordered though.

05-28-2014, 09:42 AM	#14
Member-222782 Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jun 2012 4K collection:645 Blu-ray collection:4556 DVD collection:474 Trading Score:140	Sorry to say US steelbooks are some of blandest, dullest steelbooks around. Best Buy had some nice ones in their last wave but they felt like borrowed designs, like I've seen them somewhere, especially SAFE HOUSE. And now they have apparently abandoned them altogether excepting the occasional studio issue. Steelbooks are an afterthought in the US, unfortunately.

06-20-2014, 02:21 PM	#15
HD_Aficionado Active Member Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Germany Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:37 Blu-ray collection:486 DVD collection:40	Are these canadian or US releases?

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