Best Buy and Circuit City Restocking Paramount Titles? - Blu-ray Forum

dewey79 · 01-26-2008, 12:08 PM

People keep saying they have noticed this in stores and on the website. Are they restocking or are they just selling titles they already had?

mystiksuicide · 01-26-2008, 12:19 PM

Personally I have not seen any Paramount titles come into our BB.

upnorthsox · 01-26-2008, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by dewey79

People keep saying they have noticed this in stores and on the website. Are they restocking or are they just selling titles they already had?

Both explanations are obviously possible but the problem I have with the old inventory theory is why be bringing it out now after the holidays? Wouldn't it have been better to have had them out during the holiday season?

I'm tending toward the stealth rerelease theory, it may be that Toshiba gave P/DW favorable terms to not publicly declare a multiformat position until inventories can be reduced, in the meantime P/DW could release warehouse BD stock without notice for prereleased titles. If current sales trends continue though I wouldn't expect P/DW to continue this kind of practice for long. This is pure conjecture on my part though.

patrick99 · 01-26-2008, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by upnorthsox

Both explanations are obviously possible but the problem I have with the old inventory theory is why be bringing it out now after the holidays? Wouldn't it have been better to have had them out during the holiday season?

I'm tending toward the stealth rerelease theory, it may be that Toshiba gave P/DW favorable terms to not publicly declare a multiformat position until inventories can be reduced, in the meantime P/DW could release warehouse BD stock without notice for prereleased titles. If current sales trends continue though I wouldn't expect P/DW to continue this kind of practice for long. This is pure conjecture on my part though.

This sounds very plausible.

elwaylite · 01-26-2008, 01:59 PM

My BBuy has some older titles. I bought Payback on BD in late December.

There are quite a few on Buy.com you can find my Paramount.

gvortex7 · 01-26-2008, 02:05 PM

I have a feeling that somehow Paramount started repressing some of their previously released Blu-rays again. Maybe this does not violate whatever exclusive contract that exists between them and the HD DVD promotional group.

ezcobar411 · 01-26-2008, 02:06 PM

I'll check the BB in DC and see if they are doing the same thing

upnorthsox · 01-26-2008, 02:35 PM

IMO the one to look out for is Shooter which didn't have a long release pre-exclusive deal and quickly sold out everywhere. If you see that title popping back up in stock you can be pretty sure what's going on.

Scorxpion · 01-26-2008, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by upnorthsox

IMO the one to look out for is Shooter which didn't have a long release pre-exclusive deal and quickly sold out everywhere. If you see that title popping back up in stock you can be pretty sure what's going on.

it is already in stock through buy.com and Amazon.com

elwaylite · 01-26-2008, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Scorxpion

it is already in stock through buy.com and Amazon.com

Yeah, but has it always?

Until something like Shooter shows up at BBuy online, I wont get too excited.

upnorthsox · 01-26-2008, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Scorxpion

it is already in stock through buy.com and Amazon.com

To quote Bill Engvald, "There's your sign".

Scorxpion · 01-26-2008, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by elwaylite

Yeah, but has it always?

Until something like Shooter shows up at BBuy online, I wont get too excited.

this is the real question if it was before online and in stock ,hopefully someone who was following online shopping to mention if it was before in stock or just now reappeared..

DVDempire still discontinued status

mike79 · 01-26-2008, 02:44 PM

maybe I'm missing something but I just checked both of those sights and neither of them had shooter

elwaylite · 01-26-2008, 02:44 PM

The Shooters on Amazon are mostly used and expensive so I would not get too excited.

Guinness7 · 01-26-2008, 02:45 PM

It is not back on stock on Amazon only individual sellers are selling them.

elwaylite · 01-26-2008, 02:47 PM

http://www.amazon.com/Shooter-Blu-ra...1362421&sr=8-1

http://www.buy.com/retail/searchresu...st01=473&ma01=

mike79 · 01-26-2008, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by elwaylite

http://www.amazon.com/Shooter-Blu-ra...1362421&sr=8-1

http://www.buy.com/retail/searchresu...st01=473&ma01=

Still don't see shooter on there

elwaylite · 01-26-2008, 02:59 PM

Its not on Buy, its only on Amazon. Those links are so people will quit speculating and just go look.

Scorxpion · 01-26-2008, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by elwaylite

Its not on Buy, its only on Amazon. Those links are so people will quit speculating and just go look.

i'm not specualting and i saw it yesterday on buy.com with a price of 35

Today it was disappeared.

Another collection still there on board

http://www.buy.com/retail/searchresu...eq=2&orderby=1

elwaylite · 01-26-2008, 03:12 PM

I could not remember if I saw it on buy yesterday or not. Wait, I think I linked to it in another forum.

Yepp, I did. Shooter was up in BD yesterday on Buy.com

http://www.buy.com/retail/searchresu...hooter&x=0&y=0

Link takes you no where now. I remember because I posted the link to shooter, then a guy after me posted the better link that shows ALL the paramount BD's. So in one day, Buy has removed it.

01-26-2008, 12:08 PM	#1
dewey79 Senior Member Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray reviews:4	Best Buy and Circuit City Restocking Paramount Titles? People keep saying they have noticed this in stores and on the website. Are they restocking or are they just selling titles they already had?

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01-26-2008, 12:19 PM	#2
mystiksuicide Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Miami Blu-ray collection:305 Blu-ray reviews:27	Personally I have not seen any Paramount titles come into our BB.

01-26-2008, 01:59 PM	#5
elwaylite Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2007	My BBuy has some older titles. I bought Payback on BD in late December. There are quite a few on Buy.com you can find my Paramount.

01-26-2008, 02:05 PM	#6
gvortex7 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Fort Lauderdale, FL Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:105	I have a feeling that somehow Paramount started repressing some of their previously released Blu-rays again. Maybe this does not violate whatever exclusive contract that exists between them and the HD DVD promotional group.

01-26-2008, 02:06 PM	#7
ezcobar411 Special Member Member since:Dec 2007	I'll check the BB in DC and see if they are doing the same thing

01-26-2008, 02:35 PM	#8
upnorthsox Active Member Member since:Dec 2007	IMO the one to look out for is Shooter which didn't have a long release pre-exclusive deal and quickly sold out everywhere. If you see that title popping back up in stock you can be pretty sure what's going on.

01-26-2008, 02:44 PM	#13
mike79 Power Member Member since:May 2007 Location:NYC Blu-ray collection:268 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:1	maybe I'm missing something but I just checked both of those sights and neither of them had shooter

01-26-2008, 02:45 PM	#15
Guinness7 Power Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Location:NJ Blu-ray collection:259 Trading Score:59	It is not back on stock on Amazon only individual sellers are selling them.

01-26-2008, 02:47 PM	#16
elwaylite Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2007	http://www.amazon.com/Shooter-Blu-ra...1362421&sr=8-1 http://www.buy.com/retail/searchresu...st01=473&ma01=

01-26-2008, 02:59 PM	#18
elwaylite Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2007	Its not on Buy, its only on Amazon. Those links are so people will quit speculating and just go look.

01-26-2008, 03:12 PM	#20
elwaylite Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2007	I could not remember if I saw it on buy yesterday or not. Wait, I think I linked to it in another forum. Yepp, I did. Shooter was up in BD yesterday on Buy.com http://www.buy.com/retail/searchresu...hooter&x=0&y=0 Link takes you no where now. I remember because I posted the link to shooter, then a guy after me posted the better link that shows ALL the paramount BD's. So in one day, Buy has removed it.

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